Only Fools And Horses - The Frog's Legacy (DVD)

Writer: John Sulivan Director: Ray Butt Producer: Ray Butt Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield, This is the 6th Christmas special, although only the third feature length episode, and was first aired on the BBC on Christmas day 1987. The 60 minutes DVD was released in November 2000 and given a PG certificate. ** BRIEF PLOT... Del, (David Jason), is trying to off load some rather dodgy computers he has had for quite some time, but he's not having much luck, especially when his customers are complaining about them being fire hazards. Meanwhile, its Triggers nieces wedding party ...  Read the complete review

A number of feature film lenght episodes were made of On;ly Fools and Horses featuring the Peckham wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter however for me this was probably the most disappointing of the lot and fails to match up to the quality of episodes like the day out to the seaside or the one where Rodney dates a posh girl. This episode centres around the discovery that Rodney and Del do not share the same father, naturally this is pretty obvious when you look at them plus the often mentioned reputation of their long dead mother however what was not known was that Rodney is the off spring of a thief known as Freddy the Frog whose last big haul ...  Read the complete review

At £7 on amazon, this extra long christmas episode of Only Fools and Horses is definitely not worth the money. The problem with the feature length episodes is that the storylines are drawn out and the jokes seem fewer than in the more compact regular series. A cracking storyline is the only way to make it work and this is attempted in The Frog's Legacy where it becomes apparent that Rodney's father is not the same as Del's (lookwise, who would have guessed!?) as it appears his father is a French thief who has left the family a legacy - a golden bullion. Unfortunately the search for the bullion is not what it could be and doesn't add a great deal to the ...  Read the complete review

Well Del is attempting to sell off the last of his 40 computers he's had stored in the garage for over a year, Del and Rodney are invited to Lisa'a Wedding, Triggers neice. Lisa is the girl Rodders and Del try to impress in the episode where they both get competitive with each other when Rodney got over done in the suntan bed from Del turning up the temperature well Rodney tricks Delboy to go handgliding, all just to impress Lisa. Anyhow, the episoide then follows the brothers as they end down to Hampshire for the wedding and well there Del gets chatting to Reney, Del and Rodney's late mothers best friend. It's only then that Del finds out his mum dated a ...  Read the complete review