At Waterloo Station, Del waits nervously for his date. He then says his surname is Duval with no "e" on the end when asked if he has an e on the end of his surname. Del says he has a date and it is with an actress. Raquel quietly walks back into the pub.
A few days later at Sid's Cafe, Del is wallowing in self pity over Raquel. Register ... Past ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES Events. Heartbroken, Raquel leaves for the Middle East just as Del Boy is taken into custody.
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Del has bribed Charles the waiter into saying that he has a call from his New York office to make it look like he is a rich businessman. Rodney goes after him.
Raquel sits at Del's table.
Del says yes but he will pay at the door like all the other punters. Albert asks if he is going out and Del says "no I'm going to bleed the brakes on the van" in sarcasm. Del blackmails Boycie into putting in a word for Del and he wont say about the woman Boycie saw in Sheffield. In addition, we have several more photos on the Dates episode page. A policeman wonders why Del has such a huge bunch of flowers. A few days later, Del is dressed up ready for his blind date. Rodney says there was no need to say that to her. You can find the list of Only Fools and Horses tour dates here. He realises she is not the blind date, but a prostitute. Meanwhile, after seeing a girl Trigger has met through a local dating agency, Del also decides to sign up.
' Raise a glass of Tittinger to Del Boy and Rodney as Only Fools and Horses storms the West End! ' The officers vow to apprehend the driver of the 'yellow, three-wheeled van'. She is a stripper.
He also has an upcoming birthday on the 19th November, and seems to be dropping hints. Yeah, but I like to cruise quickly. Del plans to meet her, but while at the Nag's Head he is approached by the two police officers still searching for the owner of the yellow van. Del says he wish he hadn't, like most things in his life, too bloody late. Del is unhappy but Rodney says Raquel's talent will win through. Rodney says she can finish his tea and then leaves. Del says she could get kidnapped and end up in a harlem. Raquel says that if Del wants to see her again, even as just friends, he can come round her flat at noon and she wont go on the tour, if not she will understand and go.
Del says to look no further officers as it was him, so fair cop, he done it, then jokingly holds his hands out before laughing, and poking Uncle Albert, thinking they are strippers and Albert has got his own back for Del organising the strippers at Albert's birthday. Only Fools and Horses concert tickets are on sale.
He asks the police officers if he can make a phonecall. He is persuaded by Mickey and Jevon that Nerys prefers "macho" men. What’s the big deal with this show and why are they making it so difficult for anyone to watch these episodes particularly uncut versions?. When Del rips the female officer's uniform open thinking she is a stripper, watch the face of the male police officer.
Del says to Albert he should have come up with something more original and Albert says it is nothing to do with him and Del keeps laughing until he sees the police car in the car park. Del says he will have a few drinks then go round to her flat. Del boy getting the wrong woman on his blind date at Waterloo Station.
Rodney still being pursued by the Cortina. A day or so later, Del is at Raquel's flat and says she can join a friend's Masonic Lodge and can bribe a TV director into getting Raquel into a TV show, so she can finally make the big time.
A day later at The Nags Head, Rodney says Albert has threatened to get even with Del about organising the strippers for his birthday. At The pub, Del says he will go and see Raquel now but 2 police officers come in, one female, one male, asking if he is Derek Trotter. The Trotters have been earning a lot of money recently, and Uncle Albert's birthday is approaching, which Del Boy and Rodney pretend to have forgotten. (Little did Del know back then that husband was Roy Slater, ex-copper and Del's former schoolmate and much hated man).
Mike is not pleased. Del says he was thinking about her last night, she has had nothing but bad luck, her husband was a roughun. Del rips open her uniform, exposing her bra. The copper says he can make one.
Raquel says she was a stripper at weekends to pay for her drama classes. Del says a showbusiness agent, he does not want Albert ot Rodney to know he joined a dating agency, and make them think he cannot pull women like he used to. "Dates" And the police are in hot pursuit. But the stripper suddenly stops when she sees Del, and Del sees her, it is indeed Raquel. If they’ve got a problem about copyright infringement just release the complete uncut set on DVD for the fans to watch as they were originally shown on BBC1, but of course they won’t.
Rodney says Mike is out of order. Del then leaves the flat, ready to go on his date. The woman then says to wish him a very happy birthday, and it is not a officer but a stripper. He is smoking a cigarette in an attempt to look hard. Rodney quickly parks outside Nerys' house but she is a total nervous wreck. Del gets out and calmly says "I fancied a walk anyway".
The cops say a yellow 3 wheel van shot the red lights the other day almost causing a severe crash and they are questioning owners of all such vehicles. When you consider these photos are being found from filming the Christmas special from 1988 called Dates.
Derek "Del Boy" Trotter and Rodney Trotter have done very well in trade lately, having made £2000 in the past month alone, selling mens electric razors. Del asks "You don't have the code for Addis Abbaba do you?". At The Hilton Hotel, Del and Raquel talk, he says he is now a millionaire and owns a Ferrari. Del says yes he is. The actor playing him is trying hard to contain his laughter. Rodney asks who and Del says Raquel Turner, Rodney says "Not The Raquel Turner" and when Del asks if he has heard of her Rodney says "No". https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dates_(Only_Fools_and_Horses)&oldid=949235727, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description with no season number, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Chris (Rodney, Mickey and Jevon's Friend), This page was last edited on 5 April 2020, at 09:52. Del asks if she is an actress and she says she has played a few demanding roles in her time.
Del and Rodney toast. The road used in Dates during the chase by the gang of “punks” in the Cortina is actually Talbot Road, Iseworth, Richmond in real life. Rodney asks what Del is doing about Raquel and Del says "I never knew anyone called Raquel". Home > Only Fools And Horses Dates, This is the episode where we first meet Raquel under the Waterloo Station clock. He sees a 30 year old woman who is an actress. Del then talks to Rodney about Raquel and how she is an actress and has talent and he has asked to join the Masonic Lodge. A few days later it is Albert's birthday. This special won a BAFTA "Best Comedy" Award in March 1989. She says "You realise that will be extra" then walks off. Marlene says "Sheffield" and Boycie quickly says "Gimme That Phone!!" Two officers arrive and question Albert, saying that they are arresting him for causing the sinking of a ship in 1941 as the records have just been found at the Naval bases in Portsmouth. She then mirrors his anger at her by saying she has just found out his surname is Trotter not Duval, and he is a market trader, not a millionaire. Raquel then comes in. Del is almost in tears.
In addition to the pictures and video, lets recall the great script to accompany these photos. A tour of Addis Abbaba. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Boycie says that Del's application was refused, he was black balled.
It is about 11:30. They are pursued by a gang of punks, which leads to a high-speed chase.
Back at Waterloo Station, Del has been waiting for ages and his date has not turned up, she is late.
Del sees a woman with her back turned to him dressed in red standing a few metres away. Del seeks an opportunity and signs up to the dating agency, and is interviewed by the agent. "Dates" is the seventh Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses, first broadcast on 25 December 1988. Del is laughing, saying that is his birthday surprise. In the episode, Del Boy joins a dating agency and meets Raquel. Look, can you take me round to Herrington Road, I gotta see someone. Rodney. We would like to express our heartfelt sadness and warm wishes to the family of Nicholas and…. He knows it is past noon now, and she is on her way to the airport. Sync your Spotify account for gig alerts via Messenger or email Get gig alerts for your Spotify artists. Mike jokes that for the past week Del has been ruminating and fretting over whether to pay the bill for the strippogram agency. They say they will get him as there cannot be too many such vehicle owners in the area. Running consecutively for a decade from 1981-1991 and running sporadic Christmas specials through 2003, Only Fools and Horses was voted Britain’s most popular sitcom in a 2003 BBC poll. Those punks back there, they’re used to people running scared from ’em. Above all, having these new photos continues to breath life into our favorite sitcom. They don’t scare me Nerys.