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06-07-2009, 13:14
Del Boy is returning to BBC One, but as a teenager, it was revealed today.
Only Fools and Horses creator John Sullivan has written a 90-minute prequel cantered around Derek Trotter’s early years.
Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips will be set in Peckham in 1960, where Joan Trotter is unhappily married to workshy Reg Trotter and looking after her son. But the reappearance of art connoisseur Freddie Rodbal after ten years in prison, is set to shake up her world.
Del Boy’s cohorts Boycie, Trigger, Denzil and Jumbo Mills will also appear as teenagers.
John Sullivan said: “It will be set in the real Sixties, before The Beatles and Mary Quant made London the coolest place on the planet.
“The drama will feature South London at its least glamorous, where money was scarce, the staple diet was rock salmon and chips, and the flicks offer the only hint of glamour. And it will give us a bit of an insight into why Del and Rodney turned out they way they did.”
Filming starts in London next month for transmission next year.
Only Fools and Horses creator John Sullivan has written a 90-minute prequel cantered around Derek Trotter’s early years.
Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips will be set in Peckham in 1960, where Joan Trotter is unhappily married to workshy Reg Trotter and looking after her son. But the reappearance of art connoisseur Freddie Rodbal after ten years in prison, is set to shake up her world.
Del Boy’s cohorts Boycie, Trigger, Denzil and Jumbo Mills will also appear as teenagers.
John Sullivan said: “It will be set in the real Sixties, before The Beatles and Mary Quant made London the coolest place on the planet.
“The drama will feature South London at its least glamorous, where money was scarce, the staple diet was rock salmon and chips, and the flicks offer the only hint of glamour. And it will give us a bit of an insight into why Del and Rodney turned out they way they did.”
Filming starts in London next month for transmission next year.