Christmas Trees Episode Review
Brief: Dels latest line is selling telescopic Xmas trees. Maybe a bit of advertising down the local church wouldn’t do any harm. Will Del understand the ethics involved? -This is the rarest and most sort after episode ever made.
Transmitted: 27.12.1982
Duration: 8 minutes
Viewing Figures: 7.2 million
Despite knocking the price down to a mere six quid, Del Boy can’t shift his telescopic Christmas trees (lights, bangles, beads and baubles inclusive). He only has 149 more to sell to make a tidy profit.
Episode Observations
In Christmas Trees, No mistakes but an observation, did you know that this short episode was made in 1982 as part of a collection of several shorts from well known sitcoms.
In Christmas Trees, its worth noting that this is the only occasion we see Sid from “Sids Cafe”, has a Burger van at the market.
Christmas Trees Script
The script will be downloadable from here
Another Rare Episode
A non-commercial episode made in 1983 with Del-Boy selling Christmas Trees, it was broadcast as part of a TV show called ‘The Funny Side of Christmas’.
As always fans have managed to get hold of it and it provides some real gems including Grandad and Sid in the script.
i fink theres another lost thingy unde the name of ” Gulf War ”
thnx and ciaooooo
Will the six lost episodes of Only Fools And Horses be available on DVD in the not too distant future?
Unlikely – as the quality of them were poor and the BBC have never referred to them as official episodes