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  • Actors: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tessa Peake-Jones, Gwyneth Strong, Roger Lloyd-Pack
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Nov 2002
  • Run Time: 71 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006JI0K
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,392 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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If They Could See Us Now, originally broadcast on Christmas Day 2001, is the first in a trilogy of Only Fools and Horses specials. This one sees Delboy Trotter and family living the high life in the South of France, having become millionaires following the sale of a rare and valuable watch that had been knocking about in the Trotters' garage. However, Del manages to lose the entire family fortune following a crash in Central American stocks. Now the Trotters, including Rodney, wife Cassandra and Del's young son Damien are back on "Hooky Street", in the old flat in Nelson Mandela House, broke and owing £50,000 to the taxman.

Although this extended episode contains some funny business, particularly involving Rodney and Cassandra's efforts to reinvigorate their love life, it feels like a series extended too far beyond its natural life. Much of the fluency and chemistry between the ageing cast has evaporated in their lay-off. Writer John Sullivan's forte had been belly jokes which whooped up from nowhere in the plot, but here the humour is contrived and implausible. The business over the mix-up regarding Uncle Albert's funeral also strains credence, while the final scenario involving a TV quiz show is flatly predictable. Still, 20.3 million watched this show, a tribute to the enduring affection for the series. --David Stubbs



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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars OFAH - But not at its Best, 27 Nov 2002
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This episode is OK but not great. It was the first shown after a break of five years and saw the Trotter's loose the fortune they had got from selling an antique marine time keeping pocket watch in the last of the 1996 trilogy (time on our hands). I know that many die hard fans felt that this should never have been filmed, and I was among them at the time - although my view has changed a little since.
In this Xmas special of the actors seem a little out of touch with their characters after the long break. David Jason as always is fantastic and the story line is amusing if not a little weak. There are two more episodes to be screened this Christmas and I hope they are an improvement on If They Could See Us Now.
Having said all that, Only Fools and Horses is at best sheer brilliance, and at worst very entertaining. I would certainly recommend this to anyone who has watched and enjoyed previous series or Xmas OFAH's specials.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Bad start for the even-more-final trilogy, 5 Aug 2008
Time on our Hands finished the Only Fools and Horses series perfectly. The Trotters had achieved their life-long ambition by becoming millionaires and walked off into the sunset. I can only assume John Sullivan was put under pressure by fans to write more OFAH, or that the BBC were strapped for new ideas. Though the series mainly revolved around Del and Rodney, it had always been concieved as a show about three men from different generations. Buster Merryfield had sadly passed away by 2001 so it was impossible for Albert to return, but maybe that should have persuaded the powers-that-be to let the show rest. The new 'final trilogy', though it contained the hilarious Stranger on the Shore, unfortunately started with what was quite frankly the worst Xmas OFAH special ever made. The storyline involves Del and Rodney losing their fortune and being forced to return to their old flat (which they, very conveniently, never sold). When I first watched this I was put in mind of the 1940s Laurel and Hardy films - the actors look physically tired and the characters somehow aren't right. Del's 'laddish' son is just irritating and obnoxious, the storyline is far too thin and the scenes involving Rodney and Cassandra dressing up are a feeble attempt to recapture the hilarity of the Batman & Robin scenes in Heroes and Villains. Whoever thought inserting Jonathon Ross into the show should be shot. Though Miami Twice featured a few brief cameos, OFAH never needed to resort to this kind of 'showbiz pals' stuff before. A one-legged turkey that should hobble away with Diamonds are for Heather.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say? , 1 Sep 2008
It's Only Fools and Horses, of course it's brilliant!!!

Nothing these guys have ever done has been bad viewing. I still cry at some of the rare emotional scenes that appears in some episodes.

Ray Butt (producer) is a total genius and David Jason and Nick Lyndhurst are the best two actors to ever grace our screens.

Don't just buy this, buy all the DVD's of these you can find.
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Brilliant as usual. Strongly recommend you buy the box set which contains the FULL series and the Christmas Specials - it's awsome!
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