Only Fools & Horses: The Christmas Specials

Rodney has run out of yuletide cheer, as the annual Trotter festivities are wearing thin. Burnt turkey, charred Christmas pudding, the same old things on television, and nothing but a book lent to him by Mickey Pierce: 'Body Language: The Lost Art'. When Grandad puts on his glad rags and heads to the OAPs' party at the community centre, the Trotter boys head to The Monte Carlo Club, where Rodney puts his new-found knowledge of the unspoken language of love to use. Del Boy however has other ideas...

Whilst drowning his yuletide sorrows in the Nag's Head, Del falls hook, line and sinker for the lovely Heather and it seems that Rodney may even be getting a sister-in-law for Christmas.

Reg Trotter, absentee father to Del and Rodney, unexpectedly arrives to celebrate Christmas with his boys, having been recently diagnosed with a hereditary blood disorder. When it is revealed that Del and Rodney have different blood types, it seems their wayward father has some explaining to do.

All Del Boy has to do is collect a few diamonds from Amsterdam and bring them back to the UK and he'll earn a cool 15K. So why does he end up on a boat twice as far away in the opposite direction?

Rodney meets Vicky, a seemingly impoverished artist who it transpires is the daughter of the Duke of Maylebury. Having obtained a pair of tickets to the sold-out production of Carmen, Rodders seems to have deeply impressed Vicky, who then invites Rodney to a party at the Duke's country home. It seems romance may be on the cards... until Del Boy turns up, hits the vino-plonko and ruins everything for his little brother.

Trotters Independent Trading is causing mayhem with their faulty RAJAH computers. Rodders gets a new job at a funeral directors, while Albert and Del hit the health market with their miracle cure body massagers. At the wedding of Trigger's niece, the Trotters hear the tale of Freddie the Frog, a bank robber and close friend of the boys' mother. He left everything in his will to their mum, including missing gold bullion. While Del hunts for treasure, Rodney puzzles over Freddie and his mother's friendship - and a son who would by now be his own age.

A feature length episode, which sees an unusually good month for Trotters Independent Trading. An unprecedented demand for ladies razors has meant Del and Rodney can escape the daily struggle and enjoy life's rewards and love is in the air. Rodney's date with Nervous Neris proves memorable for all the wrong reasons while Del has more success in finding himself a local bird, a classy girl who knows her Liebfraumilch from her Lucozade. It looks like everything's lovely jubbly until Uncle Albert's birthday knees-up is called to a halt by a couple in naval uniform...

Cassandra organises a dinner party, inviting her yuppie boss and his wife in the hope of getting a promotion. Del and Uncle Albert soon arrive to put their feet firmly in their mouths and ruin the chances of that. Despite it being Rodney and Cassandra's first wedding anniversary, Rodders agrees to go on the annual Jolly Boys Outing to Margate. The outing goes as well as can be expected considering the driver gets drunk, Rodney gets arrested, and the radio bought from Trotters Independent Traders blows up the coach. Forced to stay the night by this twist of fate, Del encounters his lost love Raquel, who is now working as magician's assistant. As one Trotter rekindles his love life, the other returns to find Cassandra entertaining her boss at home. Punching first, and asking questions later, Rodney blows it. Again.

Rodney seems to have it all, a beautiful wife, a cushy job at the father-in-law's printing company, and a lovely home. Del is very happy too, Raquel has agreed to live with him having returned from a theatre tour of America's east coast. But all is not well between Rodney and Cassandra. Cassie has become a workaholic, and Rodney cannot understand why she wants to attend work functions instead of cooking his tea. Del, worried for his brother's happiness (and the loss of cheap printing perks through Rodney's job) plays cupid. Consequently, Rodney finds himself homeless for the third time in 18 months.

It's Damien's Christening - and a chance for Del to make some money with his pre-blessed wine, and for his Godparents, Rodney and Cassandra, to get together as their marriage is having problems. When Rodney receives a "Maxwell money" windfall from his pension fund at the printing firm, Del kindly uses it to book two tickets to Miami for the unhappy couple. Trouble is, Cassandra can't get the time off work, so Del volunteers to take her place.

In Miami, mafia godfather Don Occhetti is on trial and facing a life sentence. Del could be his double, and when the Occhetti boys spot him in a nightclub, they realise this could be their chance to save their boss. Del and Rodney return to their camper van to find that everything has been stolen, but never mind as a kind Italian family are offering them a room at their mansion free of charge. It all seems too good to be true, and it is. After several unsuccessful attempts on Del's life, the Trotters leg it into the alligator-infested Everglades, hotly pursued by the trigger-happy Occhetti gang. They are all about to ruin Boycie and Marlene's relaxing holiday in Florida...

Del and Rodney are strapped for Christmas cash. To make matters worse, while Cassandra finally has her promotion, Raquel is suffering from post-natal depression. Rodney is concerned that Del has lost his drive. When confronted, Derek explains that on top of his woes, the council have approved his application to buy their flat in Nelson Mandela House, doubling the rent. On top of that, Grandad's allotment has become a health hazard and he has to clear it. While clearing the allotment Del discovers several barrels of yellow liquid. Enlisting Trigger and Denzil, they are disposed of during the night. Finally spotting a gap in the market, Del decides to bottle tap water and sell it as Peckham Spring Water - with predictably disasterous results.

Raquel is worried that Santa will be too busy down the 121 Club getting drunk, to provide Damien with any presents. Rodney raises the problem with Del, who explains he is brokering a deal to get hold of some Russian ex-military Camcorders to make ends meet over Christmas. Exasperated, Raquel leaves Del to stay with Rodney and Cassandra. Del does what any man would: organises a date with Beverly, his dentist's receptionist. He cancels it as soon as he comes to his senses. A changed man, he invites Raquel back. After drunkenly starting a riot on the estate he sells the Russian gear to both the cops and the robbers. All seems fine, until Beverly starts stalking Del...

It's been five years since Del and Rodney drove off into the sunset to the tune of £6.5 million. Now they're back and thanks to a dodgy South American investment, Trotters Independent Trading Company has been declared bankrupt and forced to move back to Nelson Mandela House. Before long their novel money-making schemes are in evidence again - Del's about to appear live on the game show 'Goldrush' and Rodney has a plan to boost his and Cassandra's love life...

Over the years, fans will have come to know the Trotters and their friends from Peckham as well as they know their own family. They have followed every up and down of their lives, including the death of Grandad, Rodney's wedding and the birth of Del's son, Damien. But the fun isn't quite over yet as there is a new addition to the Trotter family...

Del, Rodney and Boycie are in jail in France for kidnapping. The stowaway in their van whom they assumed was an illegal immigrant turned out to be an important businessman who had been trapped in the back. To add to the Trotters' problems, they are about to be kicked out of Nelson Mandela House, as they still owe the Inland Revenue and have no hope of paying their debt in time. Then Cassandra goes into labour, and Rodney discovers that his father is not who he thought he was.