{"id":4536,"date":"2012-12-04T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2012-12-04T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T08:50:00","slug":"missing-scenes-found-for-thicker-than-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/missing-scenes-found-for-thicker-than-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing scenes found for Thicker Than Water"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We always love any new Only Fools and Horses missing scenes. So we were very excited when super fan Ronnie found an old lost clip for the Thicker Than Water episode.<\/p>\n

Back in 1983, the Only Fools & Horses christmas special \u201cThicker Than Water\u201d was broadcast. Following the death of Lennard Pearce less than a year later in 1984, the episode was edited out of respect. The edit removed a couple of lines with Del and Rodney. Since the original transmission on the 25th December 1983, the cut part of the scene has never been seen again. Its also missing on DVD, VHS and TV repeats world-wide. Today we are able to bring you the lost lines, recovered from a 1983 betamax recording of the original transmission. After finding the tape, a working betamax machine was harder to find, then it had to be transferred to digital. The picture is quite good considering its age.<\/p>\n

The actual lines missing are (The scene occurs after Del returns from the Nags head, just having learned his father has returned)………..<\/p>\n

After Del says:\u201cWhat do you mean judge him? He deserted you when you were five years old. And not only that, he walked out on his own father.<\/em><\/p>\n

Current versions of the episode jump straight to grandads face and audience laughter, the missing part of the scene occurs before the laughter. The laughter scene is also slightly longer.<\/p>

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