Dates (Only Fools and Horses) Dates (Only Fools and Horses) "Dates" is the seventh Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses", first broadcast on 25 December 1988. In the episode, Del Boy joins a dating agency and meets Raquel. Rodney also goes on a date, with Nag's Head barmaid Nerys. The Trotters have been earning a lot of money recently, and Uncle Albert's birthday is approaching, which Del Boy and Rodney pretend to have forgotten. Meanwhile, after seeing a girl Trigger has met through a local dating agency, Del also decides to sign up. Styling himself "Derek Duvall", managing director of
Raquel Sánchez-Silva Raquel Sánchez-Silva Raquel Sánchez Silva (born 13 January 1973 in Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain) is a Spanish television conductor and journalist. After studying journalism, she started working for a local television in Plasencia. After that, she was a news anchor on Telemadrid and she started working for Canal+ ("Noche de los Oscars", "La hora wiki") and Cuatro ("Soy lo que como", "Noche Cuatro", "Idénticos", "Noche Manga", "Oído cocina", a special episode of "Supernanny", and special shows about series such as "House" and "Grey’s Anatomy"). When Cuatro was merged into the Mediaset España group, she started working in reality shows on Telecinco.