Heroes and Villains (Only Fools and Horses) Heroes and Villains (Only Fools and Horses) "Heroes and Villains" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses", first screened on 25 December 1996 as the first part of the 1996 Christmas trilogy and the thirteenth Christmas special. It attracted a UK television audience of 21.3 million, at the time a record for the show. In the episode, Del and Rodney are invited to a fancy dress party. They arrive dressed as Batman and Robin. The episode opens with Rodney's futuristic dream, in which a grown-up Damien, head of the now multinational and all-powerful "Trotters Independent Traders",
It's Only Rock and Roll (Only Fools and Horses) on the UK Singles Chart and performing their song on "Top of the Pops". Suddenly, Del hears Rodney entering the flat, and quickly turns both TVs off, as Rodney wants to watch Top of the Pops, but Del tells him that both TVs are broken. And so, Rodney decides to enter Albert's bedroom and wind him up about taking an old woman from a laundromat to an old folks' beano. While that happens, Del quickly puts on his camel coat, while Albert exits his bedroom and tells him that Rodney's busy watching Top of the Pops on the portable TV.