The Frog's Legacy
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| Only Fools and Horses episode | |
| "The Frog's Legacy" | |
| Series | Christmas Special |
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| Writer | John Sullivan |
| Director | Ray Butt |
| Producer | Ray Butt |
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Airdate | 25 December 1987 |
| Audience | 14.5 million |
The Frog's Legacy is the sixth Christmas special episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was first screened on 25 December 1987.
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[edit] Synopsis
Del Boy, Rodney and Albert attend the wedding of Trigger's niece, Lisa, who had previously appeared in the episode "Tea for Three". Whilst there, Del is informed by Trigger's aunt Renee (Joan Sims), about the hidden gold legacy left by Freddie "The Frog" Robdul, a known local gentleman thief and good friend of Del and Rodney's mother, which Del vows to recover.
Del also gets Rodney a new job, though he declines to mention that it is working for the local funeral directors as a chief mourner, a fact Rodney does not take kindly to when he does find out. However, through his job there Rodney finds out that Robdul had purchased a coffin to hide the gold in and arranged a phoney funeral for it to be buried. It ultimately emerges that Robdul was a frogman in the Royal Navy - hence the nickname - and had buried the gold at sea, making it virtually impossible to find.
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[edit] Quotes
- (Rodney, talking with Albert about the rumours that Freddie the Frog had an illegitimate child with a local woman, allegedly Rodney's mother)
- Rodney: Did Mum ever...
- Albert: They're rumours, Rodney. That's all, rumours.
(Later, when the Trotters now find it impossible to retrieve Freddie the Frog's treasure.)
- Rodney: Do I look like him?
- Albert: It was just a rumour, son.
- Rodney: Do I look like him?
- Albert: A bit.
- Del: There's gotta be a way! He who dares wins! There's a million quids worth of gold out there - our gold. We can't just say 'bonjour' to it.
[edit] Story Arc
- This is the second occasion in the show's history that Rodney's paternity is called into question, when Renee mentions "the rumours" about Rodney's actual father to Albert. The issue was previously mentioned in "Thicker than Water" and finally answered in "Sleepless in Peckham".
[edit] Trivia
- Most of the outside filming took place in Ipswich.
[edit] Errors
- Del tells Trigger's aunt that he doesn't know a thing about Freddie the Frog, but in "Sleepless in Peckham", Del claims that as a kid, he knew Freddie as "Uncle Freddie" back in 1960 during the first Jolly Boys' Outing (which has led many fans to believe that Del was lying about not knowing Freddie the Frog).
[edit] External links
| Preceded by A Royal Flush |
Only Fools and Horses 25 December 1987 |
Succeeded by Royal Variety Show |
