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.
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:
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!







These cuts are so annoying
Thanks Ronnie – i can wait to see the next episode
18 minutes missing – it must be Royal Flush!