{"id":2573,"date":"2010-11-22T12:34:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T12:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2010-11-22T12:34:09","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T12:34:09","slug":"favorite-only-fools-and-horses-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/favorite-only-fools-and-horses-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Only Fools and Horses Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today Steve Headland tells us about his favorite Only Fools and Horses episode and why<\/p>\n

This is my favourite episode, To Hull and Back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christmas special 1985.
\nOriginal transmission : Wednesday 25 December 1985, 7.30 p.m
\nOriginal viewing figures 16.9 million.
\nDuration 90 mins.
\nFirst repeat : Thursday 1 January 1987, 8.30p.m<\/p>\n

This christmas special is not everyone’s favourite episode, because no classic scenes standout, but I loved it.<\/p>\n

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Steven's favourite episode, To Hull and Back<\/p><\/div>\n

Boycie and Abdul tell Del that they’re planning to buy some diamonds from a Mr Van Kleefe in Amsterdam. They have a briefcase containing \u00a350,000 for the stones, they intend making a profit as the stones are worth \u00a3150,000. Boycie and Abdul can’t take the risk of getting caught so they ask Del if he’ll act as the courier, taking the money across the North Sea and delivering it personally to Mr Van Kleefe, and then returning back with the stones.Del turns the offer down until he is offered \u00a315,000.Del gets Rodney to come along who says’ I suppose we could treat it like a holiday’.Chief Inspector Slater is investigating the diamond smuggling and Hoskins lets slip that Boycie and Abdul are involved.Del suggets to Boycie and Abdul to use the back of Denzil’s lorry to finalise their plans. Rodney is on look out. Denzil gets into his lorry before Del can get out and goes to Hull.Rodney follows them in the robin relliant van.Eventually, Denzil’s lorry stops. Del gets an idea at the North Sea fishing port. Del decides that rather than using the airports which Slater is expecting, why not hire a boat.Uncle Albert joins them as they need an experienced sailor, but they couldn’t find one so Uncle Albert had to do! Rodney says ‘Every ship or vesal that man has sailed on has sunk. Del replies ‘ I know, lucks gotta change sometime.They get lost. Del’s great one liner in the North Sea canal, ‘Don’t act suspicious Rodney, just pretend we’re Dutchman, Ajax. Del then realises that Boycie and Abdul have given him counterfeit notes to exchange for the diamonds. They get lost again.When they get back,Chief Inspector Slater is waiting to catch them, but he is then caught himself by Hoskins. Del then thinks the \u00a315,000 that Boycie and Abdul gives him is counterfeit as well and throws it out the window.Del switches over a couple of diamonds for cats eyes on his cufflinks to make the trip to Hull and Back worthwhile.<\/p>

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