EXCLUSIVE:
You heard it here first on the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society Web Site
The New Prequel Comedy/Drama will be called:
Rock ‘n’ Chips
Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Chips It’s a question which has intrigued Only
Fools & Horses fans for decades: exactly what sort of character could possibly have fathered Del Boy and Rodney Trotter?
Now it seems the puzzle is about to be solved as the BBC looks set to commission a ‘prequel’ starring Trotter Senior.
The mysterious character, named Freddy Robdal, will bear a keen family resemblance as he is set to be played by Nicholas Lyndhurst, who starred as Rodney in the long-running series.
But the programmes will not feature any of the other main characters from the show. John Sullivan, creator of Only Fools and Horses, has told The Mail on Sunday he is already working on the series.
‘Nick is very keen to play the part of Freddy “The Frog” Robdal, a gangster from Peckham,’ said Mr Sullivan. ‘And I have written a couple of scripts.’
As yet, though, there has been no final go-ahead from the BBC. Mr Sullivan added: ‘Nick and I are both on board the train, if you like, waiting to arrive at the station.’
Although he has been mentioned fleetingly during the series as a gentleman gangster, Freddy Robdal has never actually appeared on screen.
The Trotter brothers took their mother’s surname. Watch this space for more details…………
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