Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold and occasionally repeated on Yesterday and BBC One. Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek "Del Boy" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Lennard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's
Del Boy sent to prison. Rodney becomes the Managing Director of a reformed T.I.T., but this does not stop Del acting as if he runs the business. He fails to make enough to pay his tax bill, but an inheritance from the recently deceased Uncle Albert gives him the money he needs. Del Boy's autobiography, called "He Who Dares", was released in October 2015. The book was released in memoriam of the series' creator John Sullivan. The book portrays the events of "Rock and Chips" and "Only Fools and Horses" from Del Boy's perspective. The book also covers what happened between and