Only Fools and Horses Cuts – Part 4 – Updated Video Below
Last week we looked at Series Five 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 6 where another couple of episode gets a cut and one actually gets some extras added!
Series Six
Yuppie Love
UPDATE – The missing scenes below from Yuppy Love – over 5 minutes of Fools and horses lost!
In series six, the first episode “Yuppie Love” has been cut twice. Both of these are video cuts and are due to music rights. Both cuts occur in the nightclub scene. In the DVD version, the nightclub scene starts with the line “And tonight’s lucky winner is, that chick sitting at the corner table”. In the original version, the scene is much longer and starts with the lines below with a zoom shot across the dance floor:
Mickey: “Jevon! Jevon!”
Jevon: “What?”
Mickey: “See the blonde bird? I’ve had her! And ‘er mate. See the black sort at the back there!” Jevon: “Phones me all the time”.
Jevon: “You’re a hell of a man, Mickey”.
Rodney: “Mickey, are you doing this for charity?”
Mickey: “What d’you mean?”
Rodney: “Well, I just wondered whether it was sponsored bullshit”.
Mickey: “I’m telling you the truth, Rodney!”
(Jevon begins to speak to two girls who pass him)
Girl in Disco: “Hi, Jevon”.
Jevon: “Watcher, darling”.
Girl in Disco: “Not dancing tonight?”
Jevon: “Not at this precise moment in time. But being a creature of impulse, I am coiled like a spring, ready to move with sinuous grace when the music takes me. If either of you should be in the vicinity when this occurs, then who knows, it could be your lucky night”.
Jevon: “OK – I’ve given you two losers an audience, and now it’s time to do what I was put on this earth to do – to bring pleasure and excitement into the lives of attractive young women”.
The next cut to occur is later in this scene. After Rodney approaches Cassandra and says hello, the scene has been cut, again because of music. The DVD version just shows a shot of Rodney’s back. The following lines are lost:
Cassandra: “Erm, was there something?”
Rodney: “What? Oh yes. Would you like to dance with me?”
Cassandra: “Thank you”.
At the end of the scene, After Rodney and Cassandra go to dance, two lines are cut. This is again because of music.
Mickey: “He’s paid her, that’s what he’s done! He’s offered her half the winnings!”
Jevon: “Mickey – shut up!”
Sickness and Wealth
The fifth episode of series six “Sickness and wealth” has had its audio cut due to music rights. This cut occurs when Rodney, Cassandra and Uncle Albert are discussing Del’s health at The Nags Head in the latter half of the episode. The track removed is called “Its only love” by simply red. The DVD version has no music what so ever.
Strangely enough “‘Sickness & Wealth” has an extra scene, which hasn’t been broadcast. Hooky Street, issue 27 covers this question in depth.
Next week we will look at Only Fools and Horses Cuts for Series Seven
Britbox have editied And the Unlucky Winner is. The scene in the kids disco where Rodney gives Del the finger. I can get why Gold would cut it when it’s transmitted at 11am but surely not a streaming service
Does anyone have any info on the extra cut from Sickness & Wealth that was never aired. It says it was discussed in the Hookie Street Magazine but I cannot find info anywhere about the magazine or the cut.
Anyone help? Please
I think there was extra footage, not more cuts. The DVD had more footage than the broadcast version.
The Only Fools society should put together a dvd of all the cuts they have footage of, I would pay for that
I have every episode uncut and on DVD. I spent ages editing the iTunes releases and the DVD releases to make the full uncut collection.
It’s a long shot, but in case you still are monitoring this, do you want to compare collections?
I am really looking for the unedited episodes. I have all the UK DVD releases and have the USA DVD release too which is cut less but still missing some scenes.
Let me know if you would like to share – you’d be helping me out.
Would love to get more cuts on video
you may enjoy this series on https://www.ofah.net/blog/only-fools-and-horses-cuts-part-1/
Certainly Gold give the closest version to the original broadcast – don’t forget to subscribe for the next batch release on here – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7VxKLrIh2yXVDNGWSiVaTw?sub_confirmation=1 – You Know it Makes Sense!
Thanks bud, have subscribed to that, looks like a brilliant channel and read all of these blog posts on the cuts – theyre a great resource.
I should be getting the US release of the DVD and I can see what is on there as I have all the UK DVD release ripped to my PC, so if there are any extras left in that havent been cut I can let you know.
I hope that “theundertaker” can get back to us, it’d be cushty to get those uncut episodes he said he created… I’m living in America and trying to get my kind into ofah!
Hi
I’m still here for help on the cuts if anyone is interested.
Hi Undertaker, I am definitely interested. Is there a way to PM on here?
But these cuts are very frustrating – especially when you consider the fact that, songs from Mrs.Browns boys and the royle family remain in tact on DVD releases.
I mean whenever Mrs.Brown sings at the end of an episode, it remains on the DVD release aswell – with no problem or issues with music rights at all – same goes for the royle family when Jim and Barbara are having a chat, and they have got the radio on in the background, and a song comes on.
Such an unfortunate situation with only fools and horses, I don’t blame any OFAH fan for being agitated, it’s completely understandable.
The main reason why that club scene is missing, is due to the music track, ‘the spell’ by funkyworm, which is playing in the club, which due to music contractual reasons it was cut from DVD/Video releases.
however over the past couple of years – GOLD on sky digital now sadly cut that scene aswell. (when they originally used to air it)
a lot of people get the music track wrong though – some say this scene is cut because of ‘love goes up and down’ by Errol Brown, but it’s not – it’s because of funkyworm’s ‘the spell’.
Rob, I have managed to get my hands on the uncut version if you are still interested..
We’re all interested!
Griff, whats your email mate?
herrified@gmail.com
Cheers.
If you still have access to this, I’d love to have it bdwhitehead23@gmail.com
Lee, sorry mate, I only just got around to reading your message on here, I haven’t been well the past 2 or 3 weeks, and only just got around to reading what people have sent me.
No worries. I have to tried to upload it to both YouTube and dailymotion but unfortunately it is getting kicked off straight away because of copyright. Do you have access to dropbox?
No worries. I have to tried to upload it to both YouTube and dailymotion but unfortunately it is getting kicked off straight away because of copyright. Do you have access to dropbox?
Since BBC worldwide started selling episodes on Youtube, they have stamped down on uploads, I don’t know why they don’t allow them, its not like its a whole episode that is going to cost them money.
Hi Lee, Have just seen your post. Is it possible i could get the uncut yuppy love from you? I have been searching for months with no joy, thanks to youtube removing it.
Hi mate, I am very interested in buying these, would you email me if you would like to sell some (niallgormley1993@gmail.com), thank you, Niall
does anyone have the uncut yuppy love episode?
does anyone have this uncut episode?
I’ve found the night club scene with Rodney, Mickey Pearce and Jevon which has been cut from all DVD releases but unfortunately it has a foreign voice over, also whoever has uploaded the original video they edited it so the episode finishes in the nightclub. But it shows the episode is still being shown in full somewhere! (See link below)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wmwnp_only-fools-and-horses-s6e01-yuppy-love_shortfilms
Damn it, its been removed, do you have it downloaded?
Hi,
Ive been a fan since I was a kid, I badly want to see those videos you uploaded and to download them for my collection. Is there any chance you can upload them here? There has been so much deleted that I haven’t seen either since it was originally shown or ever.
Please let me know
Thanks
D
Does anyone have the uncut version Yuppy Love? I’ve been searching for ages and can’t find it anywhere!
Got my dvd collection and very angry at so many scenes left out… Royal flush inparticular when Del leans over the staircase after a long chat with Rodney and then says “corr look at the lungs on that!”. Surely it was these bits that made it funny in the first place. Dont know who’s to blame but i’m not happy about it!
The reason ‘A royal flush’ was heavily cut – was because John Sullivan himself was unhappy with the episode – he thought Del come across to nasty and strong, therefore it was edited in 2004.
According to the following website, the episode ‘Yuppy Love’ can be seen uncut, but only on TV via BBC One and the UKTV G.O.L.D channel.
Unfortunately, all VHS and DVD releases are still edited though.
Hopefully in the future, 2entertain will restore the episodes as originally broadcast, as the music rights can easily be obtained, and then hopefully the episodes will be re-released again on DVD at some point in the future.
Anyway the following website says that this episode, is uncut while broadcast on TV, so it may be shown again very soon.
http://www.british-tv-cuts.co.uk/yuppie-love-missing-lines.html
Click here to find out when ‘YUPPY LOVE’ is next on TV; http://www.locatetv.com/tv/only-fools-and-horses/season-6/1526487
it really is a complete waste of money buying any of the BBC’s so called COMPLETE collection boxsets, they have done a real hatchet job on the only fools releases,with all the money they get from dvd sales and the license fee surely they can afford to pay the rights for abit of background music.
i have all but 4 episodes on video and after reading about the cuts been made,im keeping them now and not buying the dvds !!!!
I also have all episodes on VHS and DVD. Although I have no video to play the VHS on I’m defiantly keeping them due to these cuts.
Hi
I’ve been trying to find out what the song is in Yuppie Love when Rodney’s in the nightclub with the lads and is watching Cassandra (the soul track – I can only pick out the word “love”).
I didn’t know scenes had been cut. Does anyone know what that track is and who it’s by? I’d be really grateful.
Stella
Hiya, I was wondering if you’d had any luck?? I’m trying to find the name of that song, too! :)
Leighton
Hiya, Its called ‘Love Goes Up and Down by Errol Brown :)
Hi Leighton
Yes, I found it on Youtube, and there’s an extended version here which is great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1wXJpganY
Thanks.
These cuts are so annoying, I’m not going to bother buying the dvd’s, I’ll just record the episodes from when repeated on BBC or cut the adverts If on UK Gold.
How much money one wonders were the BBC saving by not including the background music, or did they simply have no choice from the companies holding the music rights, althought I find it difficult to understand why anyone would want to object to their work being included in such an iconic tv series
why do they cut bits out of the dvd its very irritating. Their is nothing to offend any one
it’s because of copyright reasons. the bbc didn’t have the right to publish those songs onto the dvd’s.
This was the first time i noticed a missing scene – while watching my dvd after watching the episode Yuppie Love – one of my favorities
its so annoying
Thought thats a great heads up on the extra footage they put in – makes a real change!