Little Problems
| "Little Problems" | |
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| Only Fools and Horses episode | |
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| Episode no. |
Series 6 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Tony Dow |
| Written by | John Sullivan |
| Produced by | Gareth Gwenlan |
| Original air date | 12 February 1989 (18.9 million viewers) |
| Running time |
50 minutes
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50 minutes
"Little Problems" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the final episode of series 6, and was first screened on 12 February 1989. John Sullivan's idea for the script came from a drink with David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst one evening, and the idea grew into this episode.
With his wedding to Cassandra coming up, Rodney is worried that he will never receive his diploma in computing, having apparently failed his exam again, and also has the problem of needing to find £2,000 for the couple's new flat. However, Del Boy states that he will take care of these problems, as he announces that he's giving Rodney the £2000 as a wedding present, and then hands over Rodney's diploma, telling him that his teacher had been delayed in marking some of the diplomas. After Rodney leaves, Del confides to Uncle Albert that Rodney had in fact completely failed his exam, and his teacher required a £150 bribe in order to give a passing grade. In addition, Del will either need to sell his stock of mobile phones or get Boycie to pay up for the dodgy VCRs that Del had sold him a few months previously (in "Danger UXD") to raise the £2,000.
The following night, Del finds it hard work selling his phones, and Boycie claims to be out of pocket, thanks to the combination of a slump in the used car market and medical bills for his wife Marlene's pregnancy. Things get a lot worse when Mickey Pearce and Jevon enter the Nag's Head with cuts and bruises all over their bodies and tell Del that local crime bosses Tony and Danny, the Driscoll Brothers, are coming for him, and that it was in fact the Driscolls that had supplied Del's phones.
Del, Mickey, and Jevon hide upstairs (as does Trigger, although he does not understand what is going on), and the Driscolls enter, but find nothing. Just as it looks like they're safe, Trigger accidentally activates the antenna in Del's cordless phone, causing it to extend right up Del's nose, giving away their hiding place. The Driscolls threaten Del into paying them £2,000, but Del manages to buy some time by reminding them that he had looked after their mother when they got themselves jailed for their early crimes. Having seen the Driscolls enter, a terrified Boycie enquires whether Del had bought the VCRs off them and Del, seeing a chance to get his payment, says he did. The "skint" Boycie then suddenly produces £3,000 from his jacket pocket, giving Del the money that he needs.
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