Trigger (Only Fools and Horses) Trigger (Only Fools and Horses) Colin Ball, more commonly known as Trigger, is a fictional character in the popular BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses" and its prequel "Rock & Chips". He was played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in "Only Fools and Horses" and Lewis Osbourne in "Rock & Chips". A regular at the Nag's Head pub, and old friend of Del Boy, Trigger is a road sweeper, and also appears to dabble in trading and petty thefts (though this status as a small-time thief is soon phased out of the character's development). He once supplied Del with paint which Del
Rodney Trotter along a couple of years later after me. Oh no no, not you. You had to wait thirteen years!" In the following episode "Go West Young Man, which was broadcast in September 1981 (and was the second episode of "Only Fools and Horses" ever broadcast), Del Boy states that he (Del) is 35. In "Big Brother" since Rodney had said he was 23, Rodney must already have had his birthday that year with Del still to have his 36th birthday later that year. Therefore Rodney must have been born during 1958. In "As One Door Closes", set in early 1985,