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The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Award-winning comedy becomes latest hit show to be slapped with woke trigger warnings in crackdown by the BBC
HIT mockumentary sitcom The Office has been slapped with 'discriminatory language' trigger warnings by BBC bosses. Five episodes of Ricky Gervais 's award-winning show on iPlayer have been flagged. 1 All 14 episodes are available on the streaming service. Its two series, with Gervais as paper company branch boss David Brent, carry a 'G' rating to indicate adult humour. But some episodes also carry the additional warning. In the first series, debut episode Downsize — first aired in July 2001 — and the sixth episode Judgement are hit with the alert. And from series two, the first, third and fifth — Merger, Party and Charity — also carry the warnings. The Office won a clutch of awards in its time — most notably scooping a Golden Globe in 2004 for Best Television Series, the first British comedy to win. It was co-written and co-created by Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and went on to spawn a successful US version starring Steve Carell. The Office's alerts come after the BBC also put disclaimers about offensive or outdated language on episodes of Only Fools and Horses from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In February, Channel 4 was branded 'humourless' for flagging a series of Father Ted on its catch-up. Broadcasters also hit Bafta-winning C4 sitcom The IT Crowd with advisories, with one warning: 'This episode was made in 2006 and contains strong, strong/offensive derogatory language and adult humour.'
The Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘Lost' scene from classic Only Fools & Horses episode emerges 29 YEARS later as scripts signed by David Jason unearthed
A "LOST" scene from a classic episode of Only Fools & Horses has emerged 29 years later. It was written into the script of the "Heroes & Villains" episode of 1996 but never made it into the final cut. 7 7 The Christmas special is better known for Del and Rodney dressing up as Batman and Robin to inadvertently thwart a mugging. But there was also an extended scene involving Del later chasing down a mugger and knocking him unconscious with his suitcase full of hooky gear. In the cut scene, it is scripted that a policeman then arrives and Del tells him "It's alright officer, I caught him, he's over there!" But the policeman then walks over to the two men and arrests Rodney instead of the mugger. The missing scene has emerged in a working script that belonged to the late Roger Lloyd Pack who played Trigger. The 155 page script is coming up for sale at Bristol-based Auctioneum. Auctioneer Andy Stowe described it as "comedy history, in black and white." Mr Stowe, a self-confessed Only Fools & Horses fan, said he started finding lines that he didn't recognise while reading through the script. Another scene written into the script that also never made it into the episode involves Del and Rodney rushing out of their flat just as a consignment of dodgy alarm clocks go off. They go to Del's Capri Ghia to find the group of muggers loitering around it but they are scared off as Del and Rodney arrive to the noise of the alarms going off in the background. Only Fools and Horses & Miami Vice star dies aged 78 after long illness Mr Stowe said the muggers - one of whom was played by the actress Sheree Murphy - appeared to have a whole story arc that got cut out. The script has been signed by other members of the cast including David Jason, who played Del Boy, and the late John Challis, who played snobby secondhand car dealer Boycie. It is estimated to sell for between £2,000 and £3,000. Lloyd Pack marked his lines with black ink. 7 7 7 Mr Stowe said: "As a fan of the show myself, I was flicking through the script and began to read lines of dialogue that I didn't recognise. "As I carried on reading, I realised that these were scenes and lines that had been cut from the episode. Some of them are very funny. "One particular partial scene that has been discovered surrounds the end of the chase between Rodney and a mugger. "In the broadcast episode, Del Boy ends the chase by producing his suitcase from around a corner, knocking mugger unconscious. "But, in the newly discovered script, this scene continues further. After the mugger is knocked down, a policeman arrives and Del says 'It's alright officer, I caught him, he's over there!' 7 7 "The policeman walks over to the two men and arrests Rodney instead of the mugger. "There are several scenes cut from the episode that focus on the plot of the muggers. "There was considerable work by the writer, John Sullivan, to establish the threat of them throughout the episode but most of these early scenes were cut from the final show. "To have Roger's actual script, with his lines marked within it, is really something special. "This is comedy history, in black and white on the page." The vendor is a private collector who acquired the script from the Only Fools & Horses Society. The 1996 Christmas special was watched by a record 21 million people. The auctioneers say it as "comedy history in black and white on a page." The sale takes place on June 30. Only Fools and Horses' most memorable episodes The beloved sitcom only aired for seven series but is still adored to this date - here are fans' most memorable scenes from the BBC hit... Jolly Boys' Outing - The humorous episode was filled with disaster and also romance. It saw Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad leave Peckham for a day trip to Margate. However, their coach explodes, Rodney is arrested and Del Boy reunites with Raquel. Time on their Hands - The episode sees the Trotters reflect on their life in South London after finally becoming millionaires. Airing in 1996, it pulled in an incredible 24million viewers. A Touch of Glass - This unforgettable episode sees Del Boy and his chandelier cleaning service. In hilarious scenes, he and Rodney accidentally drop a chandelier, sending it crashing to the floor. Stage Fright - Raquel performs with Tony Angelino while pregnant to perform a duet - but she's unaware he has a speech impediment. Yuppy Love - Derek attempts to transform himself into a high-flyer, wearing a stripped shirt and red braces. It also sees Del fall through the bar, while Rodney meets Cassandra for the first time. Mother Nature's Son - Del Boy inherits an allotment from his grandad, but it's contaminated by a yellow substance. The Peckham Spring Water business is then born - but it's actually just tap water from Nelson Mandela House. Heroes and Villains - Del Boy and Rodney dress up as Batman and Robin for Harry Malcolm's party. However, Boycie forgot to mention Harry died, and it had become a wake! To Hull and Back - Del Boy is convinced to smuggle diamonds from The Netherlands. PC Roy Slater intercepts them before he's later arrested for corruption. It ends with Del throwing his £15k over the balcony thinking it was fake - when it was in fact real! The Russians are Coming - The threat of nuclear war looms over Peckham so the Trotters decide to batten down the hatches. They build a DIY war shelter - on the top of Mandela House. The Unlucky Winner Is - Rodney wins a holiday abroad after Del Boy entered him into a painting competition. However, when he lands in Spain Rodney discovers it's a prize for children and must pretend he's a 14-year-old child.
Telegraph
09-06-2025
- Automotive
- Telegraph
How Del Boy's Reliant Regal captured the hearts of the UK – and six other famous vans
Let's get one thing straight. The grubby yellow van that Del Boy and Rodders use for Trotters Independent Trading Co isn't a Reliant Robin, as often believed. Nor is it a Regal Robin. It's a Reliant Regal Supervan III. Now we've cleared that one up, it's astonishing that a vehicle so resoundingly rubbish has been voted the nation's favourite van. But in a survey by comparison site nearly a quarter of respondents named the brothers' Regal as their favourite commercial carrier. With its fibreglass bodywork, puny 29hp 700cc engine and of course one fewer wheel than is ideal, the Supervan could never really live up to its name. That said, Del and Rodney did give the little Reliant near-mythical status. And it was cemented by the 1988 Only Fools and Horses Christmas special car chase, which saw Rodders and his date, 'nervous' Nerys from The Nag's Head, trying to outrun a gang of yobs. Anyone who has driven a Reliant three-wheeler will know what a terrifying prospect that is. However, when I tested one in the 1990s, I still remember its gear change as one of the most positive I've ever experienced: with its lever sitting right on top of the gearbox, there's barely any linkage to add imprecision to gear shifts. There is obviously a lot of nostalgia when it comes to vans, as suggests. In its survey, the Only Fools and Horses Supervan is followed by a host of vehicles from films and television shows that in some cases date back 40 years. Here are the next favourites among the nation's van lovers. Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Who ya gonna call? Perhaps someone who knows the difference between cars and vans would be a start. There's a strong argument that Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters – the country's second-most popular 'van' – isn't a van at all. It's actually a Cadillac Series 75, which is probably best known as the ocean liner-length Fleetwood limo. General Motors-owned Cadillac also sold the Series 75 chassis as a commercial vehicle, enabling coachbuilders such as Miller-Meteor to add their own bodywork for undertakers and the ambulance that Ecto-1 is. That Ecto-1 isn't a van would probably please Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek and Spanish dictator General Franco. It's unlikely either would have been as eager to order Fleetwoods if they had known their transport was based on a humble commercial vehicle. Mind you, neither leader would be overly impressed that their status symbol found fame as a comedy ambulance. The Mystery Machine Made famous first in the 1960s-70s Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! cartoon series, the Mystery Machine is so mysterious that no one knows what make of van it is. Nonetheless, in the survey, this van was the most popular with 25- to 34-year-olds. Usually driven by lantern-jawed Fred – well, you wouldn't want a buffoon such as Shaggy behind the wheel – the Mystery Machine demonstrates remarkable versatility. Conveniently packed in the back are ladders, benches, tools, a table and chairs, even latterly computer equipment. There's room for that idiot dog, too. If only the average builder's van were as commodious, they wouldn't have to keep bunking off for hours 'to buy supplies'. The A-Team GMC Vandura Imagine if the ubiquitous Ford Transit had found a starring role in a popular crime-fighting series – other than being driven by villains in The Sweeney. The GMC Vandura did just that, transcending its roots as a General Motors utility van with a natty paint job and a starring role in The A-Team. With its cartoon violence, The A-Team was a massive hit in the 1980s. And its 1983 Vandura with black and red wheels and rooftop spoiler, was arguably as big a star as the show's principal characters, Hannibal, Face, 'Howling Mad' Murdock and BA Baracus. Rather like the Mystery Machine, the van also has a mysterious ability to carry a seemingly endless amount of kit. Postman Pat's van In case the kids watching forgot who the big red van with the Royal Mail logo on the side belonged to, Postman Pat's delivery vehicle was registered Pat 1. No expense was spared on production, either: its exhaust note was apparently that of a 1922 'Bullnose' Morris Cowley sourced from the BBC sound-effects library. The van's design is the figment of someone's fevered imagination. Postman Pat fans, who clearly have too much time on their hands, reckon it could be a shortened 1980s Freight Rover Sherpa mated with a 1970 Willam Fourgonnette from oddball Italian firm Lawil. Whatever, the resulting look is something only a mother – or cartoon postie – could love. Wallace and Gromit's Austin A35 A disappointing sixth in the list, bearing in mind that two ahead of it are completely made-up vehicles, is the Austin A35 van used by our intrepid heroes in the 2005 film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. The little Austin, sold between 1956 and 1968, was almost identical in dimensions if not innovation to the Austin Seven-badged version of the original Mini. In Wallace and Gromit's world, the little A35 may look a bit tatty on the outside, but it has been given the full treatment by oddball inventor Wallace, having been retrofitted with an airbag. And although the diminutive Austin had a starter motor, Wallace clearly didn't trust it as he added a mechanical arm that pops out of the grille to operate the starting handle. Ford Econoline from Dumb and Dumber If you've got a job as a dog groomer, surely it's a given that you make your car look like a dog. Actually, it isn't unless your name is Harry Dunne and you're the Dumb (or is it the Dumber?) in the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber. Some might argue that Dunne did the Econoline a favour. A bland offering from Ford, the van was introduced in 1960 but the model that was turned into a hairy hound came along in 1984. Engines ranged from a 4.2-litre to a hairy 7.5 so it wasn't all bad. Unless it was covered in beige shag carpeting with a plastic nose and a lolling tongue.
The Independent
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Independent
Bosnia's surprise love for Only Fools and Horses isn't going anywhere
The streets of Sarajevo have been graced by a touch of Peckham charm as a replica of the iconic yellow three-wheeled van from the BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses" has been spotted cruising around Bosnia's capital. The Reliant Regal, synonymous with the Trotter brothers from the working-class London neighbourhood, has found a new home with the Fatic brothers, local businessmen and avid fans of the show. The van brings a piece of British comedy history to the heart of Bosnia. The Fatics are dealers in home appliances, running a successful company with dozens of employees and a huge shop on the outskirts of Sarajevo. Building the business, however, has resembled the ups and downs of the Peckham market traders Del Boy and Rodney Trotter, they say. 'We are definitely the local version of the series,' Tarik Fatic, the younger of the brothers, told The Associated Press. 'We were always dealing in something, we would buy whatever we can and then sell it." The enormously popular BBC sitcom, which began in 1981, follows the lives of the Trotter brothers and their far-from-straightforward path from rags to riches. Over the course of seven series and several Christmas specials, the Trotters tried various get-rich-quick schemes, buying low-quality or sometimes black-market goods and selling them at the market. Many in Bosnia and in the wider Balkans easily identify with the Trotters' endless wheeling and dealing. In the region that went through a series of wars in the 1990s, where the economy was shattered and remains deeply corrupt, the Trotter ways of survival are simple reality. Just like the Trotter brothers, 'we always tried to make profit and regardless of how many times we failed, we just moved on," Tarik Fatic said. Also from a working-class family, and growing up in a country that was devastated in the bloody 1992-95 ethnic conflict, the brothers tried trading in food, poultry and clothes before settling on home appliances. They are aware there are no guarantees their current success will last. 'The market (in Bosnia) is still disorganized and unstable,' Tarik Fatic, 33, said. 'Not a day passes without the two (Del Boy and Rodney) crossing my mind.' Known here as Mucke, which actually means something like wheeling and dealing, 'Only Fools and Horses' became hugely popular throughout what was still Yugoslavia from the 1980s onwards. Murals with images of main characters have been painted on the walls; many cafes were named after the series, while visiting actors were greeted with frenzy. The Reliant Regal was made by a British company, famous for its eccentric vehicles, that went out of business in 2002. In Sarajevo, people wave, take pictures with their phones, honk their horns when they see the yellow van in the streets. The Fatic brothers imported it from Manchester six months ago after a long search. It took a while to register the unusual vehicle, said Mirnes Fatic, 38. 'It is a very nice feeling. It's a joy every time I go for a ride in the city,' he said, admitting that it also was "a great advertising move." And it's not just the van. The Fatic brothers have also named their company after the series — Only Fools and Horses Brothers Mucke. There have been some doubts how clients and banks would react but it turned out really well, Mirnes added. 'We hope and believe that this time next year, we will be millionaires," he smiled, using the famous phrase from the show.
Washington Post
06-06-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Peckham or Sarajevo? Bosnian brothers spark joy with replica van from iconic British sitcom
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — There is an unmistakable air of Peckham these days in Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, as the legendary yellow three-wheeled van from the BBC's long-running sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses' cruises the city streets. The little Reliant Regal was the trademark of the stars of the series — the irresistible Trotter brothers from Peckham, a working-class neighborhood in London. In Bosnia, a replica belongs to the Fatic brothers, local businessmen who are crazy about the show.
