May the Force Be with You (Only Fools and Horses) he has been tasked with tracking down a stolen microwave. He meets Trigger and Boycie – both horrified by his return – in the "Nag's Head", and announces that he has recently been promoted to Detective Inspector. He begins talking to Rodney, who is unaware that Slater is a police officer, and tells him that he is an old "friend" of Del's. Rodney invites Slater back to Nelson Mandela House, without informing Del. Back at the flat, Del is left dumbfounded when Slater walks in, and quickly makes Rodney aware that Slater is not an old friend, but an unscrupulous
Only Fools and Horses July 2018, John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan, announced that an "Only Fools and Horses" musical was nearing completion and is due to launch on 9 February 2019 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (played by David Jason), a fast-talking, archetypal South London 'fly' trader, lives in a council flat in a high-rise tower block, Nelson Mandela House, in Peckham, South London, with his much younger brother, Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst), and their elderly Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Their mother, Joan, died when Rodney was young, and their father Reg absconded soon afterwards, so Del became Rodney's surrogate