Only Fools and Horses superfan recreates mini version of legendary sitcom’s set including nods to iconic episodes
HE who dares, thins! An Only Fools and Horses fan has created a mini version of the show’s famous set.
Kevin Jones, 38, took a month to build the model of Del and Rodney Trotter’s flat featuring nods to top episode of the BBC sitcom, such as blow-up dolls.
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The joiner of Cramlington, Northumberland, said: “The green kitchen unit is also in it and I’ve tried to get that as close as I can to what you see on screen.
“I’ve actually gone through episodes and taken screenshots of everything to try and get it as accurate as I can possibly get.”
He added: “This is practice for building the full-size set.”
The show about wheeler-dealer market traders the Trotters and their pals in Peckham, South East London, was first broadcast on September 8, 1981.
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It ran for 64 episodes and finished in 2003.
Del and Rodney returned in a special episode for Sport Relief in 2014, which featured David Beckham.
Only Fools and Horses still holds the record for the highest-rated comedy ever.
24.3million people tuned in to the 1996 episode Time On Our Hands.
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The show has been sold all over the world, including Croatia, Greece and Israel.
There have been lots of remakes, too, including: Wat Schuift’t? (What’s It Worth?) in Holland, O Fura-Vidas (Outside Of The Law) in Portugal and Brat Bratu (Brother To Brother) in Slovenia.
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