Series 3

The following is an episode list for the BBC One sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The show was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 8 September 1981. It ran for seven series and nineteen Christmas Specials until 25 December 2003, when the final episode was broadcast. In total, 64 regular episodes of Only Fools and Horses, all written by John Sullivan, were produced





Episode 1
"Homesick"

Lugging the shopping up those 12 flights of stairs is proving too much for Grandad, and the doctor recommends a new council bungalow for the Trotter dynasty. Over to Rodney, the new chairman of the housing committee...

Episode 2

"Healthy Competition"

Rodney, tired of his two GCEs getting him little more than a crummy job as a lookout, decides to go it alone and leave Peckham's own multinational conglomerate – Trotters Independent Trading. By the end of the week he's already cornered the market in broken lawnmower engines and with Mickey Pierce as his financial director, the sky's the limit...

Episode 3

"Friday the 14th"

The Trotters are off to Boycie's cottage in Cornwall for the weekend to do some illegal salmon fishing. At the gate, a policeman tells the Trotters that an escaped axe-murderer is on the run and is believed to be lurking in the area around Boycie's cottage. After a few hours in the cottage, Del believes that he's knocked out the axe-murderer but when Rodney and Grandad take him to the police station, the police tell them that it's actually the gatekeeper. Back at the cottage, Del is with the real axe-murderer, who is posing as the hospital's chief of security. As police helicopters arrive, Del plays an imaginary game of snooker with the insane criminal.

Episode 4
"Yesterday Never Comes"

Del Boy's into art dealing in a big way. Especially as it involves Miranda, the glamorous "posh tart". Is she really being wooed by his tequila sunsets or are her motives rather more mercenary...?

Episode 5

"May the Force Be with You"

A ripple of panic runs through The Nag's Head. Del's old school enemy Slater is back in town hell-bent on revenge and brandishing his police badge whilst on the trail of some stolen microwaves...

Episode 6

"Wanted"

Watch out! The Peckham Pouncer's about! Alias Rodney Trotter...? Surely not. But try telling that to Rodders, London's most wanted sex offender. Now what was the name of that drunk woman in the street?

Episode 7

"Who's a Pretty Boy?"

To get revenge against Irishman Brendan O'Shaughnessy for supplying him with battleship grey paint, Del visits his friend Denzil, who is due to have his front room painted by O'Shaughnessy, and gets the job of painting his front room instead. Grandad and Rodney arrive with the paint but unfortunately, Rodney leaves the kettle on the gas and apparently kills the canary in the kitchen. Grandad buys a new one but when Denzil's wife Corrine returns to the flat, she reveals that the canary died before the painting began. At the Nag's Head, Del meets the new landlord, Mike Fisher, and strikes up a deal to decorate the pub.

Episode 8 -  Christmas Special (1983)

"Thicker than Water"

Reg Trotter, absentee father to Del and Rodney, unexpectedly arrives to celebrate Christmas with his boys. Reg explains that he has been living in Newcastle, and after a visit from the infirmary, was diagnosed with hereditary blood disorder. Scared for their well-being, he decided to tell his two sons. However, several tests later, Reg is given the all clear but it seems Del Boy and Rodders have different blood types. It would seem the wayward father has some explaining to do. Reg explains that he frequently argued with their mother before they split. She had several dalliances with other men, and Del is the mystery child. Fortunately a visit to the family quack gives him news to put the smile back on his face. This is notably the only time Reg Trotter was featured in the series, as well as being the last episode to feature Grandad Trotter (prior to Rock & Chips) due to Lennard Pearce's death the following year.