The BEST episodes of Only Fools and Horses
Every episode of Only Fools and Horses ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Only Fools and Horses!
Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
#1 - Danger UXD
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/1989
Just faking a signature on a delivery note means that Del can take possession of 50 dolls for absolutely nothing. The only problem is that 'Lusty Linda' and 'Erotic Estelle' are not exactly what he had in mind and would seem more appropriate to Dirty Barry's dubious trade than to the local toyshop...
#2 - Sleeping Dogs Lie
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/21/1985
Del's on to a great money making scheme - looking after Boycie and Marlene's new puppy Dukie for a steal at £60 a week. Should be a doddle - a bit of the old Pedigree Chum and they should be away. Then Dukie falls victim to Salmonella poisoning...
#3 - Ashes to Ashes
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/1982
Del's busy selling Trig's gran's genuine antique urns. Trouble is, one of them is Trig's Grandad's last resting place!
#4 - Tea for Three
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1986
Del's tampered with the sunbed controls and Rodney's seeing red - literally! His face is done to a turn. He'll hardly wow Trigger's niece, Lisa, with his handsome good looks now, which leaves the way pretty clear for Del himself. But revenge should certainly be sweet when Rodders volunteers Del for a spot of hanggliding.
#5 - The Class of '62
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/1991
A class of '62 reunion in the Nag's Head signals Roy Slater's return to Civvy Street after years in the nick. But why has the crooked ex-copper decided to come back to Peckham when he is universally loathed? Just as Trig, Del, Boycie and Denzil begin to believe that he really has changed for the better, Del discovers the real reason for his return...
#6 - Hole in One
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/1985
The Trotters are potless, so Uncle Albert comes to the rescue by having an 'accident' with the open cellar door of the Nag's Head.
#7 - Friday the 14th
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/1983
The Trotters visit Devon for a weekend's fishing but get involved with an escaped 'psycho' from the local mental hospital.
#8 - Who's a Pretty Boy?
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/22/1983
Del Boy arranges for Rodney & Grandad to redecorate Denzil & Corrinne's flat. What is Corrinne going to say when she finds out that her canary is brown bread?
#9 - The Longest Night
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1986
A burglar makes a daring raid on the local supermarket just as Del and family are out buying their weekly French stick. What's worse, Del sold him a duff watch down the local market...
#10 - Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1986
Del Boy gets the chance to make a new start (and to become a millionaire) in Australia - fronting Jumbo Mill's used car business.
#11 - A Losing Streak
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/1982
Del and Boycie are set to play the biggest poker game Peckham's ever seen... But what exactly has Boycie got up his sleeve?
#12 - A Touch of Glass
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/1982
Del introduces the Dresden-collecting aristocracy to some North Korean porcelain and his chandelier-cleaning service.
#13 - From Prussia with Love
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1986
When a German damsel turns up in the Nag's Head, she's definitely in distress - and nine months pregnant at that. Rodney's all beer and sympathy, but Del's got an idea - could this be the answer to Boycie and Marlene's dreams of a child and a golden opportunity to make a few bob along the way?
#14 - Strained Relations
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/1985
After Grandad's funeral, Delboy & Rodney are surprised to find that his brother, Uncle Albert, has moved in with them - bringing his nautical nightmares.
#15 - The Miracle of Peckham
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1986
Del Boy gets religion when the Madonna at the local church is seen to shed tears. But why does she only cry when it's raining, and where did that lead in Del's garage come from?
#16 - Homesick
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/1983
Del Boy uses Rodney's election as chairman of the local tenants' association to plot a move to ground-floor accommodation.
#17 - The Russians Are Coming
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1981
The threat of nuclear war looms over Peckham. What will become of the Nag's Head if the Russians attack? One things guaranteed: the Trotters will be sitting pretty in their DIY shelter...
#18 - Happy Returns
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/21/1985
Rodney's in love with Debbie from the newsagents. Could this mean the end of his dirty magazine fetish? Trouble is she's only 19, and 19 1/2 years ago Del was pretty friendly with her mum...
#19 - Yuppy Love
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/1989
'80s fever is spreading fast! Del Boy's on the up and into the exciting world of red braces and yuppy sorts. Armed with his filofax and briefcase, he's ready to take on the city - well, Peckham anyway. Meanwhile, Rodney's on the pull, with a classy new bird called Cassandra. Wonder what she'll think of Nelson Mandela House...
#20 - The Long Legs of the Law
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/21/1982
Streuth! Rodder's besmirching the good reputation of the Trotter family by dating a policewoman...
#21 - No Greater Love...
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/1982
Rodney's got himself a bird at last! Unfortunately, she's no spring chicken and her jailbird husband is about to be released...
#22 - Video Nasty
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1986
Rodney gets a grant from the local college to make a film, but first he must come up with a viable screenplay. Del gets him a secondhand typewriter, and also suggests a storyline of 'A Rhino Loose in the City'. To make matters worse, the director, Mickey Pearce, fed up with waiting for Rodney to write the story, starts making porn films, only for Rodney to end up starring in one.
#23 - Healthy Competition
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/1983
Rodney breaks up the Trotter partnership to go it alone - with Mickey Pearce! Does Mickey's trip to the Costas mean that the duo are opening a Spanish branch already?
#24 - Watching the Girls Go By
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/1985
Del sets Rodney up with a date, but when she gets to the do at the Nag's Head she makes Rodney wish he hadn't.
#25 - May the Force Be With You
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/1983
D.I. Slater is on the track of a stolen microwave oven and Del Boy is in the frame.