Boycie and Marlene

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If you’re a fan of the show you wouldn’t want to miss this unique tour

The show, entitled Boycie and Marlene, played by John Challis and Sue Holderness, will allow audiences the chance to interact with the two only fools and horses characters, as well as watch them perform a comedy routine.

Boycie and his Marlene will recreate on stage some of the most famous moments from the two television comedies only fools and horses and The Green Green Grass. Additionally there is  a special bonus

John Challis and Sue Holderness will let the audience in on some of the secret moments that did not appear on our TV screens.  After the performance, the audience will have the chance to ask questions of the two stars about their experiences working on the shows.

Boycie and Marlene from Only Fools and Horses are travelling the country telling their story. They spoke to DAVID MILLS about their current tour.

THEY may have spent most of their marriage at each other’s throats, but Boycie and Marlene are still an item after more than 25 years.

And one of television’s longest-serving on screen couples is showing no signs of heading for divorce either, with tour dates planned across the UK this month and next.

An audience with Boycie and Marlene tells the story of how the characters came about and relives some of their best moments from Only Fools and Horses and spin-off The Green Green Grass.

The idea for the tour came about after John Challis and Sue Holderness, who are not married in real life, had each done individual shows based on their characters on cruise liners.

John said: “People seemed very interested in it so we had the idea of putting our two individual shows together and seeing if people on land liked it as much as people on the ocean did.”

Members of the audience even get to quiz the pair after the performance.

Sue said: “One of the things audiences like is the chance to ask us questions. But we hope a lot of those questions are answered during the performance, such as how we got these roles. We had no idea after all these years the characters would become the national treasures they are.”

While John and Sue have appeared in countless theatre and television productions, it was in Only Fools and Horses that the couple found fame.

One of British television’s finest ever sitcoms, the south-east London based comedy ran for more than 20 years and viewers never seem to tire of the endless repeats.

Most people thought Only Fools and Horses had finally finished in 1996 when Del and Rodney became millionaires, but John Challis felt the show had to go on.

He said: “I didn’t think you could leave Del with all that money. I always thought it had to come full circle and he had to finish back at square one with nothing.

“Although it was quite a shock to be told five years later we were going to get together and do another three shows.”

Boycie, a second-hand car dealer from Lewisham, is best known for his signature laugh, which he copied from a woman he knew with “a machine gun laugh”.

John said: “Everybody does impressions of that, kids are doing it to me all the time. It sounds like a flock of sheep sometimes.”

He says he would jump at the chance to do another episode of Only Fools and Horses, while Sue says she will never get fed up with Marlene.

Sue said: “I’d like to be playing Marlene when I’m staggering around on my Zimmer frame in my 80s. I hope she’ll still be as lively in her leopard skin high heels.”

Boycie and Marlene are two of the most popular characters from Only Fools and Horses.

The stars of the great BBC sitcom are back on stage see dates below

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