The BBC has announced that it has commissioned a new comedy which will feature Del Boy Trotter as a teenager.

The 90-minute show, Sex, Drugs And Rock ‘n’ Chips, will be all about the adventures of the Trotter family in the ‘60s and most especially about Del’s teenage years. It’ll also feature younger versions of some of Only Fools best loved characters such as Boycie, Trig and Denzil.

The new show is written by Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan who said of the new programme, “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips will be set in the real Sixties, before The Beatles and Mary Quant made London the coolest place on the planet.

“The drama will feature south London at its least glamorous, where money was scarce, the staple diet was rock salmon and chips, and the flicks offer the only hint of glamour… Read more & comment »

Christmas doesn’t feel quite the same without Only Fools and Horses does it? I miss the adventures of Del and Rodders and even though I’ve been watching previous year’s Christmas specials on GOLD, it’s just not quite the same.

I miss Trigger calling Rodney Dave; remember that time that Trigger said, “If it’s a boy, they’re namin’ him Rodney after Dave”? And in the episode Diamonds Are For Heather, Del uttered the great punch-liner about Uncle Albert’s cooking, “Tough? Tough? It’s the toughest chicken I’ve ever known. It’s asked me for a fight in the car park twice!”

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