{"id":285,"date":"2009-12-23T03:22:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T03:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofah.webhostingireland.ie\/blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2010-06-16T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T10:40:33","slug":"thicker-than-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/thicker-than-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Thicker Than Water"},"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>Thicker Than Water Episode Review<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Brief:<\/strong> It&#8217;s Christmas Day at Nelson Mandela House, and Del  and Rodneys&#8217; dad, Reg is back, 18 years after walking out, suffering from a  hereditary blood disorder &#8211; &#8216;Some people get wise men bearing gifts We a get a  wally with a disease!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transmitted: 25.12.1983<br \/>\nDuration: 30 minutes<br \/>\nViewing Figures: 10.8 million<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/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<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Reg Trotter, absentee father to Del and Rodney, unexpectedly arrives to  celebrate Christmas with his boys.<\/div>\n<div>Reg explains that he has been living in Newcastle, and after a visit from  the infirmary, was diagnosed with hereditary blood disorder. Scared for their  well-being, he decided to tell his two sons.<\/div>\n<div>However, several tests later, Reg is given the all clear but it seems Del  Boy and Rodders have different blood types. It would seem the wayward father has  some explaining to do.<\/div>\n<div>Reg explains that he frequently argued with their mother before they split.  She had several dalliances with other men, and Del is the mystery child.  Fortunately a visit to the family quack gives him news to put the smile back on  his face.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/thicker.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/thicker3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/thicker4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/images\/thicker5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Episode Observations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In Thicker than Water, when del and rodders get the letter about there blood  group del says it is negative. but when del is in the pub and the camera shows  the letter it says positive.<\/li>\n<li>In Thicker than Water, when Del is talking to Rodney, look at Del as he  picks up a drink, it touches his lips but you can see him pretend to  swallow.<\/li>\n<li>In Thicker than Water, Del says to his dad when you left and shut that  door back in 1965 you closed it for good.But in the programme a loosing streak  Del tells Rodney at the bar dad left home on his 16th Birthday while there mum  was still alive! If she died in 1963 how was this possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Thicker Than Water Script<\/h2>\n<div>The script will be downloadable from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/files\/Thicker%20Than%20Water.txt\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Did You Know?<\/h2>\n<p>This episode hints at a fact that only comes out exactly 20 years later to  the day, Del and Rodney may not have the same father. See Sleepless in Peckham and The  Frogs Legacy for clarifacation,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/thicker-than-water\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Thicker Than Water Episode Review Brief: It&#8217;s Christmas Day at Nelson Mandela House, and Del and Rodneys&#8217; dad, Reg is back, 18 years after walking out, suffering from a hereditary blood disorder &#8211; &#8216;Some people get wise men bearing gifts We a get a wally with a disease! 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