Down The Nag's Head - Rock & Chips - Preview - BBC One

[Best01Actor]

Its so awesome, rodney was never good with ladies. But his dad was a playa... :)

[tellymad649]

The boy playing Trigger is spot on, James Buckley does a fine job as Del-Boy and does anyone else look at Boycie and say "That's probably what John Challis did look like when he was younger"? I wonder if he did, or could do the laugh.

[DragonCommando1998]

It's Jay from the inbetweeners! :D

[xXgorillazboosh11Xx]

well i really like the programme!!

[LoftyProduction]

Mum was a wonderful women, she had long blonde golden hair .................sometimes.

[unrealharry]

nothing can beat Only fools and horses, but also back in those days there were barely any blacks, literally NONE.

[BlueLeopard200]

@unrealharry

when exactly do you think this is set? it's the 1960s

lots of blacks were living in britain in the 60s

plus that's Denzil, if he was in only fools and horses he'd logically have been around back then unless he was an immigrant which he wasn't judging from his accent

you're a bit thick

[DavyTom71]

This show was ok. But I think the choice of actors for Del and Boycie were wrong. Also, the description of Del's mum in 'Only Fools and Horses' was that she was common and a bit tarty. But in Rock and Chips she was portrayed as smart, demure, even quite sophisticated.

[MetallicARbest1]

@DavyTom71

I completely agree with that. As I was watching I thought she was nothing like how she was described in the original show.

I think the actors were a bad choice and as a big Only Fools And Horses fan, I gotta say, I hope they don't make any more of this.

[DavyTom71]

I hope they do not make anymore too. I enjoyed Only Fools and Horses too, although I prefer the 80s episodes more than the later shows. But the show pulled in 7 million viewers and the BBC are guaranteed a big audience with any show featuring Del Trotter - do not be surprised if they make more.

[Terminator860]

yeah i always pictured her as some short plump woman drenched in jewellrey with a husky voice lol.

[Zelda199]

@DavyTom71

Really? I thought she was common and tarty...

[DavyTom71]

She seemed more refined than what Only Fools and Horses led us to believe. The characters in the original show recalled Joan Trotter as a much more brash, loud woman who would go with anyone who bought her a drink. The original show also hints that Del learned some of his dodgy behaviour from his mother; but in Rock and Chips she was more refined, thoughtful, and very decent.

[7039TS]

@DavyTom71 I've noticed two other things about her. The first is that the clothes she wears in this are not the same ones that Del and Rodney used to dress up the sex dolls in Danger UXD. The second is that Ann Lynn who played Raquel's mum Audrey in 'Time on out hands' also provided the voice of Joan in that episode when Del took one last look at the flat. Ann Lynn's Joan voice sounded nothing like Kellie Bright's Joan voice in this. Why didn't they get Kellie to voice Joan in time on our hands?

[DavyTom71]

@7039TS

I bet they altered Joan Trotter's character because a BBC committee concluded that it would have been politically incorrect to portray her as a tart. So John Sullivan had to rewrite the show's history and make Joan much smarter and more sophisticated; this was probably done to portray her as a victim of Reg Trotter. But the early shows suggested that she had many affairs and often hit her useless husband

[priceychannel]

@7039TS They probrably didnt get Kellie to voice Joan cos they didn't know they were going to do a prequel 6 or 7 years later.

[wizzobond]

Please no more leave only fools Alone . only fools was the BEST so leave it like that .

[blassonkem]

@wizzobond This was actually good and true to only fools, we want more!

[123XxROCKxX123]

it was not as good as only fools but it was OK

[adnansaami]

does enybody know that song at the begining

[NintyGuy999]

@adnansaami rockin robin

[VlastaStevanovich]

The cast could have been better. Boycie and Del especially. I'm not saying these two are bad actors it's just... this Del doesn't have the look and charm of the only true Del - David Jason. Nice to get back to Peckham again though :D

[andy2u69]

should make it into a series

[1MarcusTulliusCicero]

whats that music at the beginning?

[Tortak39]

LOVED I WANT MORE!!

[leandean78]

fuckin great!!!

[lisajayne71167]

It wasn't meant to be funny. It was to fill in all the missing gaps in their past that they allude to in OF&H. ie Rodneys Dad etc. I thought it was brilliant. Excellent acting by all the cast and I loved the music.

[addziboi2]

i thought it was fantastic the story was so gd it was funny not quite as good as only fools and horses but i dont think nothing will ever be as gd as that

[ARX78]

What a piece of shit! This had none of the charm of Fools & Horses or even the humor, it wasn't even funny ffs!!!! Thanks for fucking this right up BBC!

[left4deadzombiessss]

I liked it

[ARX78]

@left4deadzombiessss I guess I can see you might like it. But I can't, it just doesn't do any justice to Fools & Horses.

[MBGamingLegends]

it is only a prequel explaing the past of the OFAH characters not the show itself so it is not going to be funny like OFAH

[kkgg101]

LOVED Rock & Chips! Please, please, please make this into a series!

[jwe1275]

Rock and chips was great prequel to Only Fools And Horses‎ if john sullivan had not of done one someone else would and that would of been wrong. As for Nicholas Lyndhurst he is the only one who could of played that part in the 1987 ep (Frog's Legacy) they said he looked like him and then there is the picture you saw in the last only fools if its hadn't of been nick playing him it would not of worked. If there is a series freddy won't be in it for long he blows him self up "what a plonker".

[banneradders]

@jwe1275 only inconsistency I spotted was that Boycie didnt think Del knew Jumbo in the classic 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' , yet in this theyre all say around. Another episode which could spawn from this is Alby's encounter with a train.

[Terminator860]

how come jumbo played 2 different characters? He was the hooligan who bought the cortina too!

[hardcoregamers1000]

is  this gonna be a seriis

[tenfootgoatman]

I think Only Fools and Horses should have ended with Del and Rodney becoming millionaires . The Green Green Grass had some funny moments but I always felt it was flawed . Rock and Chips seams more of a comedy drama to me than Fools there was nt many laugh out loud moments but once I got past that I actually started to enjoy it for what it was . It ll never match Fools but there is a place for it and I look forward to seeing how a series will pan out .

[Indul1]

Agree it should have ended in 96....It was absurd afterwards...The story was built on the Thatcher ideal of getting rich and two london boys making it, why they even thought a xmas special afertwards would work...it was so wooden...leave it there

[NurceeAss]

lol funny program !!

[TRUMPER007]

I absolutely loved 'Rock & Chips' - it was extremely well written and the way 1960 was recreated was brilliant. The story was well conceived and the characterisation top notch. As a fan of OFAH this was great to see Del et all in their youth and I hope they do another one. John Sullivan is a blooming genius!

[MrSyrett]

Im a huge fans of the original, but this was utter wank (in my opinion). I, like the majority of the population, wish they had drawn a line under the whole franchise with "Time on our Hands".

[Kyros85]

wiki cast says the driscoll brothers are in this but i didnt see them

[Mousewagon]

It being a pile of shit has got nothing to do with canned laughter. There was no canned laughter on To Hull And Back or Miami Twice both superb.

This is bollocks and if they make anymore im selling all my only fools dvds for £1 on ebay.

Absolute shit from the story, character selection, just embarressing.

Anyone you genuinly liked this shit...fuck you must be desperate to suck more life out of the Only Fools legacy.

Fucking sad if you ask me.

[500bhpcossie]

have a day of you mate it was not supossed to be another eposode of ofah it was what it was the story from the begin come on thay did it really well your silly if you think that they would even attempt to try and make a sitcom its not possible because we would just try to compare so thay told a story about freeddie and joan and it was fantastic

[MrSyrett]

@Mousewagon - I agree. It was toss. Joh Sullivan should put his creative efforts into creating a new sitcom, rather than all these spin offs

[thetalentedmrman]

@Mousewagon shut the fuck you you ignorant git or I'll smash your face in so shut up it was good so you can't talk sto being a loser this was good shut up or I'll smash your face in.

you moron

[yes347]

you're well ard.

[Mousewagon]

Ok come and smash my head in, send me a message and we will go from there you sad ficking internet thug, Im sure i wont be the one picking my teeth up cunt.

[thetalentedmrman]

i would like to see you acting because you can't so shut the hell up you idiot stop being a dick you need a good thump round the head

[ogfunk187]

yeah more like shite heartbeat than fools n horses

[PaddyD869]

they should make moe of the old 1s

[kingofmcr]

it was really good ...they should make more

[samcreed666]

hey thats me on the bar drinking whisky at the start 0:07 come on!!!!!!!!!!

[thetalentedmrman]

no it's not you retard

[nutcase170489]

Great show! Hope they make more!

[Ashleybradbury]

what did Boycie say when he was skint

Nick da coin - is that what he said on 0:29

someone please tell me becuase i wanna say that more often lolz

[JosephKemetmuller]

Nicht coin (as in the german 'nicht')

[nutcase170489]

Nicht in English is not. So I imagine he's saying that he's skint.

[thetalentedmrman]

nicht coin

[philrocks08]

theyve got the wrong person for del nothing how i imagined him this one looks goofy

[Hi675445]

boycie act a bit like boycie in ofah with the eye thing he does

[louy191]

lol he pulls off del boy kinda good but ill miss david jason as del boy

[NintyGuy999]

and that is no lie

boycie always says that

such a tight git

[Hi675445]

fredy the frog

[Hi675445]

i will wach this

[NintyGuy999]

del is 16 here

how is he smoking/drinking in the nags head? lol

looks amazing either way, finally something good on the box

[248sqnrnewman]

@NintyGuy999 its the 60's

[NintyGuy999]

@248sqnrnewman what was the law back then?

i don't know

[248sqnrnewman]

@NintyGuy999 because they didnt realise that smoking caused cancer until 1964

[balin2k]

the drinking age back then was 18. but i think some places where pretty lax about it back then. same goes for smoking

[BackToReality01]

Well legally you can smoke at 16, also back in the sixties it was no where near as hard to get served in pub underage as it is now.

[420sirtokealot]

please,please be good

[420sirtokealot]

good old day's when you could smoke in a pub. i remember it well.

[Hi675445]

yes us to glad the ban came out

[Hi675445]

that is no lie i like that line

[Hi675445]

look good

[FatmanRich]

Here's hoping it's alright. We invest so much in these characters because Del and Rodders and everyone else from Only Fools are like family - so much so that I really want this show to do the business and succeed. As Del always says: he who dares, wins.

[zsclements]

looks awesome !

please write your

Rock & Chips review on the

Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society Site

[howeydab2008]

sum1 tell me is it a movie or a series i dont no if there doin a movie or continuing afta the movie ???

[booshpower]

it's one 90 minute episode, but they're not sure if they'll do a series or not until after

[420sirtokealot]

@howeydab2008 it's a 1 off special. but they're leaving a cliffhanger at the end so it could be made into a series. if it does well

[thebloodyawfulpoet]

Damn this looks...damn! Amazing aint the word

[bonzoboy15]

these actors dont look to bad in fact quite impressed but trigger wt the fuck that is not trigger no way dissapointed

[ECTBWHO]

: )

[sean2mush]

was unaware of this