| Only Fools and Horses episode | |
| "It Never Rains..." | |
| Series | 2 |
|---|---|
| Writer | John Sullivan |
| Director | Ray Butt |
| Producer | Ray Butt |
| Duration | 30 minutes
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| 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 endlessly raining for four days in Peckham, and the Trotters haven't been able to flog any of their sun-hats.
At The Nag's Head, Del Boy 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 just happens to be Del.
Back at the flat, Del tells Rodney and Grandad that they're going to Benidorm, Spain. Rodney is worried that Grandad will cramp their style, but 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 and so the night ends there.
A few days later, on the beach, Rodney and Del wonder about why Grandad has been acting very strangely since they landed. Del tries chatting up a "French" woman but loses out to a burly Englishman. Meanwhile, Rodney discovers that Grandad's been arrested and after telling Del, the Trotter Brothers search for Grandad.
At the police station, Grandad tells his grandsons why he's been arrested: it was way back in 1936, the Trotter Family were very poor, so Grandad and his friend Nobby Clarke hitchiked all the way to Southampton, got a boat to Tangier, and became gun-runners during the Spanish Civil War until they were captured, and Nobby was tortured, before the pair got home to Peckham. That's the reason why Grandad thinks the Spanish authorities arrested him. After hearing the story, Del Boy bribes the guard into letting Grandad go, but it soon turns out that Grandad was only arrested for jaywalking and was free to go with no charge anyway, leaving Del out of pocket.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| David Jason | Del Boy |
| Nicholas Lyndhurst | Rodney |
| Lennard Pearce | Grandad |
| Jim McManus | Alex |
| Anne Bruzac | French girl |
| Jillianne Foot | English girl |
| Michael Attwell | English man |
| Anthony Jackson | Spanish guard |
Mungo Jerry : In The Summertime
| Preceded by "The Yellow Peril" |
Only Fools and Horses 25 November 1982 |
Succeeded by "A Touch of Glass" |
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