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Del-Boy Trotter. It was only when Ray Butt saw a repeat of Open All Hours that Jason was considered and, despite initial concerns over his ability - at that point, Jason had not had a leading television role - and the fact that he and Lyndhurst did not look alike, he was cast. It attracted a respectable, though unspectacular by those days' standards 9. The viewing figures for the whole first series, which averaged at around 7 million, were considered mediocre, but owing to the BBC's policy of nurturing television shows, a second series was commissioned for The second series fared little better and the show was close to being cancelled altogether.
However, both the first and second series then went out for a repeat run in a more low-key time slot but attracted respectable viewing figures in June , which convinced Davies to commission a third series. From there, the show gradually built up a following, and began to top the television ratings. Series four saw viewing figures double those of Series 1. During production for the fourth series in December , Lennard Pearce died from a heart attack during the filming of the original fourth series opener " Hole in One ", then shortly passed away.
As filming was postponed until after Christmas, John Sullivan decided to write two new episodes: " Happy Returns " the new fourth series opener and " Strained Relations " which gave Grandad a proper send-off, as well as introduce his younger brother, Albert, portrayed by Buster Merryfield.
Mid-way through the filming of the fifth series, David Jason told John Sullivan at a dinner that he wanted to leave the show in order to further his career elsewhere. Sullivan thus wrote " Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ", which was intended to be the final episode and would see Del accepting his friend Jumbo Mills' offer to set up business in Australia, leaving Rodney and Albert behind. Plans were made for a spin-off entitled Hot-Rod , following Rodney's attempts to survive on his own with help from Mickey Pearce, while leaving open the prospect of Del's return.
Jason ultimately changed his mind, and the ending of the episode was changed to show Del rejecting the offer. Sullivan had a tendency to write scripts that were too long, meaning pages of material had to be cut. Shortly before filming of the sixth series began, he requested that the show's time slot be extended and it was agreed to extend its running time to 50 minutes.
This coincided with the show becoming one of the BBC's most popular programmes, according to producer Gareth Gwenlan, and allowed for more pathos in the series and an expansion of the regular cast.
The seventh series, which was to be the last, was aired in early Sullivan and the major actors were all involved with other projects, and it was confirmed that there were no plans for a new series. The show continued in Christmas specials in , , and , followed by a three-year break. Sullivan wanted a "final" episode to tie up the show and see the Trotters finally become millionaires; this was later extended to three one hour episodes, all to be broadcast over Christmas All three were well received, and given the happy ending it was widely assumed that they were to be the last.
After a five-year break, however, the show returned again in with another Christmas special, followed by two more in and See more at IMDbPro. Photos 3. Add image. Top cast Edit. Ray Butt Self as Self. John Challis Self as Self …. Tony Dow Self as Self. Gareth Gwenlan Self as Self. Sue Holderness Self as Self …. David Jason Self as Self ….
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