Rock & Chips discovers a photograph of Freddie Robdal from 1960. His uncanny resemblance to Rodney confirmed that he, and not Reg, was Rodney's biological father. A lot of the groundwork for this had been both laid and explored in the Episode "The Frog's Legacy" the 1987 Christmas Day hour-long special. In the episode Rodney goes to ask about his father to which Albert diplomatically replies 'They're rumours Rodney. That's all. Rumours.' The proposed prequel, was to be titled "Once Upon a Time in Peckham", it would see young versions of Del, Boycie, Denzil and Trigger, and Sullivan said "Joanie will be a
The Funny Side of Christmas Humphrey Appleby, Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker, and Derek Fowlds as Bernard Woolley "Christmas Trees" is the title of this vignette, in which Del Boy is determined to sell 149 telescopic Christmas trees. Maybe an endorsement from the Church of England would help? "Christmas Trees" was written by John Sullivan, and directed and produced by Ray Butt. Cast: David Jason as Del, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney, Lennard Pearce as Grandad, Jim Pennington as the vicar, and Roy Heather as Sid Cast: Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry, and David Copperfield Norman, Foggy, and Compo get together on Christmas Day, but Norman is