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"Only Fools and Horses": WITH Homesick AND Healthy Competition AND Strained Relations AND Hole in One Vol 3 (BBC Radio Collection) (BBC Audiobooks Ltd)

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John Sullivan

Publication date: 2004-10-04
Dewey code: 817
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Review "Only Fools and Horses": WITH Homesick AND Healthy Competition AND Strained Relations AND Hole in One Vol 3 (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

The 80s yielded few more memorable comic characters than Derek "Del Boy" Trotter, the obstinately proud salesman of goods of dodgy quality and even dodgier legality. Humiliating his dopey brother, whining grandfather and leech-like uncle, he insisted that "this time next year we'll be millionaires". What made Only Fools and Horses so appealing was the very real affection that writer John Sullivan felt for all these characters and, with stories that were often as moving as they were hilarious, the show was both a celebration and critique of Thatcherite Britain. Much of the first five series is on video, but for those who feel embarrassed travelling with a TV and video recorder on their lap, their scripts now exist in this more portable volume. Without visuals and vocals, they may not make many converts, but highlights abound, such as Rodney's date with a policewoman and a slasher movie send-up, and the book ends with the moving episode where Del Boy turns down a job in Australia. Mildly let down by a rather meagre two-page Trotter to English dictionary, this is nevertheless a treat. "Pas de calais" as Del would say. -Stephen Portlock.

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Review The Goon Show Classics: Needle Nardle Noo! Vol 14 (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review Round the Horne, the Collector's Edition: Series 2 (8 CDs): Series 2 / Round the Horne:

Review The Goon Show Classics: You Have Deaded Me Again (Previously Volume 8) (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Collector's Edition (CD Box Set) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review Knowing Me, Knowing You...: With Alan Partridge: No.2 (Canned Laughter) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review Blackadder Goes Forth (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again: v. 1-4 (BBC Audiobooks) / I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again:

Review Linda Smith Live / Hodder & Stoughton:

Review Just a Classic Minute: v. 3 (BBC Audio) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review Hancock's Half Hour, the Lost Episodes (Radio Collection) / Ray Galton & Alan Simpson:

Review The "Navy Lark": Series 4, Pt. 1 (BBC Audio) / The Navy Lark:

Review Concrete Cow: The Complete First Series (Radio 4 Comedy Sketch) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review An Audience with Arthur Smith / Hodder & Stoughton:

Review Ayres on the Air: No. 2 (BBC Audio) / BBC Audiobooks Ltd:

Review How To Be Happy and Other Shows (Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation) / HarperCollins Audio:

Review The News Quiz: Stop Press! (BBC Audio) / The News Quiz:

Review Bill Bryson's African Diary / Corgi Audio:

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