Yuppy Love Episode Review
Brief: ’80’s fever is spreading fast! Del boy’s on the up and into the exciting world of red braces and yuppy sorts. Aimed with his filofax and briefcase he’s ready to take on the city. Meanwhile Rodney’s on the pull, with a classy new bird called Cassandra. Wonder what she’ll think of Nelson Mandela house… not quite the Kings Ave that she’s use to.
Transmitted: 08.01.1989
Duration: 50 minutes
Viewing Figures: 13.9 million
Del has just seen the film Wall Street and decided the upwardly-mobile lifestyle is for him. The camel-hair coat is out, and in comes a smart new image. Green mackintosh, mobile phone, aluminium briefcase, but the yellow van remains.
Del even wants to buy the flat off the council and sell it for a fast buck.
Rodney, meanwhile, has decided to complete a computing diploma course at the Adult Education Centre. It’s there that he meets a beautiful posh sort called Cassandra, who learns his name from the tag Del stitched into his raincoat (for a giggle).
Del and Trig ditch The Nags Head in favour of propping up a wine bar. The rest is comedy gold. Rodney and the boys head to a club, where Rodders amazes the others by dancing with Cassandra.
Was there something?
Mickey, are you doing this for charity
He has paid her half the winnings!
Episode Observations
- In Yuppy Love, Del clearly asks Rodney for a lift home from the wine bar. However Rodney pushes Del back into the wine bar where it turns out Del has drinks sitting waiting for him. Why would he have ordered drinks when he was outside wanting to go home?
- In Yuppy Love, Del says that they have been living in the flat since 1962 and Rodney was born in it. And in that series, Rodney was 26 and his birthday is revealed as November 2nd so he was born in 1962, whereas in The Yellow Peril (1982) it says on Del and Rodders mum’s gravestone that she died in March 1964. and throughout the series Rodney says that he was 5 when his mum died, so that would make him 1 1/2 when his mum died. So if Rodney says he was 5 in March 1964 when his mum died, shouldnt he have been born on November 2nd, 1958 which would have made him 5 when his mum died. Or did he age 5 years in just a year and a half.
- In Yuppy Love, As Rodney leaves the adult education centre and Del shouts over that he waited with the car to give him a lift home, he was obviously ready to go home. Yet Rodney pushes Del back down to the Wine Bar he has just left and Del then sais, have some of this wine & fizzy water I have justed ordered. There is a full bottle of red wine on the bar that belongs to Del. Would he have really gone home and left a full bottle of wine on the bar?.
- In Yuppy Love, Rodney throws away the Filo fax, yet in the program after, Danger uxd he has the identical filo fax.
- In Yuppy Love, just after Cassandra gives Rodney his coat back, she leaves the building. As she does, you can just see Rodney in the reflection in the door. He’s waiting to come out of the building!
- In Yuppy Love, Rodney never proposes to Cassandra. Rodney just walks up to her. But in the original he chats to her and says”D’ya wanna dance, y’know, with me.”?
- In Yuppy Love, when Rodney starts to chase Del around the table near the end,Del-Boy starts corpsing during the line ‘Now stop it!’Even so,the producers decided to leave it in.
- In Yuppy Love, When Rodney is going to his evening class…He is wearing a BLACK suit…He attends class then tells Del he isn’t going back to the flat (“not with Albert back there”)…He goes to the club instead…Here, he meets Cassandra and she drops him home in the rain…When he comes home he is wearing a soaking GREY suit.
- In Yuppy Love, Rodders makes a bet with Jevon and Mickey Pearce. Jevon states that Rodney is £5 short. Clearly Rodney finds change in his trousers and puts the change in Mickeys hat. When later collecting the money off Mickeys head the change is not to be seen.
- In Yuppy Love, when Cassandra approaches Rodney at night school (to swap coats), Rodney introduces himself to her. Then she returns his coat to him…When he asks how she knew it was his…She replies “Its got your name written on it”…But how did she know his name when he just introduced himself to her?…And the fact that the whole point of approaching him was to swap coats?
- In Yuppy Love, they say that Rodney lives on “a Nyere estate” this means that this is not a singular expression, yet in “Hole In One” he clearly says he lives on Dockside Estate.
- In Yuppy Love, the timings of things are all wrong. How on earth can Rodney go to evening class, then to theYuppy Bar, then to the club where he meets Cassandra, then walk home in the time space? When he gets home Del says ‘Cassandra left her number and said to ring her before 12 o’clock’. There is no way all that could have taken place. Also, Del says that Mickey Pearce came into the Riverside Club at last Knockins’, which is surely after 12 o’clock, and in the Yuppy Bar Trig says to Del ‘You better chat those birds up soon it’s nearly closing time’. So the Yuppy Bar must close at 10.30, they race over to the riverside before it closes at 11.30 and home at least 10 minutes before 12! And Del has been at home for 10 minutes before Rodney comes in!!!Sorry if that’s a bit confusing, but there’s definitely flaws somewhere.
Yuppy Love Script
The script will be downloadable from here
Yuppy Love missing scene – Only Fools and Cuts
Did You Know?
The scene where Rodney is dropped off at a posh area – Kings Ave, is based on a true occasion for John Sullivan as a schoolboy.
The script was based on Gordon Gecko, to reinvent a new image for Del and bring in Cassandra and Raquel into the scripts.
David Jason’s fall at the bar has been voted one of the most comic events ever on TV, and continues to win awards from time to time.
The reason the clip was so succesful? 2 reasons, firstly it is one continuous shot from begining to end, and therfore keeps the reality of the event. Secoundly David Jason started theatre as a slapstick actor who was very acrobatic in his plays and so the fall kept its reality as he simply refused to do anything that would give the fall away.
Yuppie Love Location
This is the Granery Building, Welsh Backs, City Docks, Bristol which is in 2 episodes the first one is Yuppie Love and the second episode is Fatal Extraction.
This was also used in Yuppie Love as the Adult Education Centre where Rodney met Casandra, 48 Queen Charlott Street, Bristol.
Im being quite specific, but ive a query about the music in this episode.
I’m a bit of a music enthusiast, and was wondering if its possible to get the exact version of Love Goes Up And Down used here? Ive searched everywhere, and all the versions I can find are not quite the same as what plays in the scene, the difference being in the beat of the song, which is a lot heavier in the episode than what’s available on youtube.
That, combined with the fact that Yuppy Love seems to have aired before the song even came out, makes me wonder if it was an alternate mix especially made for use in the episode. I probably sound a right geek, but i just like that version better and wondered if it was ever available.
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Can anyone tell me what the title of the song was when Del notices the two ladies looking at them in the bar.
It’s a trombone-sounding melody. Please help! Thx!
Al Bowlly Ray Noble – Makin’ Wickey Wackey in Waikiki 1931 Hawaii
Re:
In Yuppy Love, the timings of things are all wrong. How on earth can Rodney go to evening class, then to theYuppy Bar, then to the club where he meets Cassandra, then walk home in the time space? When he gets home Del says ‘Cassandra left her number and said to ring her before 12 o’clock’. There is no way all that could have taken place. Also, Del says that Mickey Pearce came into the Riverside Club at last Knockins’, which is surely after 12 o’clock, and in the Yuppy Bar Trig says to Del ‘You better chat those birds up soon it’s nearly closing time’. So the Yuppy Bar must close at 10.30, they race over to the riverside before it closes at 11.30 and home at least 10 minutes before 12! And Del has been at home for 10 minutes before Rodney comes in!!!Sorry if that’s a bit confusing, but there’s definitely flaws somewhere.
Let me give you a rough timeline of events:
18:00 – Evening class
20:00 – Yuppy bar (Rodney doesn’t stay long)
20:30 – Rodney back at flat before leaving for club
21.00 – Rodney/Jevon/Mickey at Club
22:30 – Del goes home (bar is probably shut which is what Trig means by closing time)
22:40 – Del goes to Riverside
23.00 – Cass drops off Emma / Mickey walks to DBTR
23:10 – Mickey arrives at DBTR
23.15 – Cass takes Rodney ‘home’
23:40 – Del back home
23:45 – Cassandra calls the flat and speaks to Albert
00:00 – Rodney home
*Correction*
22:30 – Del goes home (bar is probably shut which is what Trig means by closing time)
Was meant to say Del goes to DBTR (not home)
Nice time reference you got there, i still CAN NOT find the real location of the street that was named Kings Avenue in OFAH cause the real kings Avenue is a wrong street doesn’t match up so it would be much appreciated if you could give some pointers on funding the right one ? Thank you very much wesh you all the best
I’m pretty sure it’s Bishops Avenue London N2
The road in question is Broad Walk in Winchmore Hill, North London, the bungalow seen in the background of the scene has since been demolished
When I click on the ‘script will be to download from here’ link for this episode the script for ‘Yesterday never comes’ comes up.
Does anyone know where the script for this episode is?
hello Rich the script for “Yuppy Love” is at http://www.geocities.ws
episode 41
just type all that in google.
three great episodes last night, yuppy love , danger uxd
and chain gang-3 john sullivan masterpieces
just annoying that people try and pick holes in yuppy love
about the timing, the coat colours – etc -just leave the man alone -Yuppy love where she drives him to that posh road is so unique and as for the fall through the bar and triggers face-easily one of my favourite ever episodes
Nice one Gerry, thanks for that.
Can anyone, please know of the 1930’s sounding song playing in the background as Del Boy walks in to the yuppy wine bar?
I love it, obviously. Only because of this episode of course.
Cheers!
Al Bowlly & Ray Noble – Makin’ Wickey Wackey in Waikiki..
That is amazing!! How on earth did you find this out?? It would hardly be picked up by Shazam!
Well played son.
Haha cheers mate, full of useless knowledge me.. especially when it comes to Only Fools.
I love this song being played when Del walks down the steps, into the wine bar. Gives me a buzzing feeling. Plus the scene filmed outside where Rodney and Casandra first meet is filmed down the road from me in Bristol city centre.
Got a new request, Harry.
What’s the name of the song being ‘sung’ in Eddie Chambers’ nightclub in Margate?
And what about the song being played in the same episode where Steven and co are dining at Rodney and Cassandra’s?
Wasn’t it ‘Just the way you are’ by Billy Joel?
I couldn’t hear the song properly because that ruddy Stephen wouldn’t wrap up for five minutes going on about Africa and rotten bananas.
Me and a mate who are pretty religious when it comes to OFAH have wanted to know this forever. Absolutely brilliant knowledge, hats off to you sir
In ‘Yuppie Love’ how did Cassandra know who Rodney was before he introduced himself? Presumably, when she read the name in the coat, she went round asking people if they knew him, until she found somebody who could point him out.
For me, series 6 is the greatest series OFAH produced.
This episode and Danger UXD set the benchmark for overall hilarity. Absolutely sensational comedy.
Couldn’t catch it yesterday. Definitely will today though, Chain Gang is on, I LOVE THAT EPISODE!
Might have to tune in tomorrow, are the cuts noticeable and will it bug me? xD
The 1 major cut is when Rodney, Mickey and Jevon are in the club chatting.
the scene is cut due to music rights, the track is called ‘the spell’ by funkyworm.
it’s cut on DVD/Video releases – but I’m not sure if GOLD still show that missing scene on sky digital?
Hi rob, do you have this missing scene? unfortunity GOLD don’t show it in full anymore
Hi Lee, I used to have it on tape mate, but I sadly recorded over it – which I bitterly regret.
so GOLD no longer air that scene anymore? that’s really unfortunate, as that was the only place you could see that scene.
well I guess the best we can hope for now, is if somebody uploads it on youtube at some point.
Unfortunately not no, i think they stopped showing the uncut version around 2011 when the episodes were remastered.
I have contacted zane, the administrator of this site, he was the one to upload the missing scene to YouTube some years ago but sadly it has been blocked due to copyright.
I have asked him whether he could send me the clip,or re-upload it but sadly he hasn’t got back to me. Yuppy Love and The Miracle of Peckham are the only cuts i am missing!
Unfortunately not no, i think they stopped showing the uncut version around 2011 when the episodes were remastered.
I have contacted zane, the administrator of this site, he was the one to upload the missing scene to YouTube some years ago but sadly it has been blocked due to copyright.
I have asked him whether he could send me the clip,or re-upload it but sadly he hasn’t got back to me. Yuppy Love and The Miracle of Peckham are the only cuts i am missing!
I see we are getting treated to series 6 at the moment – what a great episode this was – danger UXB tomorrow afternoon – BBC1
when i clicked on the script it came up with the script for ‘Yesterday Never Comes’
Just go to the ‘Yesterday Never Comes’ and you will get ‘Yupppy Love’ script.
Thank you I’ve found it now.
I put Rodney in charge of updates – Sounds like he’s been messin about again!
Hi there is there anymore events with the only fools and horses action would like to see mickey perce many thanks Michael
‘love goes up and down’ by Errol Brown or ‘Enchanted Lady’ by the passadenas
what is the song being played in the bar Del enters, before the scene with the famous fall. song sounds old, as if played from an old vinyl recording. cannot really make out all the words, except for Honolulu :)
Hey Peter,
I’ve been looking for that song too for some time now. If you have the answer please tell me !!!!!!!!!
Anyone who finds this let me know I need to know :)
I found it.
The one we know starts at about 10 seconds in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJUTmthI4o
Thanks mate, your a hero. Ray Noble Orchestra feat Al Bowlly – Makin’ Wickey Wackey Down in Waikiki. I love the power of the internet.
I’ve seen it so many times, but when I watched Del falling last night in this episode, I laughed my ass off. It’s got to be one of the greatest ever television moments. Trigg’s face is comical. But Del when he gets up is just the best..