Diamonds Are for Heather

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Only Fools and Horses episode
"Diamonds Are for Heather"
Series	Christmas Special
Writer	John Sullivan
Director	Ray Butt
Producer	Ray Butt
Duration	30 minutes
Airdate	30 December 1982
Audience	9.3 million

Diamonds Are for Heather is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the second Christmas special, and was first screened on 30 December 1982.

1 Synopsis
2 Episode cast
3 Quotes
4 Story arc
5 Episode concept
6 External links

[edit] Synopsis

At the Nag's Head, Del Boy is drowning his sorrows due to his loneliness, and cheers himself up by ordering a mariachi band to sing Old Shep. He also meets a beautiful woman named Heather, who seems to be one friend short of company. Del, ever the gentleman, entertains her and sees her home safely.

When he escorts her back to her flat, Del discovers that Heather has a young son named Darren, aged 3 and a half, and a husband named Vic, who seems to have joined a very long queue at the Job Centre 18 months ago and never come back.

Over the next six weeks, Del and Heather's romance blossoms, Del gets along well with Darren, and all is running so smoothly, Del Boy decides to propose to Heather, even if it means moving away from Rodney and Grandad.

However, at a candle-lit curry dinner, Heather refuses Del's proposal, because her husband Vic is now living in Southampton, working as a department store Santa. He also wants to give his marriage with Heather a second chance by asking her and Darren to move in with him. Heather says goodbye to Del Boy, who is left without an angel for Christmas. But Del cheers up in the end when he asks some carol singers to sing Old Shep.

[edit] Episode cast

Actor	Role
David Jason	Del Boy
Nicholas Lyndhurst	Rodney
Lennard Pearce	Grandad
Rosalind Lloyd	Heather
John Moreno	Enrico
Roger Brierley	Brian
Dev Sagoo	Waiter

[edit] Quotes

Heather: [after listening to Old Shep] Did you have an old dog?

Del: I've had many old dogs in my time!

[edit] Story arc

When Del gives Heather the ring, he says he got it from Abdul, a friend from Hatton Garden. This fits in with "To Hull and Back" as Del goes to Holland for Boycie and Abdul.