06.09.02
Luvely
Jubbly! Celebrate Only Fools And Horses 21st Anniversary with a
pint of Creme de la Menthe!
It's
official! Only Fools and Horses is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's most successful video
series ever! The hugely successful sitcom celebrates its coming
of age on Sunday 8th September and among the many proofs of its
amazing popularity are sales of over 5.9 million videos and 270,000
dvd's across the series.
Peckham's
dodgy duo's top selling videos have all been feature length specials:-
1. The Jolly Boys Outing
2. Heroes
3. Tea For Three
4. Time On Our Hands
5. To Hull and Back
"Jolly
Boys Outing, the unforgettable feature length Christmas cracker
first shown in 1989, has been the biggest selling title on both
video and dvd" said Stuart Snaith, Director of Video and Sponsorship.
"This November sees the video and dvd release of the brand
new If They Could See Us Now episode shown on Christmas Day 2001,
which gained 73% market share with 21 million viewers."
To
celebrate the 'coming of age' of Only Fools and Horses, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE
is transmitting the first ever episode of the classic series. Originally
broadcast 21 years ago on 8th September 1981, the episode brought
together the writing and wonderful characterisations of John Sullivan
and the incredible chemistry of David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
and Lennard Pearce as 'Grandad'.
The
episode, entitled 'Big Brother', introduced the Trotter family and
Del Boy's cod philosophy to over 9 million viewers. Little did anyone
know that 20 years later 21 million people would be sitting down
on Christmas day to see Del and Rodney still chasing their millions.
Only
Fools and Horses videos, dvd's, books, audio tapes and cd's are
published by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide and are available through the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Shop
at .
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