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After the war, Grandad had various short-term jobs before he retired, including working as a security officer at a warehouse in Kilburn, which he was sacked from after a janitor stole over three hundred briefcases from under his nose. It is revealed in "Tea For Three", by Grandad's younger brother Albert, that he and Albert fell out over Albert's later wife, Ada.

', Not having it: Door staff at the Newquay Arms in Newquay, Cornwall, were even more bemused when the drunk youngster got his date of birth wrong. The registrar officiating wisely decided to leave it out and refer to him as simply "Rodney Trotter" when the guests from the Nag's Head In the Second Time Around it is revealed that he would normally watch three sets but one was being mended. Up until I was four, I thought you was twins. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Always the dreamer, Rodney stuck by his older brother through thick and thin - even though he was terrified of nephew Damien. 'Then I asked him his date of birth and he said it. ", 5.

That Which Does Not Kill Us Makes Us Stronger. When Del asks why Grandad is wearing a vest and plimsolls, Albert answers 'Well, he'd just deserted.'.

"Stone me Del, you've been engaged more times than a switchboard. Portrayed as a hard-working woman in her late 30s, struggling to maintain a home, which included her workshy husband Reg, elderly father-in-law Ted and her teenage son Del Boy. AKA: Rodney Trotter; Rodders. Local police Inspector Ian Drummond-Smith said the fake ID could have landed him in jail. Only Fools and Horses Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. "You've been engaged more times than a switchboard".

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Both were deported from Spain and all her territories and dominions. He was played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools and Horses and Lewis Osbourne in Rock & Chips. Vous pouvez modifier vos choix à tout moment dans vos paramètres de vie privée. ", 8. He also played Ashley Philips in The Two of Us, Jimmy Venables in After You've Gone and … Albert tells Rodney that while walking home from a nightclub together, they both had a fight, and never spoke to each other again after that. Rodney Charlton Trotter was a character in Only Fools And Horses from 1981 to 2003 and again in 2014. 'I made the doormen UV the ID just to wind him up really and they started giggling and playing along with him. He appeared in the show's first three series, played by Lennard Pearce.

Newquay is plagued by underage drinkers and ID scanners have been brought in to tighten up door entrance policies. Del Boy is often regarded as one of the greatest comedy characters in the history of British … Trigger - real character name Colin Ball - is famed for enjoying the more simple things in life and of course referring to Rodney Trotter as Dave. And you owe the Inland Revenue over £50,000. "Del, let's just get out! Informations sur votre appareil et sur votre connexion Internet, y compris votre adresse IP, Navigation et recherche lors de l’utilisation des sites Web et applications Verizon Media. He was the younger half brother of Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and son of Joan Mavis Trotter and Freddie "The Frog" Robdal, due to Joan having an extra marital relationship with Freddie in February 1960. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.

Grandad is by this point in his mid-seventies, largely infirm and still living at Nelson Mandela House with his grandsons.

The character makes her first screen appearance in Rock & Chips . ", and in the first Christmas special he left the giblets in their plastic wrapping inside the turkey, not knowing what it meant by 'ready cleaned'. “Rodney's middle name, "Charlton", was revealed to the world during his wedding in 1989.

When Cassandra and Rodney have their baby in Sleepless in Peckham, they name her Joan. When Lennard Pearce died in 1984, writer John Sullivan chose not to replace him but to write the character's death into the series.

Join Facebook to connect with Rodney Trotter and others you may know. How's Ape Adrian these days? ", even pet shop owner Louis greets him as 'Grandad'.

The card was confiscated and police were called but the man left the scene by the time officers arrived. Though she is never seen in the series, she is often mentioned by Del, especially in his attempts to emotionally blackmail Rodney, who had few memories of her. Grandad is seen in the first series of Only Fools and Horses.

His place was taken by Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield). Découvrez comment nous utilisons vos informations dans notre Politique relative à la vie privée et notre Politique relative aux cookies. He said: 'Lucky for him he’d left before police arrived, as possessing a forged driving licence can attract two years’ imprisonment.

[citation needed] In the first episode when Rodney came home after a week’s absence he declined a meal cooked by Grandad despite being ravenously hungry. Damien Derek Trotter (born 3 February 1991) is a fictional character in the BBC series Only Fools and Horses. He returned to Peckham and joined the dole queues, marrying his wife Violet sometime before the war, and fathering a son, Reg. Played brilliantly by Nicholas Lyndhurst, he was often referred to as 'Rodders' or 'Rodney, you plonker' by Del. ?oldid=8675. A bungling underage drinker was barred from entering a pub after producing a fake ID card belonging to - Rodney Trotter of Peckham. In the 2003 Christmas special, third and final chapter of the early 2000's trilogy, and final episode of Only Fools and Horses, Rodney and Cassandra Trotter have a young daughter called Joan, who Rodney named after his late mother Joan.

He consistently called Rodney "Dave" under the genuine belief that that is his name, even though he hears everyone else using the correct name time and again. Edward Kitchener "Ted" Trotter, better known simply as Grandad (9 July 1909 — 1984),[1] is a fictional character who was one of the original leads of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. 10. Damien is the only child of Del and Raquel and nephew of Rodney Trotter. "Whatever the subject is, Mum had something to say about it on her deathbed. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. ", 12. "I am 24 years old, I have two GSEs, thirteen years of schooling and three terms at an adult education centre behind me, right? The cockney pair, who lived together in a small tower block called Nelson Mandela House in Peckham, continue to delight audiences to this day.

None of the main characters addresses Grandad by his name.

Joan Mavis "Joanie" Trotter Sr. is the mother of Del Boy and Rodney, appearing regularly by name in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, though she remained unseen until the 2010 prequel Rock & Chips as the main character. The Trotters are at that time squeezed into a two-up two-down terraced house and Grandad is forced to share a bedroom with his grandson Del. 'If you lend someone your ID, the door staff will retain it and we will send it back. In "Yesterday Never Comes", Del suggests that he watches The Chinese Detective in his bedroom in order to remove him from the sitting room. Colin Ball, more commonly known as Trigger (born 22 April 1948),, is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses and its prequel Rock & Chips. The drunken youngster turned up at the pub in Newquay on Saturday night and claimed to be 24 when the age on the Rodney ID would have made him 52. The character was portrayed by Phil Daniels in the prequel series Rock & Chips.[2]. Passports remain the property of HM Government and if misused will always be returned. Rodney Trotter is on Facebook. "Yeah, and who was it, during the Brixton riot, that drove down in the van, selling paving stones to the rioters? "Me wife doesn't love me, me mum's left me, and some b*****d's nicked me bike. His wife, who apparently worked as a charlady in these later years, died in the early 1960s, when Rodney was still young.

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I shall follow her career with interest.Great Blog, I like your main photo: I remember it from the old fanzine cover years ago and the headline banner, was it "Hales Back in Training"?

""naa charlton athletic" was the reply... Interestingly Charlton were managed by Jimmy Trotter from 1956-1961.

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He's a proud road sweeper and a long-standing friend to Del Boy, Rodney, Boycie and the rest of the gang. According to the Autobiography He Who Dares, Joan was twelve (at the time of Del writing the book presumably) and according to Del was already the most adored child in Peckham.

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A former child actor, he is also known for other BBC sitcom roles such as Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart, Fletch's son Raymond in Going Straight and Adam Parkinson in Butterflies. He was played by Lennard Pearce in the original series, and was portrayed by Phil Daniels in the prequel, Rock & Chips. It also featured a photograph of Rodney actor Nicholas Lyndhurst and date of birth 26 February 1960.

While he wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, Rodders loved to drop funny, and at times simplistically brilliant, comments. Because of their sense of family loyalty, the Trotters ensure that he will always have a home, with Del dismissing his fiancée Pauline's suggestion of putting Grandad into a residential home because "he's family" ("The Second Time Around"). Published: 08:21 EDT, 25 July 2012 | Updated: 08:25 EDT, 25 July 2012.

During the episode "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle", Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) shows Del a photograph of Grandad during the war. He was played by David Jason in the original series and was portrayed as a teenager by James Buckley in the prequel. He was named after Rod Taylor and Charlton Athletic, and is the co-main character of the series along with his half-brother Del.

He later spoke of the horror of these experiences with his description of the wartime government policy ("They promised us homes fit for heroes, we got heroes fit for homes!"). [3] A funeral was held for Grandad in "Strained Relations", which saw the Trotter brothers trying to come to terms with the loss of a man who had been such an integral part of their lives. Despite this, in the episode "Miami Twice", Albert mentions that he married Ada before enlisting to fight in World War II, and after the war, as revealed in "Hole in One", he and Grandad would often pull schemes on local pubs by having Albert fall down cellar stairs without hurting himself and claiming compensation whenever they were short of money. 'This caused a major problem for a woman last week who is due to fly out on holiday in three weeks’ time. Grandad is a poor cook; his final line in the series is "Del Boy, I've burnt yer pizza! He is often seen watching two television sets at once, one black-and-white TV and one colour TV. You never told me my new job was a chief mourner! ", 11. Set in 1960, Grandad has separated from his wife Vi, and is unemployed and subsequently homeless, after she finds out about his affair with Alice. He is son to Derek Trotter and Raquel Turner.