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Boycie (John Challis), his wife, Marlene (Sue Holderness), and their son, Tyler (Creator/JackDoolan), have to flee London to escape from the Driscoll Brothers (Roy Marsden and Christopher Ryan). Boycie buys a farm, staffed by four useless employees - Elgin Sparrowhawk (Creator/DavidRoss), Bryan (Ivan Kaye), Mrs. Cakeworthy (Ella Kenion), and Jed (Peter Heppelthwaite)
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Boycie (John Challis), (Creator/JohnChallis), his wife, Marlene (Sue Holderness), and their son, Tyler (Creator/JackDoolan), have to flee London to escape from the Driscoll Brothers (Roy Marsden and Christopher Ryan). Boycie buys a farm, staffed by four useless employees - Elgin Sparrowhawk (Creator/DavidRoss), Bryan (Ivan Kaye), Mrs. Cakeworthy (Ella Kenion), and Jed (Peter Heppelthwaite)
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The 1600s? Think you might be about a millennium out there.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Farmer Llewellyn, Boycie's next door neighbour, who has an irrational hatred for the English [[InsaneTrollLogic because of what the Saxons did in the 1600s]]. He often antagonises Boycie, or tries to take advantage of him.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Farmer Llewellyn, Boycie's next door neighbour, who has an irrational hatred for the English [[InsaneTrollLogic because of what the Saxons did in the 1600s]].did]]. He often antagonises Boycie, or tries to take advantage of him.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Driscoll Brothers went up before the Old Bailey on two counts of murder, GBH, drug smuggling, importing illegal immigrants and refusing to pay their council tax.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Driscoll Brothers went up before the Old Bailey on two counts of murder, GBH, drug smuggling, importing illegal immigrants immigrants, and refusing to pay their council tax.
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* BritishBrevity: Each season ran from 7 to 9 episodes. It did last long enough to make a palpable 4 seasons of 32 episodes however.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Tyler tries to impress his Welsh girlfiend by offering her an apology in Welsh. Unfortunately he got the statement from [[{Jerkass}] Llewellyn]] and ends up telling her she's got a fat bottom.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Tyler tries to impress his Welsh girlfiend by offering her an apology in Welsh. Unfortunately he got the statement from [[{Jerkass}] [[{{Jerkass}} Llewellyn]] and ends up telling her she's got a fat bottom.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Driscoll Brothers went up before the Old Bailey on two counts of murder, GBH, drug smuggling, importing illegal immigrants and refusing to pay their council tax.
* TheCameo: Aside from Denzil in the first episode, Sid made a brief cameo appearance in the 2005 special.
* ChristmasSpecial: The three extended length specials were aired at Christmas. The first, aired 2005, was 50 minutes in length and featured a guest appearance from The Driscoll Brothers. The second special, aired 2006, was 45 minutes in length and featured only the main and recurring cast members. The third, aired 2007, was 40 minutes in length and featured a guest appearance from Creator/GeorgeWendt.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: John Sullivan wrote the theme music when he wrote the first season. He wrote the lyrics to explain the title and why Boycie and his family were running away to the countryside and wanted a theme tune that explained the obscure title (as with the parent show) and reasons for the characters' sudden dash.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: John Sullivan wrote the theme music when he wrote the first season. He wrote the lyrics to explain the title and why Boycie and his family were running away to the countryside and wanted a theme tune that explained the obscure title (as with the parent show) and reasons for the characters' sudden dash.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Tyler tries to impress his Welsh girlfiend by offering her an apology in Welsh. Unfortunately he got the statement from [[JerkAss Llewellyn]] and ends up telling her she's got a fat bottom.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Tyler tries to impress his Welsh girlfiend by offering her an apology in Welsh. Unfortunately he got the statement from [[JerkAss [[{Jerkass}] Llewellyn]] and ends up telling her she's got a fat bottom.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Marlene's mother Dora. She is reluctant to let him in her house and is always making uncalled-for comments towards him. He loathes her, but becomes more tolerant of her as the series progressed.
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* SpinoffSendoff: Denzil appears in the first episode to tell Boycie about the Driscoll Brothers' release from prison, prompting him to leave London.
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* WitlessProtectionProgram: Invoked. Boycie ends up having to flee his beloved London, following it being leaked that will he testifying against the [[LondonGangster Driscoll Brothers]]. As such he sells everything and buys a farm in Shropshire, then leaves in the middle of the night without telling anyone. When Marlene asks why not go into a Police witness protection, Boycie points out it was the Police who told the Driscolls he was the grass. The Driscolls do eventually find him, but only after Marlene foolishly invites her sister to visit for the weekend, up to which point they admit they had no clue where he was.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Farmer Llewellyn, Boycie's next door neighbour, who has an irrational hatred for the English [[TrollLogic because of what the Saxons did in the 1600s]]. He often antagonises Boycie, or tries to take advantage of him.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Farmer Llewellyn, Boycie's next door neighbour, who has an irrational hatred for the English [[TrollLogic [[InsaneTrollLogic because of what the Saxons did in the 1600s]]. He often antagonises Boycie, or tries to take advantage of him.
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* TookALevelInKindness: A mild example for Boycie, while he is still an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, his central role leads him to have more sympathetic qualities than in its parent show.
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* TheGhost: Myrtle, Bryan's ex-wife, and Elgin's wife.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Farmer Llewellyn, Boycie's next door neighbour, who has an irrational hatred for the English [[TrollLogic because of what the Saxons did in the 1600s]]. He often antagonises Boycie, or tries to take advantage of him.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Tyler tries to impress his Welsh girlfiend by offering her an apology in Welsh. Unfortunately he got the statement from [[JerkAss Llewellyn]] and ends up telling her she's got a fat bottom.
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* BritishAccents
* UsefulNotes/BritishEducationSystem
* UsefulNotes/BritishEducationSystem
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Aubrey.Boycie's is Aubrey.
* LondonGangster: The Driscoll brothers.
* LondonGangster: The Driscoll brothers.
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* ShootOutTheLock: Or rather everything but PlayedForLaughs when the Driscolls use AK-47s to destroy an entire door--except for the lock.
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* NightmareSequence: Happens in "Bothered and Bewildered", when Boycie has a nightmare after thinking that Mrs. Cakeworthy cursed him.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it wasn't anywhere ''near'' as popular as its parent show, it still had its fans, and was one of the BBC's more watched sitcoms. None of this had any bearing on the BBC's decision to cancel it however, which happened solely because going into the countryside to film the show got too expensive for the higher-ups' liking. Then again, this probably just caused the series to end a year or so earlier than it would otherwise have done, due to John Sullivan's untimely death in 2011.
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A SpinOff of ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', which ran from 2005 until 2009.
Boycie, his wife, Marlene, and their son have to flee London to escape from the Driscoll Brothers. Boycie buys a farm, staffed by four useless employees.
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!!Green Green Tropes:
* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Averted; this is set in Shropshire.
* BritishAccents
* UsefulNotes/BritishEducationSystem
* CharacterDevelopment: Mild example, but given Boycie was largely designed as ShadowArchetype and SmugSnake rival for Del Boy in ''Only Fools And Horses'', his turn in center spotlight required more focus on his own pathos and slicker qualities.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Aubrey.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's implied several times in the series that the farmhands (or at least Elgin) aren't really anywhere near as stupid as they like Boycie to think they are.
* PublicExposure: "Calendar Boys".
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it wasn't anywhere ''near'' as popular as its parent show, it still had its fans, and was one of the BBC's more watched sitcoms. None of this had any bearing on the BBC's decision to cancel it however, which happened solely because going into the countryside to film the show got too expensive for the higher-ups' liking. Then again, this probably just caused the series to end a year or so earlier than it would otherwise have done, due to John Sullivan's untimely death in 2011.
* ShootOutTheLock: Or rather everything but the lock.
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A SpinOff of ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', which ran from 2005 until 2009.
Boycie, his wife, Marlene, and their son have to flee London to escape from the Driscoll Brothers. Boycie buys a farm, staffed by four useless employees.
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!!Green Green Tropes:
* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Averted; this is set in Shropshire.
* BritishAccents
* UsefulNotes/BritishEducationSystem
* CharacterDevelopment: Mild example, but given Boycie was largely designed as ShadowArchetype and SmugSnake rival for Del Boy in ''Only Fools And Horses'', his turn in center spotlight required more focus on his own pathos and slicker qualities.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Aubrey.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's implied several times in the series that the farmhands (or at least Elgin) aren't really anywhere near as stupid as they like Boycie to think they are.
* PublicExposure: "Calendar Boys".
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it wasn't anywhere ''near'' as popular as its parent show, it still had its fans, and was one of the BBC's more watched sitcoms. None of this had any bearing on the BBC's decision to cancel it however, which happened solely because going into the countryside to film the show got too expensive for the higher-ups' liking. Then again, this probably just caused the series to end a year or so earlier than it would otherwise have done, due to John Sullivan's untimely death in 2011.
* ShootOutTheLock: Or rather everything but the lock.
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