{"id":7704,"date":"2019-10-01T10:21:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T09:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=7704"},"modified":"2019-10-01T18:53:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:53:30","slug":"a-royal-flush-only-fools-and-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/a-royal-flush-only-fools-and-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"A Royal Flush Only Fools and Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I hope you’re enjoying this series of photo discoveries from Perry. Today we look Behind The Scenes of Only Fools and Horses : A Royal Flush<\/em>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Royal flush<\/strong> was the episode that divided opinion. Is it because for the first time we see the true Del Boy. He appears to let himself down along with embarrassing his family. Or is this Christmas Special produced to just show how kind and soft Del Boy becomes once he moves into a steady family life with Raquel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you missed them already we have had some amazing behind the scenes photos from Dates<\/a> and Yuppy Love<\/a>, so before you go any further get your peepers on them first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Royal Flush Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This 75 minute episode has been cut to death sadly. It was originally shown in full in 1986 as a Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special. With 18.8 million watching the episode it became as usual, one of the biggest comedy viewing of the year. The Royal Flush episode<\/a> shows how Rodney bumps into the daughter of the Duke of Maylebury (Called Vicky or Victoria) while working at the market with Del. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The episode has some lovely continuity connections that include June the mother of Debbie from Zimbabwe House who turns up as Del’s bird to the delight of Rodney (see Happy Returns<\/a> for why this is so embarrassing for Rodney). Timeless comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Man in Market.<\/strong> They can’t be top quality, they’re too cheap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Del.<\/strong> How can anything be too cheap, you plonker?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man in Market.<\/strong> Listen, I’m not a plonker!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Del. <\/strong>No? So what you doing, an impression?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Del sees an opportunity to get in with Royalty and so goes out of his way to project Rodney. He remarkably obtains a pair of tickets to the sold-out production of Carmen. If you ever go to the opera to watch Carmen, it\u2019s very hard not to want to whistle along to the parts Del Boy infamously whistled too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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