Grandad (Only Fools and Horses) "Yesterday Never Comes", Del suggests that he watches "The Chinese Detective" in his bedroom in order to remove him from the sitting room. He also owns an allotment, as mentioned in "The Russians Are Coming", as well as seen in "Mother Nature's Son". None of the main characters address Grandad by his name. Trigger addresses him as 'Mr Trotter' in Ashes to Ashes, and in "Who's a Pretty Boy?", even pet shop owner Louis greets him as 'Grandad'. His name is not revealed until "Rock & Chips". However, despite his senility and simplicity, Grandad was more crafty than he let
Only Fools and Horses July 2018, John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan, announced that an "Only Fools and Horses" musical was nearing completion and is due to launch on 9 February 2019 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (played by David Jason), a fast-talking, archetypal South London 'fly' trader, lives in a council flat in a high-rise tower block, Nelson Mandela House, in Peckham, South London, with his much younger brother, Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst), and their elderly Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Their mother, Joan, died when Rodney was young, and their father Reg absconded soon afterwards, so Del became Rodney's surrogate