This is one of the best British sitcoms. It's about two brothers who live on a council estate tower block in Peckham, South London. It's very well-written and well-acted, with lots of funny situations as they get into all sorts of scrapes in their attempts to become millionaires. The supporting characters are very good as well.

In 1979, the late John Sullivan penned an episode of 'Citizen Smith' entitled 'Only Fools & Horses'. Who then would have guessed that two years later, it would have been the title for his next show, which through time grew to be Britain's most popular sitcom of all time and rightly so too. It is an absolute treasure.It was not an instant hit though. The first series, which went out in 1981, attracted appalling viewing figures and when the second series the following year failed to do much better, the BBC considered axing it. Fortunately, repeats came to the show's rescue and when word got round about it, its ratings skyrocketed and viewers soon grew to love and care about the Trotter family. Del Boy Trotter and his brother Rodney are co-owners of Trotters Independent Traders ( use the abbreviated term and what does that give you? ), a company which enables them to do nothing more than sell knocked-off gear down the local market. Living with them in their council flat is their senile Grandad ( Lennard Pearce ) who does little except sit around the flat watching television. Each week, Del would embark on a way to make easy money ( ''This time next year, we'll be millionaires!'' he would say ) only for things to go pear shaped.It was a funny show but in a different way to Sullivan's earlier stuff. When it first appeared, it was your average sitcom but as time went on it transformed into a comedy/soap opera. When Lennard Pearce died in 1984, Grandad had to die too. A brave step but one that paved the way for the arrival of Uncle Albert ( played excellently by Buster Merryfield ), whose unwanted reminisces about his wartime days caused riots of laughter. However, for me, the show reached its best period when Rodney married the lovely Cassandra ( Gwyneth Strong ) while Del formed a relationship with Raquel ( Tessa Peake Jones ) and fathered a son, Damien.Both David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst had a fine chemistry together as the brothers who despite their constant arguing, stuck by each other through thick and thin. John Sullivan wrote every episode alone, meaning that there was very little dip in quality or continuity. Like 'Rab C. Nesbitt' author Ian Pattison, Sullivan had the ability not only to make people laugh but to make them cry as well, as the episode in which Cassandra suffered a miscarriage well and truly proved. Popular in their own right were the Trotter's friends who included put-upon Denzil ( Paul Barber ), dim-witted Trigger ( the late Roger Lloyd Pack ), wide-boy Mickey Pearce ( Patrick Murray ) and shady second-hand car dealer Boycie ( John Challis ) and his brassy wife Marlene ( gorgeous Sue Holderness ), the latter in particular were so popular they landed their own show - 'The Green Green Grass'.In 1996, the show looked to have ended when Del and Rodney finally became millionaires ( at least that's the way it should have been ) but in 2001, Sullivan unwisely decided to revive the show, which showed the Trotters being declared bankrupt. It just was not the same. The revival was further let down by the absence of Uncle Albert ( Buster Merryfield had passed away in 1999 ). In 2003, the curtain came down on the show for good when Cassandra gave birth to Joan Trotter ( named after Del and Rodney's mother ). In 2009, the full history behind the Trotter family was revealed in a three part prequel entitled 'Rock & Chips'.With repeats still gracing our screens thirty-odd years after its original broadcast, it seems that 'Only Fools' is in little danger of being forgotten. Best episode? Time On Our Hands - seeing the Trotters achieve their dream is an absolute delight.

Well, this sitcom one of the best ever written in the history of television. probably I am not exaggerating if I say, The best. Sullivan's characters really come to life. Viewers feel that they really exist and just live next door to them. This realistic and unsuccessful (because most of them are, in their private lives) characters make the viewers believe even more in the story and can identify themselves pretty much with each and one of them. The main characters are developing throughout the 64 episodes but the side characters are as important in the story as the main ones. They help the story come to life. Each episode deals with different situations. Situations that all of us face during our lives. Some episodes even have more than one (parallel) story lines, that makes it more life-like, not so linear, like what we see in some of today's films (one week story goes from A to B, then it ends). Sullivan put the standards very high with this one. I have not seen any other sitcoms come even close to the quality of Only Fools and Horses. A great British television, a great entertainment, just what we all need.

I have lived and breathed OFAH I remember being an 8 year old lad feeling sick crashed out on my couch watching OFAH, And no matter how ill I felt it always brought a smile to my face. OFAH is by far the best loved British comedy of all time and for good reason every single actor in this series and I mean every single actor in this comedy is at the top of there game. Del boy as the wheeler dealer market trader in the best role I believe he ever played. Rodney as his dippy younger brother struggling to find that perfect job or any job. And who could forget granddad who sadly passed away before the start of series 4. But was replaced with the equally brilliant uncle Albert. The series added so many characters over the 20 or years it ran and not a single one felt over used, out of place or became stale. This is a comedy series that brought so many elements to the table including love, friendship, family, honour, commitment and of course comedy. Oh the comedy who could forget some of the classic comedy that peppered the series I think del and trigger have to be the comedy duo of the century, I will never look at a wine bar ever again. If you haven't seen this beloved comedy series what are you still doing reading this, Go and hunt it down trust me you wont be disappointed. You can thank me later.