gwyneth strong was rodney's wife's name in only fools and horses.
gwyneth strong was rodney's wife's name in only fools and horses.
rodney's wife's name in only fools and horses?
gwyneth strong
as the series progressed, the scope of the plots expanded. many early episodes were largely self-contained, with few plot-lines mentioned again, but the show developed a story arc and an ongoing episodic dimension. after grandad died following the death of actor lennard pearce, his younger brother uncle albert (buster merryfield) emerged and moved in with del and rodney. after years of searching, both del and rodney find long-term love, in the form of raquel (tessa peake-jones) and cassandra (gwyneth strong) respectively; del also has a son with raquel, damien (played by five actors, most recently ben smith). rodney and cassandra marry, separate and then get back together again. cassandra miscarries, but then she and rodney eventually have a baby. rodney finds out who his real father was. the trotters finally become millionaires, lose their fortune, and then regain some of it.
only fools and horses
however some episodes of "only fools and horses" do not support this; in "big brother", 1981, rodney states to del that he is 23 years of age, which would make his year of birth 1957 or 1958. in the same episode del boy states that there is a thirteen-year age gap between himself and rodney. "you couldn't be like any other little brother could you eh, and come along a couple of years later after me. oh no no, not you. you had to wait thirteen years!" in the following episode "go west young man, which was broadcast in september 1981 (and was the second episode of "only fools and horses" ever broadcast), del boy states that he (del) is 35. in "big brother" since rodney had said he was 23, rodney must already have had his birthday that year with del still to have his 36th birthday later that year. therefore rodney must have been born during 1958. in "as one door closes", set in early 1985, rodney tells del that he is 24, making his year of birth 1960. in "yuppy love", del states that the trotter family have been living at nelson mandela house since 1962, and that rodney was born in the flat. similarly, rodney & cassandra's wedding certificate shows that they were married on 25 january 1989 and gives rodney's age as 26 and cassandra's as 21. this would make rodney born in 1962 (assuming he hadn't yet had a birthday before his wedding in 1989) and during "modern men" (set around christmas 1996), mickey pearce describes rodney as a "34-year-old paperboy", which would also back up a birth year of 1962. however, during "mother nature's son", set around christmas 1992, rodney states that he is 31, suggesting he was born in 1961.
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