Homesick
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| Only Fools and Horses episode | |
| "Homesick" | |
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| Series | 3 |
| Writer | John Sullivan |
| Director | Ray Butt |
| Producer | Ray Butt |
| Duration | 30 minutes |
| Airdate | 10 November 1983 |
| Audience | 9.4 million |
Homesick is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the first episode of series 3, and was first screened on 10 November 1983.
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[edit] Synopsis
As Del Boy prepares himself to go out with a waitress from a pizzeria, Rodney plans to go to the local Tenants Association meeting and report lot of things that need to be sorted, as well as Nelson Mandela House's lifts.
At the meeting, the only ones who have shown up are Rodney, Trigger, and the chairman Baz, who mentions that the vice-chairman died a fortnight ago, and that he wanted to elect a new vice-chairman, and Trigger votes Rodney to fill the position. The meeting starts, and Baz then promotes Rodney to chairman in an instant.
Later, at the market, as Del flogs oranges, Rodney shows up and tells him all about the meeting as well as Margaret Mackenzie, one of the well-known higher-ups of the Tenants Association. Grandad also shows up, even though his legs are hurting. He had been shopping, and plans to walk off the pain.
The Trotter brothers return home to find Grandad collapsed on the floor, and phone for Dr. Becker. The results show that Grandad was exhausted from climbing twelve flights of stairs because of the broken lifts! To solve this problem, the Trotters will have to move into a bungalow with approval from the chairman. Rodney comes out of the kitchen and admits that he is the chairman.
That night, Grandad gives Rodney a silver cigarette case and tells him and Del that it was carried by Grandad's grandfather in the Boer War. Rodney then decides to phone for a bungalow.
The next day, Rodney introduces Miss Mackenzie to Del, and they talk about the world of dancing and Nijinsky. Once Miss Mackenzie signs the document, all is set for the Trotters. They can move into their new bungalow in a week's time.
As Miss Mackenzie exits, Grandad enters the lounge, now back on his feet and dancing! Rodney learns that it was all planned by Del and Grandad all along to move into a lovely bungalow in Herrington Road with a nice garden, a garage, and no stairs.
Suddenly, Miss Mackenzie returns to have a drink with Del Boy, only to find Grandad fit and active again! Feeling responsible for everything, an ashamed Rodney resigns as chairman.
[edit] Episode cast
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| David Jason | Del Boy |
| Nicholas Lyndhurst | Rodney |
| Lennard Pearce | Grandad |
| Roger Lloyd Pack | Trigger |
| Ron Pember | Baz |
| Gilly Flower | First old lady |
| Renee Roberts | Second old lady |
| John Bryans | Dr Becker |
| Sandra Payne | Miss Mackenzie |
| Miles Rinadli | Small boy |
[edit] Quotes
- Grandad (bedbound): Del Boy, I'd like to be cremated.
- Del Boy: Well you'll have to wait till the morning 'cuz they'll be closed now!
[edit] Story arc
It is revealed that the Trotters first moved into Nelson Mandela House in 1962.
[edit] Trivia
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- This was the only episode in which Rodney would openly discuss with Trigger that his name was Rodney and not in fact Dave as Trigger had hitherto referred to him (the first occasion on "Big Brother" two years earlier). Trigger used the name Rodney when voting him onto the committee but from thereonafter, reverted to speaking of Dave, even in the final episode "Sleepless in Peckham".
- Gilly Flower and Renee Roberts appeared as two old ladies in the episode. They had done so previously as the slightly dotty permanent guests Miss Tibbs and Miss Gatsby in Fawlty Towers.
[edit] Errors
- When Grandad is in bed, he tells Del and Rodney that he has never had a garden, but in "Mother Nature's Son", the Trotters go to Grandad's allotment, which would surely count as a garden (Grandad could have been lying to gain sympathy).
- Del tells Dr. Becker over the phone "You don't know me." But in "Thicker than Water", Rodney claims that Dr. Becker is the family doctor and has been for years - therefore he would know who Del was. This could be put down to Del's fear of doctors.
- Grandad says he wanted to be cremated, but he was buried instead in "Strained Relations".
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Diamonds Are for Heather |
Only Fools and Horses 10 November 1983 |
Succeeded by Healthy Competition |
