Best TV trivia of 1981

Trivia: Only Fools and Horses was recently voted Britain's Best Sitcom, beating BlackAdder and the Vicar of Dibley into second and third place respectively.

Trivia: Nero, the pet "hairy caterpillar creature" of Baron Greenback speaks in a strange gibberish. In fact this 'gibberish' is a recording of David Jason (who also provided the voice of Dangermouse, amongst others) albeit it speeded up and played backwards.

Strange Bedfellows - S2-E17

Trivia: When Colt and Howie are performing the car stunt at the beginning, the footage used is from the 1976 film Cannonball.

Gavin Jackson

Trivia: Douglas Adams makes several cameo appearences in the series. A drinker in the pub in part one, the man walking into the sea and a member of the Cirius Cybernetics marketing division in part two.

Josman

Beware of the Bird! - S1-E8

Trivia: Peter Mayhew appears uncredited as the Tall Knight at the very end of the episode.