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
Cash and Curry script was based purely on the name of the episode "Cash and Curry", from that the script was devised. This episode, along with "Who's A Pretty Boy" and "The Longest Night" are the only three episodes of the whole "Only Fools And Horses" run to not feature the Trotters' flat. It is also the first episode not to feature Lennard Pearce as Grandad. The Trotters sell their Vauxhall Velox to help raise the £2,000. They remain without a second car until "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle", where Del buys the "Prattmobile", a 1977 Ford Capri Ghia. David Jason and