Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 2

by Ronnie English

Last week Ronnie English looked at the opening credits and Series One of Only Fools and Horses.  Particularly the way episodes have lost original scenes when released on DVD in the UK.

Today we turn our attention to Series Two Three and Four

Series Two

Series Two is surprisingly unaffected and has not been cut.

Series Three

Healthy Competition

In the third series, the second episode, “Healthy Competition” is affected by one minor cut. In the market place scene with Del and Rodney, Music has been removed. This cut occurs when the policemen begins to walk towards the trotter brothers. In the original version, the music track from the well-known 1975 movie Jaws is played, a similar track takes it place on the DVD.

Healthy Competition Cut Episode

Series Four

Watching the girls go by

In the fourth series, we see the first major video cut take place, in the episode “Watching the girls go by”. The Scene occurs after Del and Rodney go to a club and Del meets Yvonne at the bar. In the original version, Yvonne starts to sing at Dell after the line “Oi Orlando!”. In the DVD version, her singing is cut and a shot of Rodney is shown. The following lines are lost:

watching the girls go by cut

Yvonne: “I would not leave you in times of trouble.”
Del: “Yeah that’s beautiful Vonny, that is really lovely you know. Yeah you’ll go a long way.”
Yvonne: “We never could have come this far. I took the good times.”
Del: “That’s really nice Vonny, that is yeah beautiful I love it.”
Yvonne: “I’ll take the bad times”
Del: Yeah super, “Oi Orlando!”
Yvonne: “I love you just the way you are!”
Del: “Gordon Bennett, that’s my bloody ear hole Vonny!”
Yvonne: “Sorry Presh!”
Del: “Stone me, leave it out.”

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Next week we will look at Only Fools and Horses Cuts for Series Five

Coming soon – one episode with  18 minutes  cut out!

Other Pukka Posts:

1. Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 3
2. Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 5
3. Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 4
4. Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 7
5. Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 1