Raquel Turner Raquel Turner Rachel "Raquel" Turner (formerly Slater; born 4 June 1957) is a fictional character from the BBC television sit-com "Only Fools and Horses", in which she was Del Boy's longtime girlfriend. She was portrayed by Tessa Peake-Jones. With "Only Fools and Horses" moving into its sixth series, writer John Sullivan wanted Del Boy to start looking for more mature women, rather than continually chasing 20-year-olds, and to have a long-term relationship, so he came up with the character Raquel for the 1988 Christmas special episode, "Dates". During the episode, she was introduced to Del via a dating agency and
The Chance of a Lunchtime means, Unc? Either Raquel's pregnant or Del's pissed." Del and Raquel then embrace. Elliott Russell - As Boycie's son Tyler The Chance of a Lunchtime "The Chance of a Lunchtime" is an episode of the BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". It was the second episode of series 7, and first broadcast on 6 January 1991. In the episode, Raquel auditions for a role in a Shakespeare play. Elsewhere, Del tries to sell musical national anthem doorbells. Raquel has been offered the chance to really get her acting career off the ground by auditioning for the part of Rosalind in