Only Fools and Horses: The Jolly Boys' Outing

Del is organising the annual beano to Margate, the traditional Jolly Boys' Outing. But Rodney and Cassandra have just celebrated their first wedding anniversary, and she's worried about him going out with the boys - especially as Cassandra's angling for a promotion with her yuppie boss. When Rodney is arrested and the whole party is stranded by a very nasty accident, her worst fears are realised.

But there's more to Margate than chips, cockles, ice-cream, doughnuts, Pina Colada, and lobster vindaloo. There's magician The Great Ramondo and his lovely assistant Raquel.

All right for Del, but back home, Cassandra's ambitions appear to have got out of hand...

Source: Only Fools and Horses The Jolly Boys' Outing DVD

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Episode Info

Episode number: 6x7
Airdate: Monday December 25th, 1989
Special Runtime: 80 Minutes

Director: Tony Dow (2)
Writer: John Sullivan

Guest Stars

Denis Lill As Alan Parry Recurring	Roy Heather As Sid Recurring
Steven Woodcock As Jevon Recurring	Wanda Ventham As Pamela Parry Recurring
Brigid Erin Bates As Inga	Daniel Hill As Steven
Daniel LeCoutre As -	Dawn Funnell As Helen
Del Baker As Policeman	Gail Harrison As Joanne
Jake Wood As Trainee	Katharine Page As Mrs. Baker
Lee Gibson As Singer	Robin Driscoll (1) As The Great Ramondo
Rosalind Knight As Mrs. Creswell	Roy Evans As Harry
Steve Alder As Eddie

Uncredited

Lee Richards
As Woman customer in pub

Recurring

Dave Richmond
As Bass Player

Main Cast

David Jason As Del Boy Trotter	Nicholas Lyndhurst As Rodney Trotter
Buster Merryfield As Uncle Albert	Tessa Peake-Jones As Raquel Turner
Gwyneth Strong As Cassandra Trotter	John Challis As Boycie
Roger Lloyd Pack As Trigger	Kenneth MacDonald (3) As Mike
Paul Barber As Denzil	Patrick Murray (1) As Mickey Pearce

Recap

Nearly a year has passed since Rodney married his sweetheart Cassandra. He is now working for her father's printing firm, while Uncle Albert has to act as "Executive Lookout" for Trotters' Independent Traders, i.e: watching out for the police. Whilst Albert and Del Boy flog car radios "as recommended by Nigel Mansell" down at the market, Cassandra visits them both and narrowly avoids one of Albert's war-stories. She also tries to put them off from coming to dinner at her and Rodney's flat the following evening, but Del is naively slow on the uptake and proclaims he and Albert will be there. Soon Marlene, with her newborn son named Tyler, pops by and chats with Del, who talks about how he, Rodney, Albert, Boycie, and numerous Nag's Head regulars are going off on their traditional once-a-year annual "Beano" (day-trip) called the Jolly Boys' Outing to the seaside resort of Margate on Saturday...

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Episode Notes

John Sullivan's sister-in-law Penny was the inspiration behind the script, as she told him of an event her father used to go on each year, called the "Jolly Boys' Outing". The very first Jolly Boys' Outing was seen in the 2010 comedy-drama prequel Rock & Chips.