It Never Rains...

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Only Fools and Horses episode
"It Never Rains..."
Series	2
Writer	John Sullivan
Director	Ray Butt
Producer	Ray Butt
Duration	30 minutes
Airdate	25 November 1982
Audience	9.5 million

It Never Rains... is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the sixth episode of series 2, and was first screened on 25 November 1982.

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It has been raining non-stop for days in Peckham, and the Trotters haven't been able flog any of their sun-hats.

At the Nag's Head, Del bumps into his friend Alex, a down-on-his-luck travel agent. They have a chat about how they can boost their businesses, and Del suggests that Alex offer an 80% discount on a holiday to the next customer, who happens to be Del Boy.

Back at the flat, Del tells Rodney and Grandad that they're going to Benidorm, Spain. But however, Rodney is worried that Grandad will cramp their style. Del just tells him to shrug it off.

When they get to Benidorm, Del and Rodney score themselves a couple of girls, but when they go back to their hotel room, they find Grandad asleep with his false teeth by his bedside.

A few days later, on the beach, Rodney and Del wonder about why Grandad has been acting very shiftly since they landed. Then, they later hear that Grandad's been arrested.

At the police station, Grandad tells his grandsons why he's been arrested: it was way back in 1936, the Trotters were very poor, so Grandad and his friend Nobby Clarke hitchiked all the way to Southampton, got a boat to Tangiers, and became gun-runners, until they were captured and tortured, before getting home to Peckham. That's the reason why Grandad thinks the Spanish authorities arrested him

After hearing the story, Del tries to bribe the guard into letting Grandad go, but it soon turns out that Grandad was only arrested for jay-walking and is free to go with no charge!