Only Fools and Horses: Series 3 & 4

The complete soundtracks of the third and fourth series of the award-winning comedy show – plus Christmas specials

First broadcast in 1981, Only Fools and Horses soon became a firm favourite with viewers, running for 22 years and 64 episodes and attracting record-breaking audiences. It received myriad awards, including several BAFTAs, and in 2022 it was named the nation’s best-loved TV programme of all time.

In these pukka episodes, you can relive all the best moments from Series 3 and 4, as Rodney tries to go it alone, Del goes into the antiques business, a fishing trip to Cornwall takes a turn for the worse, and the Trotters embark on a decorating venture – only to find that they get the bird. And as the brothers try to cope with Grandad's death, a new era begins with the arrival of their long-lost, seafaring Uncle Albert…

Also featured are two Christmas specials – ‘Thicker than Water’, in which a Christmas visitor throws the Trotter household into confusion, and ‘To Hull and Back’, which finds the family taking to the ocean on another money-making adventure.

Created and written by John Sullivan, these classic comedy capers star David Jason as Del Boy, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney, Lennard Pearce as Grandad and Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert.

Production credits
Created and written by John Sullivan
Theme songs written, composed and performed by John Sullivan
Produced by Ray Butt
Directed by Ray Butt and Susan Belbin

Regular cast
Del – David Jason
Rodney – Nicholas Lyndhurst
Grandad – Lennard Pearce
Uncle Albert – Buster Merryfield
Trigger – Roger Lloyd Pack
Boycie – John Challis
Mickey Pearce – Patrick Murray
Marlene – Sue Holderness
Denzil – Paul Barber
Mike – Kenneth MacDonald
Roy Slater – Jim Broadbent
Sid – Roy Heather

Other cast includes: Ron Pember, Gilly Flower, Renee Roberts, John Bryans, Sandra Payne, Miles Rinaldi, Glynn Sweet, Rex Robinson, Dev Sagoo, Mike Carnell, Ray Mort, Bill Ward, Christopher Malcolm, Michael Stainton, Lucita Lijertwood, Juliet Hammond, Robert Vahey, Garard Green, Christopher Mitchell, Michele Winstanley, Toni Palmer, David Jackson, Eva Mottley, Anthony Morton, Peter Woodthorpe, Diane Langton, Oona Kirsch, Nula Conwell, Lala Lloyd, Ben Davis, John Pennington, Maureen Sweeney, Mike Kemp, Colin Jeavons, Dennis Ramsden, Andrew Tourell, James Woolley, Michael Roberts, Les Rawlings, Geoffrey Leesley, Daniel Peacock, Marcus Francis, David Thewlis, Mike Read, Linda Barr, Debbi Blyth, John D. Collins, Brian Jameson, Carolyn Allen, Jane Thompson, Kim Clifford, Johnny Wade, Annie Leake, Tony Anholt, Mark Burdis, Jeff Stevenson, Alan Hulse, Rachel Bell, Joe Belcher, David Fleeshman, Philip Bond, Lorence Ferdinand

Episode guide

Series 3 (10 Nov - 22 Dec 1983)
Homesick
Healthy Competition
Friday The 14th
Yesterday Never Comes
May The Force Be With You
Wanted - Blossom)
Who's A Pretty Boy?

Thicker than Water (25 Dec 1983)

Series 4 (21 Feb - 4 Apr 1985)
Happy Returns
Strained Relations
Hole In One
It's Only Rock and Roll
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Watching The Girls Go By
As One Door Closes

To Hull and Back (25 Dec 1985)

NB: The language on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast. Some small edits have had to be made for music copyright purposes.

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