Trigger (Only Fools and Horses) gang, his family and Freddie the Frog on the first Jolly Boys' Outing in 1960. Trigger is a relatively minor character in the prequel series, giving a daft remark every now and again, but he receives a rather notable mention in "The Frog and the Pussycat" when Violet Trotter, Del's grandmother, mentions Grandad's affair with Trigger's grandmother, Alice Ball (marking the first time in the history of the "Only Fools and Horses" franchise that Trigger's real name is mentioned). At one point in the pilot episode, Reg asks Del and Jumbo if Trigger is mentally OK, since he once spotted
Only Fools and Horses and become friends with when they were working on "Citizen Smith", a draft script was shown to the Corporation's Head of Comedy, John Howard Davies. Davies commissioned Sullivan to write a full series. Sullivan believed the key factor in its being accepted was the success of ITV's new drama, "Minder", a series with a similar premise and also set in modern-day London. Sullivan had initially given the show the working title "Readies". For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist's tax and work-evading lifestyle, "Only Fools and Horses". That name was based on a