Only Fools and Horses fans have issued a plea to the BBC for the new year
After debuting on television in 1981, Only Fools and Horses instantly became a British phenomenon and is broadly regarded as one of the UK’s finest sitcoms ever created.
The beloved BBC series chronicled Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter (portrayed by David Jason ) and Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst), two siblings working as market traders, purchasing and flogging anything they could get their hands on in pursuit of striking it rich one day.
Audiences fell in love with its down-to-earth storyline and brilliantly sharp humour, and have kept returning to their treasured episodes decades following its 2003 conclusion.
Fortunately for fans, the show’s late creator and scriptwriter, John Sullivan, unveiled a prequel in 2010, Rock and Chips, which explored the lives of the cherished characters during the early 60s. It cast a light on Del’s unhappily wed mother, Joan (Kellie Bright), who had already passed away during Only Fools and Horses.
With new understanding of their backgrounds, viewers were thrilled with the series and anxiously anticipated additional episodes. Though the programme sadly concluded permanently, following John’s untimely passing, supporters are campaigning for Rock and Chips to be revived.
Expressing their views about the series, one remarked: “Such a shame John Sullivan passed away, as he was a genius at writing this, and the series had to end short, as the episodes that he did were just genius,” reports the Express.
Another fan gushed: “Rock and chips will always in my mind be a shining example of what could have been if John Sullivan hadn’t been taken from us too soon. A great glimpse into the earlier Trotter family capers, although it’s a limited run. However, you’ve got to take what you’re given in these cases. It just leaves you sadly wanting more.”
“I absolutely love Only Fools And Horses and the first of the Rock And Chips prequels is just as funny, and it was also great to see the fashion, etc of the 60s,” gushed a third.
Another devastated viewer commented: “It’s such a shame there won’t be any more, but I’ll watch these features again and maybe this time not with such a heavy heart.”
“The cast is all great, particularly Kellie Bright, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Phil Daniels. I like James Buckley as Del a lot; it’s not his show, and anyone can say the catchphrases, but Buckley really gets the mannerisms, and it feels more than the caricature it could’ve very easily been,” praised another.
One devoted fan declared: “Gutted John died before he could finish it. It needs to be renewed. James Buckley played such a good young Del.”
The Rock and Chips ensemble also featured Nicholas Lyndhurst, James Buckley, Shaun Dingwall, Phil Daniels and Paula Wilcox alongside Bright.
John passed away in April 2011 aged 64 from pneumonia following a prolonged illness, representing an enormous blow to British comedy.
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