Rock & Chips

Rock and Chips is an intriguing show and provides further insight to Del Boy's up bringing as often referenced in OFAH.

The three episodes are set in the 1950s and feature a young Del Boy and his mates, including Boycie, Trigger, Denzil and even Roy Slater. There is even appearances of other school friends that were never seen in OFAH. The cast are brilliant playing each role and you can clearly see they are each playing to the mannerisms of each character introduced by the actors in OFAH.

The story however mainly focuses on Del and Rodney's Mum Joan Trotter, her relationship with Del's Dad and the affair she had with Freddie the Frog played fantastically by Nicholas Lyndhurst.

The series looks great, but if you are after comedy there isn't too much to be found. This is a 'period' drama first with some light humor here and there.

The show is well written and provides an interesting insight to the history of the characters we love in OFAH and the characters we have heard of.

I prefer the second 2 episodes to the first which I found too long. There seemed to be more humor in the later two.

It's a shame the series was never completed due to John Sullivan's untimely death and as a result we only have part of the story leading up to Only Fools and Horses. I understand we were going to see the death of Joan Trotter and also Freddy the Frog, resulting in Del and baby Rodney living with Grandad.

Worth a watch for OFAH devotees but not essential viewing. Out of the spin offs I prefer The Green Green Grass which was a true continuation of the sitcom format.