Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2052 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-11-20
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Full Screen, PAL, Closed-captioned
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 200 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Regularly touted as one of the best British sitcoms ever, Only Fools and Horses kicked off in 1981 when mobile phones were the size of bricks and wine bars were the ultimate places to hang out in. The formula was simple enough: Cockney wideboy Derek Trotter (brilliantly played by David Jason) dreams of better things for himself while sharing a cramped council flat in the nicely named Peckham tower block Nelson Mandela House with his unworldly brother Rodney and his sweet but doddery old granddad. Trouble is, Del's endless money-making schemes (such as his attempt to flog a consignment of one-legged turkeys, or his plan to sell bottled tap water) inevitably backfire, like the knackered old Robin Reliant van he uses to cart around all this faulty gear. Created by John Sullivan, who also sings the very catchy theme tune, Only Fools and Horses is a wonderful mix of dodgy but loveable characters (such as Del Boy's dimwit friend Trigger), knockabout slapstick (no-one falls down with as much comedic grace as Jason) and brilliantly crafted dialogue. Sadly, Leonard Pierce who played Granddad died in 1983; but his armchair in the Trotter household was filled in 1985 by Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert (an old merchant seaman who bores Del and Rodney with tales of his war days). The show ran to seven series and ended with characteristic warmth in 1991, when Del Boy became a father; but the Trotters made occasional returns to the small screens with six hugely popular one-off Christmas specials. As Del Boy himself might say: "Lovely jubbly". --Edward Lawrenson

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital English
Dolby Digital

Synopsis
Join Del Trotter (David Jason), his brother Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), and Grandad (Lennard Pearce) for their first seven scams. Episodes include: "Big Brother," "Go West Young Man," "Cash and Curry," "The Second Time Around," "A Slow Bus to Chingford," "The Russians are Coming," and "Christmas Crackers."

Customer Reviews

The Classic TV comedy must have.
This collection has to be in your collection, the early 'Grandad' only fools to me are the best, they are raw comedy with introductions to the main characters such as Trigger calling Rodney Dave and Rodney asking if they call Trigger-Trigger because he carries a gun "no, it's cos he looks like an horse" CLASSIC.

Great British humor
I`ll never forget the first time I saw Only fools and horses on the telly. It was about 1988 when BBC could be viewed for the first time in the Netherlands. I nearly wet my pants when I watched the Cash and Curry show...
Now I try to collect all the DVD`s!!! I Guess there is al lot of the Trotters in all of us...
Great DVD, great performances of David Jason and his team. I am really glad the series is now on DVD and can be preserved for my children.

An admirable start of Britain's Best Sitcom.
Although hailed by many 'Fools' fans, I personally love the first series. After first seeing it six years ago, I still laugh out loud at this series maybe moreso than any other.

The first series is not my favourite series (Series Three and Six are my favourites) however there are some splendid moments. Includimg Rodney signing up to Trotter's Independent Traders (Big Brother); The brothers chatting up transvestites (Go West Young Man); the con trick with the statue (Cash and Curry); Del being engaged to a 'homicidal' poisioner (The Second Time Around); Del's short lived Trotter's Ethnic Tours (A Slow Bus to Chingford); the nuclear fall out shelter (The Russians are Coming) and of course the first festive episode where Grandad leaves the giblets in the turkey (Christmas Crackers).

Overall a worthwhile buy if only for the episodes: 'Go West Young Man' and 'Cash and Curry.'