Only Fools and Horses

The Longest Night - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Lennox Gilbey opens a can of beer in the supermarket, you can see that he has a long packet of spaghetti inside his jacket. He doesn't take it off the shelf until a few shots later. (00:06:00)

Tea for Three - S5-E4

Continuity mistake: When Rodney is sitting on the chair and starts eating crisps, you can see that he is sitting on a cushion. It is gone by the time he gets up.

Tea for Three - S5-E4

Continuity mistake: When Del & Rodney are talking to Andy on the hill just before Del goes hang-gliding, look at the first shot of Andy. Over his shoulder, the Trotter van is in full view. The shot then turns to Del & Rodney and when it goes back to Andy, there is no van.

Joe Mc

Video Nasty - S5-E5

Continuity mistake: When Mickey Pearce is filming, Rodney walks in and says something, then turns and walks back into the kitchen. When the video is shown at the Nag's Head, Rodney turns the other way before walking out.

Joe Mc

Dates - S5-E9

Continuity mistake: When the police car drives out of the Nag's Head car park after the two police officers arrested Del, you can see that the bonnet of the car is damaged, but when the car arrives at the police station, there is now no damage to the car.

Danger UXD - S6-E2

Continuity mistake: Albert takes the box of dolls to the van. He then puts the box on the floor and goes back to Del to get the keys. We see Del talk to a neighbor then Albert drives back to Del. When Albert opens the van, the box has gone. (00:37:10)

Danger UXD - S6-E2

Continuity mistake: When Rodney and Cassandra are having their meal, pay attention to Rodney's beer. Whenever the camera shot is from behind Rodney, his beer has a reasonable head to it. But in the apparent instant that it changes to from behind Cassandra, the beer has absolutely no head whatsoever. This happens a couple of times.

Joe Mc

Chain Gang - S6-E3

Continuity mistake: The half pint glass of beer that Rodney gets from the bar has had some drunk out of it when Denzil leaves and says bye to Cassandra, but when Del and Rodney return to it after having a meeting, it's full again.

Joe Mc

Chain Gang - S6-E3

Continuity mistake: When they rush out of the flat to make the exchange, Rodney stays behind, makes a call to Cassie, but then appears outside the restaurant in the van with Albert.

The Long Legs of the Law - S2-E1

Revealing mistake: At the very beginning of the episode, Leonard Pearce is waiting for the cue for his character to start looking for his teeth. He's standing in the living room, between his room and Del and Rodney's room. (00:00:25)

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Suggested correction: Not necessarily a mistake. If someone is looking for something they often try to think where it could be before they start searching.

Clearly not seen the episode. Leonard is stood not moving a muscle and then starts actively looking.

Ssiscool

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Modern Men - S8-E2

Uncle Albert: Is that the radio I hear, Rodney?
Rodney: No, Elton John popped in and he's rehearsing in the kitchen!

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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.

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Chosen answer: An apparent long string of illnesses.

Answer: Joan Mavis Trotter (Nee Hollins) was an unseen character in Only Fools And Horses, having died in 1964, 17 years before the series began. She died of an alcohol related illness due to both her sham marriage to Reg Trotter and being hit hard by the death of her secret lover Freddie "The Frog" Robdal.

Ssiscool

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