Est: 2016
Only Fools and Horses is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with nine sporadic Christmas specials until its end in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated
Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurstas his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Leonard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's death in 1984, his character was replaced by Del and Rodney's Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) who first appeared in February 1985. Backed by a strong supporting cast, the series follows the Trotters' highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich.
The show achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (the last episode to feature Uncle Albert) holds the record for the highest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers (over a third of the population). Critically and popularly acclaimed, the series received numerous awards, including recognition from BAFTA, the National Television Awards and the Royal Television Society, as well as winning individual accolades for both Sullivan and Jason. It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll. The series influenced British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language. It spawned an extensive range of merchandise, including books, videos, DVDs, toys and board games. A spin-off series, The Green Green Grass, ran for four series from 2005 to 2009. A prequel, Rock & Chips, ran for three specials in 2010 and 2011. A special Sport Relief episode aired in March 2014, guest starring David Beckham.
BUSTER MERRYFIELD (Uncle Albert)
1984/85 Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Windsor
1987/88 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Bournemouth Pavilion
1989/90 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Bournemouth Pavilion
1990/91 Cinderella at the Richmond Theatre London
1993/94 Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Bath
1994/95 Robinson Crusoe
1996/97 Dick Whittington at the Anvil in Basingstoke
1998/99 Beauty and the Beast at the Bournemouth Pavilion
Buster Merryfield died in Poole General Hospital on 23 June 1999, as a result of a brain tumour.
DAVID JASON (Derek Trotter)
1965/66 Aladdin - New Theatre, Bromley
1979/80 Cinderella at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle
JOHN CHALLIS (Boycie)
1966/67 Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Windsor
1992/93 Cinderella at the Civic Hall Guildford
1993/94 Aladdin at the Theatre Royal Windsor
1995/96 Cinderella at the Lyceum Crewe
1996/97 Dick Whittington at the Harlequin Theatre Redhill
1997/98 Cinderella at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford
1998/99 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Bath
1999/00 Cinderella - Southampton Guildhall
2000/01 Jack & The Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Windsor
2001/02 Peter Pan at the Grand Theatre Swansea
2002/03 Aladdin at the Birmingham Hippodrome
2003/04 Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Plymouth
2004/05 Peter Pan at the Ashcroft Theatre Croydon
2005/06 Aladdin at the Grand Theatre Wolverhampton
2006/07 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Richmond Theatre
2007/08 Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal Nottingham
2008/09 Dick Whittington at Venue Cymru
2009/10 Peter Pan at the Sunderland Empire
2010/11 Peter Pan at the Stockport Plaza
2011/12 Aladdin at the Playhouse Weston Super Mare
2012/13 Peter Pan at the Middlesborough Theatre
2013/14 Dick Whittington at the Stockport Plaza
2014/15 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Plymouth
2015/16 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Alhambra Bradford
2016/17 Beauty and the Beast at the Playhouse Weston Super Mare
2018/19 Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal Nottingham
2019/20 Aladdin at the Malvern Festival Theatre
2020/21 Peter Pan at the King's Theatre Portsmouth - CANCELLED DUE TO WORLDWIDE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
In 2020 John hinted on his Twitter page that he had retired from pantomime. John passed away on 19th September 2021 after a 3 year bttle with cancer.
JOHN CHALLIS 2019 INTERVIEW
Sue Holderness (Marlene Boyce)
1972/73 Cinderella at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon
2004/05 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Civic Centre Aylesbury
2005/06 Beauty and the Beast at the Theatre Royal Windsor
2006/07 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Richmond Theatre
2007/08 Beauty and the Beast at Devonshire Park Eastbourne
2008/09 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Derby Assembly Rooms
2009/10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Fernham Hall Fareham
2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage
2011/12 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Grimsby Auditorium
2012/13 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Grove Theatre Dunstable
2013/14 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Malvern Theatre
2014/15 Snow White and the Seve Dwarfs at the Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
2015/16 Beauty and the Beast at the Central Theatre Chatham
2016/17 Sleeping Beauty at the Anvil Basingstoke
2017/18 Beauty and the Beast at the Watersmeet Rickmansworth
2018/19 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Mansfield Palace
2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Rhyl Pavilion
2020/21 No panto
2021/22 No panto
2022/23 Cinderella at the Beck Theatre in Hayes
PAUL BARBER (Denzel)
1998/99 Peter Pan at the New Victoria Woking
1999/00 Peter Pan - Milton Keynes Theatre
KENNETH MACDONALD (Mike Fisher)
1976 Lyceum Theatre Crewe
1991/92 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Palace Theatre Manchester
Kenneth MacDonald died shortly after midnight on 6 August 2001 at the age of 50, after suffering a massive heart attack, while on holiday with his family in Hawaii
ROGER LLOYD PACK (Trigger)
1992/93 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Orchard Theatre Dartford
2006/07 Dick Whittington at the Barbican Centre
On 15 January 2014, Lloyd-Pack died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Kentish Town at the age of 69
