The Frog's Legacy The Frog's Legacy "The Frog's Legacy" is the sixth Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was first broadcast on 25 December 1987. In the episode, the Trotters search for the hidden gold legacy of Frederick "Freddie the Frog" Robdal, an old friend of their mother's. Del Boy, Rodney and Albert go to Hampshire to attend the wedding of Trigger's niece, Lisa, who appeared in the episode "Tea for Three". Whilst there, Trigger's Aunt Reenie (Joan Sims) tells Del about a known local gentleman thief, Freddie "The Frog" Robdal. It transpires that Del and Rodney's
The Frogs Who Desired a King has become a willing plaything of the frogs as they gleefully hop onto his back and use his bill as a water-slide. The majority of allusions to Aesop's fable contrast the passivity of King Log with the energetic policy of King Stork. They include a reference by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in his novel "The House of the Seven Gables" (1851) and several in novels by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, who often featured political situations there. The fable was also pressed into the service of political commentary in the title "King Stork and King Log: at the dawn