{"id":1157,"date":"2010-01-06T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofah.webhostingireland.ie\/blog\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2019-07-07T08:34:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T07:34:22","slug":"comedy-drama-rock-n-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/comedy-drama-rock-n-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy-Drama Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<h2>New Prequel\u00a0Comedy\/Drama now filming:<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Chips<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joan Trotter\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/longdescription.asp?imagename=snd-joan.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130609021017\/http:\/\/ofah.net\/images\/snd-joan.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Joan Trotter\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"250\" height=\"291\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Chips is now being filmed and it looks amazing. Based  in the 1960&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>The BBC have given the go ahead and filming is now taking place with  it\u00a0expected to be shown in the new year. It will be a one-off 90 minute drama  promising to give us the background to these loved characters.<\/p>\n<p>We are all familiar with the\u00a0mysterious character, named Freddy Robdal,\u00a0He is  rightfully played by Nicholas Lyndhurst, who starred as Rodney in the  long-running series.<\/p>\n<p>The cast for the workingly-titled\u00a0<em>Sex, Drugs &amp; Rock&#8217;n&#8217;Chips<\/em> has  been announced &#8211; and it&#8217;s a very exciting mix.<\/p>\n<p>Telling the <em>Only Fools  and Horses<\/em> backstory will be <em>Inbetweeners<\/em> star <strong>James Buckley<\/strong> as a teenage Del Boy, while <strong>Nicholas Lyndhurst<\/strong> will return to Peckham,  this time as Freddie &#8216;The Frog&#8217; Robdal\u00a0 &#8211; an &#8216;art connoisseur&#8217; with more than a  passing resemblance to the future Rodney Trotter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Del Boy\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/longdescription.asp?imagename=snd-del.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130609025115\/http:\/\/ofah.net\/images\/snd-del.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Del Boy\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"250\" height=\"176\" align=\"left\" \/>&#8220;<em>Rock&#8217;n&#8217;Chips<\/em> hurtles us into the rough and unglamorous world of London  in 1960 to discover the circumstances that led to Del and Rodney Trotter turning  out the way they did,&#8221; said writer John Sullivan.<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Centering on the  relationships between Joan, Reg, safe-cracker Freddie and teenage Del, it picks  up the Trotter story in 1960, as Joan Trotter (Peckham&#8217;s answer to Brigitte  Bardot) is not-so-happily married to bone-idle Reg and mother to a teenage son,  Derek. But the reappearance of Freddie Robdal, fresh from a ten year stay as a  guest of Her Majesty, is set to ruffle some feathers in the Trotter  household&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Other cast announced include <strong>Kellie Bright<\/strong> and  <strong>Shaun Dingwall<\/strong> as Trotter parents Joan and Reg, <strong>Phil Daniels<\/strong> as  Del&#8217;s granddad, and <strong>Robert Dawes<\/strong> as Joan&#8217;s sleazy boss.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Denzil and Trig\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/longdescription.asp?imagename=snd-denz-trig.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130608194437\/http:\/\/ofah.net\/images\/snd-denz-trig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Denzil and Trig\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" align=\"right\" \/>We haven&#8217;t  yet learned who will be playing the teenage Boycie, Trigger, Denzil and Roy  Slater &#8211; but we do know they&#8217;ll be in it.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting begins this Monday,  and we&#8217;ll try to get on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/images\/robdal.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"159\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" \/>set to snap some behind-the-scenes  photos for the blog, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>Although he has been mentioned fleetingly during the series as a gentleman  gangster, Freddy Robdal has never actually appeared on screen. So it will be  delightful to see Lyndhurst bring this infamous character to life<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/comedy-drama-rock-n-chips\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>New Prequel\u00a0Comedy\/Drama now filming: Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Chips Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Chips is now being filmed and it looks amazing. Based in the 1960&#8217;s The BBC have given the go ahead and filming is now taking place with it\u00a0expected to be shown in the new year. 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