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
Del Boy show fonder feelings for him when he dies in "If They Could See Us Now". Rodney apologises for the way he treats Albert in "Sickness and Wealth". In "Rock & Chips", Del Boy is shown to have a particularly close relationship with his mother Joan, whom he thinks the world of. (He is Joan's favourite, to the point that she refuses to run away with Freddie Robdal until she is certain of Del's financial security.) His relationship with Grandad is the same in "Rock & Chips" as in "Only Fools and Horses", but he has an estranged relationship with his