"Only Fools and Horses...." The Class of '62 (1991)

Director:

Tony Dow

Writer:

John Sullivan (written by)
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TV Series:

"Only Fools and Horses...." (1981)

Original Air Date:

20 January 1991 (Season 7, Episode 4)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Del is invited to a school reunion with Boycie, Denzil and Trigger. The organiser remains a mystery until disgraced ex-policeman Roy Slater appears...

Plot Keywords:

British | Uncle | Black Market | Market | Wheeler Dealer

Cast

David Jason	...	Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
Nicholas Lyndhurst	...	Rodney Trotter
Buster Merryfield	...	Uncle Albert Trotter
Tessa Peake-Jones	...	Raquel Turner
John Challis	...	Boycie
Roger Lloyd-Pack	...	Trigger (as Roger Lloyd Pack)
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Mike Fisher
Paul Barber	...	Denzil
Jim Broadbent	...	Roy Slater

Directed by
Tony Dow

Writing credits
John Sullivan		(written by)
John Sullivan		(creator) uncredited

Produced by
Gareth Gwenlan	....	producer

Production Design by
Richard McManan-Smith		(designer)

Art Direction by
Nick Wilkinson		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Robin Stubbs

Makeup Department
Christine Greenwood	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Angela De Chastelai Smith	....	production manager (as Angela de Chastelai Smith)

Art Department
Malcolm Rougvie	....	properties buyer
Andrew Smee	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Alan Machin	....	studio sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Don Babbage	....	lighting director
Ken Major	....	camera supervisor

Casting Department
Judy Loe	....	casting adviser

Editorial Department
Sue Collins	....	vision mixer
Chris Wadsworth	....	editor: video tape

Music Department
Ronnie Hazlehurst	....	arranger: titles music
Ronnie Hazlehurst	....	conductor: titles music
John Sullivan	....	composer: titles music
John Sullivan	....	singer: titles music

Other crew
Amanda Church	....	production assistant
Debbie Crofts	....	assistant floor manager
Peter Manuel	....	resources coordinator

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Sullivan		creator

Sound Department
John Taylor	....	boom operator
Mark Weber	....	sound mixer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ellen Falguiere	....	set costumer (1990)

Other crew
Vanessa Frank	....	studio runner

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (as BBC)

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG (video rating) (1993)

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The idea for the script was based on a reunion that John Sullivan had with his football team.

Movie Connections:

References "Beadle's About" (1986)

Soundtrack:

The Mighty Quinn

Slater's back in town

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

A classic episode of "Only Fools and Horses" from series 7. Although I preferred the earlier series with Leanord Pearce, the show was still brilliant at this point.

There is a school reunion. Del, Rodney, Trigger, Boycie and Denzil have all turned up in the bottom room of "The Nags Head" They have no idea who organised it. Then the most hated man in Peckham comes in, Roy Slater. They all have a rant at him, but he explains that since he's been in prison, he's changed. Eventually feeling sorry for him, the lads have a drink with him. They all go back to the Trotter's flat. They all have a good time and talk about old times. Then Raquel comes in. It turns out that Roy is her husband who she is trying to get a divorce from. After a row, Del knows he will have to be nice to Slater, otherwise he will tell people about the marriage and that in turn will see Del being treated badly. But things get good for Del when he finds a document which says that Slater is getting a good sum of money from the diamond smuggling he was involved in in the episode "To Hull and Back" about ten unheard of diamonds. Del will say nothing if Slater gives Raquel a divorce and leaves Peckham.

The great Jim Broadbent made his third and final appearance in this sitcom as Roy Slater. He first played him in the Series 3 episode "May the Force be With You", then was in the first feature length episode "To Hull and Back" and this was his final appearance. John Sullivan's writing is a strong as ever in this episode.

Best Bit: When Slater apologises to everybody individually for what he's done to them, they tell him to stick it, then this happens: DEL: What about that time when you planted thirty green shield stamps on Trigger and he got put away for eighteen months, SLATER: Sorry Trigger, TRIGGER: That's all right Roy