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Character name:Derek Edward Trotter (del boy)
Appears in: only fools & horses
Date(s):1981 to 2003
Award(s):won 3 bafta awards
1 british comedy award
2 national television awards
| Character back story:
Derek Edward Trotter (born 12 July 1948
Spouse(s) Children Other relatives | Raquel Turner (fiancée) | | Damien Trotter | Joan Trotter, Sr. (mother) (deceased)
Reg (father) (estranged)
Rodney (half-brother)
Edward (grandfather) (deceased)
Albert (great uncle/godfather) (deceased)
George (great uncle/assumed godfather)
Cassandra (sister-in-law)
Joan Trotter, Jr. (niece)
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When he was 16 his mother Joan died & his lazy father did a runner Derek was left to look after his grandad & his younger brother Rodney taking numerous jobs as he was the sole breadwinner of the family
Over the years he had numerous girlfriends & was engaged several times until he met his wife -aspiring actress/stripper Raquel and had a son Damien
He would always say to Rodney that one day they would be millionaires and then by chance a rare antique pocket watch was found in their garage & when it was sold at auction for $6million the Trotter's life change until Del Boy lost most of it by investing in a dodgy scheme
| | Inspiration for character:David Jason's depiction of Derek Trotter was based on a builder, Derek Hockley, for whom he had worked as an electrician. Hockley had many of the affectations outlined by Sullivan in his characterisation of Del (gold jewellery, camel-hair coat) and Jason added others, like his habit of twitching his neck. | Age/Occupation:60
market stall trader | | Personality type:optimistic but although not intellectual he is quick-witted | Signature look:
several different looks over the years:
sheapkin jacket,cloth cap
yuppie look,posh suit & gold chains | | Resides:peckham | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:'David Jason' was cast as Del Boy after the producers saw him in "Open All Hours" (1976).
David Jason (Derek "Del" Trotter) and Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney Trotter) are the only actors to appear in all 65 episodes.
David Jason (Derek "Del" Trotter), Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney Trotter), Roger Lloyd-Pack (Trigger) and Tessa Peake-Jones (Raquel Turner) are the only actors to appear in both the first and last episodes |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Lovely Jubbly!
- He who dares, wins!
- This time next year, we'll be millionaires!
- He who dares Rodney, he who dares.
- What a plonker!
- Cushty!
Del Boy: What are you up to, Mickey?
Mickey Pearce: I've just come back from evening school. I'm learning aikido.
Del Boy: Really? Go on then, say something
Del: 'Ang about, which coffee did you make this with?
Albert: That jar over there.
Del: This ain't coffee smell it it's bloody gravy.
Albert: Yeah, that's gravy. Well it's not my fault it's them jars, look. 'Ow am I supposed to tell the difference?
Del: I'll tell you how you tell the difference. This one has on the label, Maxwell House COFFEE and on this one it says Oxo GRAVY granules. Bit of a giveaway really innit?
Albert: Well I was in an 'urry and I got mixed up.
Del: I'll mix YOU up in a min... 'ang on a minute. If you've made gravy in the coffee pot, then what ARE they pourin' over their dinners in there? (Goes to look)All right?
Audrey: Wonderful.
Del: Cushty. (To Albert) They're only DOING it. They are only out there doing it NOW! They are only pourin' Maxwell bleedin' 'Ouse over their lamb noisewats and veg. I don't believe you. Not only have you managed to sink every battleship and aircraft carrier that you've ever sailed on, but now you've gone and knackered a gravy boat.
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Character name: det.insp william edward 'jack' frost
Appears in: a touch of frost
Date(s): 1992 to 2009
Award(s):9 wins & 11 nominations
(bafta's,tv quick & national television awards)
| Character back story: Detective Inspector William Edward Frost, known as Jack to everyone but his late wife (who died in the 1st episode)
He is experienced and dedicated to his work, but he is always clashing with his superiors
He was shot whilst on duty and was awarded the george cross
but Frost was modest about the award and thinks he is not worthy of the honour
Before his wife died he was planning to leave her but did'nt so at the time he was drinking alot so when he was on duty and approached by a man carrying a gun Frost was drunk and he did'nt care whether he lived or died when he tried to arrest the gunman
Frost throws himself into his work after his wife died living off takeways or in the police canteen
| | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:60s-
detective inspector | Personality type:a down to earth no nonsense street copper
modest
hard working
dedicated to his work
tends to get too emotionally/involved in cases
approachable and sympathetic
he is a role model to his fellow officers who look upto him | | Signature look:hat,scarf,moustache | | Resides:denton,oxfordshire | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:
Some of the earlier episodes were derived from R.D. Wingfield's "Frost" novels, with each novel resulting in the storylines for two episodes
Novellist R.D. Wingfield, whose "Frost" book were the inspiration for the series, was very critical of the TV adaptation and said that it had ruined the character of Jack Frost that he had created in his novels. The main change between the books and the TV series is that Frost's prurient and earthy interest in pubescent teenage girls and young women is much less evident in the TV series. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | on Mullett's orders to catch graveyard vandals]
Frost: I've only got three blokes who can barely stand up, let alone chase a box of black magic!
Frost: Times are hard, Clive, my son. Try and be a bit more charitable. You sell what you got available. Tell you what, though, she's nicked my bloody fags! Should have turned right there, by the way. Didn't I say?
Frost: Were any of the others here on Sunday? Children? And a simple yes or no will do, Annie. I don't want a bloody lecture!
Supt. Mullett: One of these days you'll realize you need more than your well-known intuition in order to get results.
Frost: I used more than my well-known intuition, sir, at least in one of the cases I did - I used my charm.
[pause]
Frost: It's a joke, sir, don't bother to work it out.
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Character name:Granville
Appears in: open all hours
Date(s): 1976 to 1985
Award(s):2 bafta tv awards nominations
| Character back story: Granville's mother was Arkwright's sister, who died while Granville was a young child
His father was unknown, and Granville, hoping to be more exotic then the people who surround him, likes to believe is father was Hungarian
Granville spends most of the day dreaming of being somewhere else, or doing something else
He is constantly mocked by his uncle who keeps telling him that his mother was a prostitute
| | Inspiration for character: | | Age/Occupation:errand boy/shopkeeper's assistant | Personality type:quick witted,kind
a day dreamer
frustrated
and he is madly in love with the local milkwoman | | Signature look:shirt,tie & tank top,cloth cap | | Resides:Doncaster | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:The original pilot was broadcast in 1973 as part of BBC1's "Seven of One" (1973), a series of potential pilots showcasing Ronnie Barker. (Seven Of One featured one other pilot which was eventually made into a series; Porridge). When the series was properly made and shown (in 1976), there were a few small changes, including a different actress playing Nurse Gladys Emanuel and a different location for the shop
When Ronnie Barker first saw the script, the character of Arkwright did not have a stutter. Barker always credits Glenn Melvyn as the inspiration for the stutter. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Arkwright: I want a w-w-word with you.
Granville: That's three words.
Arkwright: That girl of Grimshaw's.
Granville: Big Edna?
Arkwright: Have you been kn-kn-knocking
Granville: I have only admired her from a distance.
Arkwright: Let me finish. Have you been kn-kn-knocking coppers off her weekly order?
Granville: You do the same for Mrs Featherstone.
Arkwright: Not without putting them back somewhere else.
Granville: [about to put a note in the shop till] Do you reckon they can stitch fingers back on these days?
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Character name: Sidney 'pop' Larkin
Appears in: the darling buds of may
Date(s): 1991 to 1993
Award(s):1 british comedy award-david jason best tv comedy actor
| Character back story:he & his partner Ma Parkin are unmarried with 6 children:
petunia
mariette
victoria
zinnia
primrose
montgomery
'Pop' Larkin has somehow managed to avoid paying tax or national insurance throughout his working life. He's become a legendary figure at the local tax office.
He served during the war
| | Inspiration for character: | | Age/Occupation: 50s-60s farmer | Personality type:a charmer,always flirting with other women,which ma larkin does'nt mind him doing
| | Signature look:sideburns,shirt & waist coat | | Resides:kent | | Character connections: | | Fun facts/trivia:The programme was filmed in the village of Pluckley, Kent and nearby locations |
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