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",
Only Fools and Horses version of the series, with him to star as Del Boy. In January 2012 US network ABC commissioned a pilot of an "Only Fools and Horses" remake titled "King of Van Nuys", written by "Scrubs" writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley. It was developed, rejected and then redeveloped, only to be rejected again later in the year. The pilot starred John Leguizamo as Del, Dustin Ybarra as his brother Rodney and Christopher Lloyd as Grandad. A parody called "Only Jerks and Horses" was written by David Walliams and Matt Lucas and directed by Edgar Wright in 1997. Only Fools and