Sleepless in Peckham cemetery, Del is cleaning up the monument of his and Rodney's mother Joan. It is revealed that after they became millionaires, the Trotters used some of their money to give their mother's grave a makeover. Later, at "The Nag's Head", Sid tells Trigger (who has been creating a portable backscratcher made out of chopsticks) that he got some suggestions from Mike on how to make the pub look a lot better. He also shows Rodney, Trigger, and Mickey Pearce an old photograph of the very first Jolly Boys' Outing in 1960. Sid mentions that there were no more because the
Strangers on the Shore Gang". When Del, Rodney, and Boycie arrive in France, they meet with Boycie's Iranian business partner, Mr. Mamoon, who introduces them to his son, Rashid. Believing the trio are there to demand a ransom, Rashid panics and claims Boycie and the Trotter brothers are the kidnappers. Mr. Mamoon calls the police and Del, Rodney and Boycie are arrested for kidnapping. Strangers on the Shore "Strangers on the Shore...!" is an episode of the BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses", first screened on 25 December 2002 as the second part of the early 2000s Christmas trilogy, the seventeenth Christmas special and