List of Only Fools and Horses episodes

The following is an episode list for the BBC One sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The show is about two brothers who live in Peckham, London. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 8 September 1981. It aired for seven seasons and sixteen Christmas specials The final episode was broadcast on 25 December 2003, In total, 64 regular episodes of Only Fools and Horses were produced, all written by John Sullivan and are now available on both Region 2 and Region 1 DVD.

Additionally, twelve special editions of the show were made, two of these ("Licensed to Drill" and "The Robin Flies at Dawn") have never been broadcast commercially and some have only recently been rediscovered.

All episodes originally aired on BBC One. The list below is ordered by the episodes' original air dates.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (1981)

Series 2 (1982)

Series 3 (1983)

Series 4 (1985)

Series 5 (1986–1987)

Series 6 (1988–1989)

Series 7 (1990–1991)

Christmas specials (1991–2003)

Other

Short specials

Cameo appearances

David Jason appeared in adverts for Abbey National, Rover and Radio Times as Del Boy. Jason made a cameo appearance on the 2021 Christmas special of Strictly Come Dancing, wishing Jay Blades well after he danced to the show's theme tune. Jason also made a cameo as the voice of an animated Del Boy on an 2023 edition of The Apprentice.

John Challis made appearances as Boycie in a few adverts for UK Gold and an advert for Del's autobiography. He also appeared in a music video for Del Boy's Tune.

Documentaries

Ratings

References

Further reading

• Clark, Steve (1998). The Only Fools and Horses Story. BBC Books. ISBN 0-563-38445-X.
• Webber, Richard (2003). The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and Horses. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-6025-9.