While exploring some new behind the scenes photos sent to me the other day from Perry. Some additional photos appeared. They were from ‘Yuppy Love’ Only Fools and Horses episode which was aired in 1989.
Now being so close to the Dates Christmas special, (Make sure you take a look at the Only Fools and Horses Dates article) it may well of been filmed on the same day. It’s possible that sometimes locations are combined to keep costs down.
Yuppy Love Episode Overview
Previously Del had met Raquel in Dates, Now its Rodney’s turn to meet a woman to settle down with. This is so series 6 and 7 can change direction and have Del and Rodney settling down in life. Therefore Yuppy Love allows Rodney to meet Cassandra.
You’ve seen her house and the snob in you came racing to the surface and you thought: “Ooh, how can I take her back to Nelson Mandela House?”
Del : Yuppy Love : Only Fools And Horses
So lets take a look at this superb episode and how the filming took place when Del and Rodney admired the road where you “got stockbrokers, private doctors… Porsches! This is the crème de la menthe of our community!
Cop a load of this, bruv. I mean, this is what you call living. You know, I bet these gaffs have guest suites, swimming pools, jacuzzis! What have we got?
A put-you-up, a damp patch and a jakarsey!
Yuppy Love Cuts
If you want to read the cut out script and enjoy the 5 minutes of lost scenes then head over to our section 4 of our cuts area.
Yuppy Love Episode is more than the bar scene
Only Fools and Horses has several amazing moments. most famously in this episode where Del crashes through the wine bar. But often the build up to the episode and in Dels words reveals Rodney has a snobbish attitude. Rodney is told by Del not to be ashamed of where he lives.
Yuppy Love Script
So you can download the Yuppy Love Script here. But lets just remind ourselves of the superb banter between Del and Rodney near the end of the episode. Del says he can read Rodney like a book so puts £20 to guess what happened tonight….
Del: I’ve got 20 notes here – look, there they are – they say that I can guess what happened tonight. G’on then,you cover that.
Rodney: Alright, go’n then, know-all,tell me!
Del: Alright. That Mickey Pearce said that this Cassandra sort lived in a right nice drum.
Rodney: Yeah, so?
Del: So this is what I think happened. You’ve seen her house and the snob in you came racing to the surface and you thought: “Ooh, how can I take her back to Nelson Mandela House?” So on your way home, you’ve made her drive up some right posh road – somewhere like The King’s Avenue – and you stopped at some right nice little mansion and you pretended that’s where you lived!
Rodney: You don’t half talk a load of rubbish!
Del: Is that the truth?
Rodney: Yes!
Del: Thank you very much indeed. That’s it, Rodney, you see, you’re like an open book, my son – and it’s thicker than my Filofax!
In conclusion, the photos from the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society were mainly of filming the dates episode. But these two photos which I initially thought were of the same time, weren’t. Never was the kings Avenue mentioned in Dates. But it was mentioned several times in Yuppy Love. So we assume it was in that BBC episode this took place.
This is my go-to episode I think – outside of the specials.
Superb.