History Trivia / OnlyFoolsAndHorses

** To a lesser extent, Sullivan also wasn't happy with the first Christmas specials, considering "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS1E07ChristmasCrackers Christmas Crackers]]" to be both rather listless and a re-tread of "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS1E02GoWestYoungMan Go West, Young Man]]". While the second Christmas special, "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS2E08DiamondsAreForHeather Diamonds Are for Heather]]", did show that Del can be a family man if he put his mind to it, Sullivan still felt the episode to be a little on the generic side. It wasn't until the third Christmas special, "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS3E08ThickerThanWater Thicker Than Water]]" that Sullivan tried writing a more significant episode than usual, and then the fourth special, "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS4E08ToHullAndBack To Hull and Back]]" cemented the feature-length format of the Christmas episodes.

* OldShame:
** Nearly everyone involved with the show regards "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS5E07ARoyalFlush A Royal Flush]]" to have been a huge misfire, to the point where John Sullivan admitted in an interview on the day that the show's GrandFinale was broadcast that he wished he had never written it.
** To a lesser extent, Sullivan also wasn't happy with the first Christmas specials, considering "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS1E07ChristmasCrackers Christmas Crackers]]" to be both rather listless and a re-tread of "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS1E02GoWestYoungMan Go West, Young Man]]". While the second Christmas special, "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS2E08DiamondsAreForHeather Diamonds Are for Heather]]", did show that Del can be a family man if he put his mind to it, Sullivan still felt the episode to be a little on the generic side. It wasn't until the third Christmas special, "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS3E08ThickerThanWater Thicker Than Water]]" that Sullivan tried writing a more significant episode than usual, and then the fourth special, "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS4E08ToHullAndBack To Hull and Back]]" cemented the feature-length format of the Christmas episodes.

** Del Boy is said to have been a teenager in The60s. Creator/DavidJason was born in 1940, making him roughly five to ten years older than the character.[[note]]The show was inconsistent about Del's date of birth with this getting earlier over time. Early in the show's run [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS2E03ALosingStreak A Losing Streak]] explained Del's father left on his 16th birthday, with [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS3E08ThickerThanWater Thicker than Water]] placing this in 1965 (suggesting a birth around 1949). [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS1E01BigBrother Big Brother]] (the first episode) also established there was a 13-year gap between Del and Rodney. Later in the show's run, however, [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS9E03SleeplessInPeckham Sleepless in Peckham]] mentioned that Del was 15 in July 1960 (suggesting a birth of 1945) while Rodney had not been born yet. The school reunion episode has a banner celebrating class 4C (from context, the fourth year of secondary school) of 1962, meaning Del, Trigger, Boycie, and Denzil would all have been around 14 that year. The prequel ''Series/RockAndChips'' similarly has Del as 15 in 1960, supporting a birth year around 1945, with Rodney not born until later that year. This suggests the age gap between the Trotters was at least 15 years.[[/note]]

** Del Boy is said to have been a teenager in TheSixties. Creator/DavidJason was born in 1940, making him roughly five to ten years older than the character.[[note]]The show was inconsistent about Del's date of birth with this getting earlier over time. Early in the show's run [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS2E03ALosingStreak A Losing Streak]] explained Del's father left on his 16th birthday, with [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS3E08ThickerThanWater Thicker than Water]] placing this in 1965 (suggesting a birth around 1949). [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS1E01BigBrother Big Brother]] (the first episode) also established there was a 13 year gap between Del and Rodney. Later in the show's run, however, [[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS9E03SleeplessInPeckham Sleepless in Peckham]] mentioned that Del was 15 in July 1960 (suggesting a birth of 1945) while Rodney had not been born yet. The school reunion episode has a banner celebrating class 4C (from context, the fourth year of secondary school) of 1962, meaning Del, Trigger, Boycie and Denzil would all have been around 14 that year. The prequel ''Series/RockAndChips'' similarly has Del as 15 in 1960, supporting a birth year around 1945, with Rodney not born until later that year. This suggests the age gap between the Trotters was at least 15 years.[[/note]]
** Although Cassandra was supposed to be five years younger than Rodney, in real life Gwyneth Strong is actually two years older than Creator/NicholasLyndhurst.