Hole in One (Only Fools and Horses)
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| Only Fools and Horses episode | |
| "Hole in One" | |
| Series | 4 |
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| Writer | John Sullivan |
| Director | Susan Belbin |
| Producer | Ray Butt |
| Duration | 30 minutes |
| Airdate | 7 March 1985 |
| Audience | 13.4 million |
Hole in One is an episode of the BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses. It was the third episode of series 4, and was first screened on 7 March 1985.
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[edit] Synopsis
It had been four weeks since Albert moved in with Del Boy and Rodney, and things are not good for them financially. It is the worst winter in over "two million years", and Rodney has foolishly made an investment in £500 worth of sun tan lotion.
At the Nag's Head, as the Trotters pass by the open door into its cellar, Mike wants a word with Del about the deep-fat fryer he sold him. Inside, Rodney suggests that they try making money out of nothing.
Suddenly, a loud crash is heard, and Del and Rodney race into the cellar to find that Albert had fallen down into the cellar's open door. Del hatches a plan when Albert says "I've got a right mind to sue the brewery!" He also tells Rodney to phone Solly Attwell, a sleazy solicitor.
Back at Nelson Mandela House, Solly tells Del and Rodney that there's nothing wrong pyshically with Albert after his accidental fall, but suggests that it may have hurt Albert mentally. And the brewery has agreed to take the Trotters' great uncle's fall to court.
At the courthouse, Del and Rodney tell their sides of the story, hoping that they get their money from this, but when a wheelchair-bound Albert comes up to tell his side of the story by faking amnesia a lot, the Brewery's Barrister reminds Albert about a lot of cases similar to this one, all involving Albert Gladstone Trotter and they all took place after the war. Not only that, but Albert underwent basic parachute training on the Isle of Wight, where he learned how to fall off things without injuring himself.
Later, outside the courthouse, Del and Rodney berate Albert for what he did, but Albert explains that whenever he and Grandad were short of money, Albert would fall down a hole. And the reason why Albert fell down the cellar at the Nag's Head in order to gain compensation was to pay for Grandad's headstone, because when Albert was a kid, Grandad used to look after him, and Albert never got the chance to pay his older brother back. Del and Rodney forgive Albert for what he did, and wheel him home in his wheelchair, shortly before Del realizes that Albert can walk.
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[edit] Trivia
- The idea for the script was based on a true story. John Sullivan's grandfather was a coal-man named Dickie, who claimed compensation by falling down holes.
- This episode was originally part filmed starring Lennard Pearce, but he fell ill and was hospitalised before filming was completed (the only shot of the Grandad version kept in the Uncle Albert version was Mike looking up at Grandad). The rest of the original footage has never been transmitted, and is not available on DVD.
[edit] Errors
- After the court case, Albert tells Rodney and Del that everytime himself and Grandad were short of some money, Albert just fell down a hole. In the court case, it was revealed that the incidents occurred after the war. In "Tea for Three", Albert said that he and Grandad didn't speak to each other after they met and fought over Ada. In "Miami Twice", Albert revealed that he left Ada behind when he went to war, so Albert clearly met Ada before the war and therefore couldn't be speaking to Grandad after the war when they allegedly worked together falling down holes.
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| Preceded by Strained Relations |
Only Fools and Horses 7 March 1985 |
Succeeded by It's Only Rock and Roll |
