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Mollie Sugden

**Children** | 2

**Mollie Sugden** (born **Mary Isobel Sugden**; 21 July 1922–1 July 2009) was an English comedy actress, best known for portraying the saleswoman Mrs Slocombe in the British sitcom *Are You Being Served?* (1972–1985). She later reprised this role in *Grace & Favour* (1992–1993). Sugden and her co-star John Inman became cult figures in America, so much so she was asked to appear in Donizetti's opera, *La fille du regiment*, in a non-singing role. Sugden appeared in many other television series, including *The Liver Birds*, *That's My Boy* and *Coronation Street*.

## External links

* Official website
* Mollie Sugden at the Internet Movie Database

* Mollie Sugden at TV.com
* Mollie Sugden at Find A Grave
Neil Morrissey

**Children** | 1

**Neil Anthony Morrissey** (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and businessman. He is known for his role as Tony in *Men Behaving Badly*. Other notable acting roles include Deputy Head Eddie Lawson in the BBC One school-based drama series *Waterloo Road*, Nigel Morton in *Line of Duty*, and Rocky in *Boon*. Morrissey also provides the voice of many cartoon characters, including Bob, Roley, Scrufty, Lofty, Mr. Angelo Sabatini, Mr. Fothergill and Farmer Pickles in the UK version of *Bob the Builder*.

## External links

* Neil Morrissey at the Internet Movie Database
Mother Earth

"**Mother Earth**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 6 October 2006, as the fourth episode of series two.

## Synopsis

Marlene tries to set up a massage and beauty parlour in the house, using Boycie as her guinea pig. During his therapy Marlene manages to semi-paralyse her husband whilst giving him a massage. Tyler and Beth are getting closer, but when Beth has been coming to the farm lately she has been seeing some strange goings-on involving Boycie and Marlene. It doesn't help matters when she sees Boycie totally naked in the living room of the house either!

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
Douglas Hodge

**Children** | 2

**Douglas Hodge** (born 25 February 1960) is an English actor, director, and musician who trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Hodge is a council member of the National Youth Theatre for which, in 1989, he co-wrote *Pacha Mama's Blessing* about the Amazon rain forests staged at the Almeida Theatre.

### Television

Hodge played an adult version of Damien Trotter in Heroes and Villains.

## External links

* Douglas Hodge at the Internet Movie Database
List of Only Fools and Horses episodes

The following is an episode list for the BBC One sitcom *Only Fools and Horses*. The show is about two brothers who live in Peckham, London. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 8 September 1981. It ran for seven series and sixteen Christmas specials until 25 December 2003, when the final episode was broadcast. In total, 64 regular episodes of *Only Fools and Horses*, all written by John Sullivan, were produced. All are now available on both Region 2 and Region 1 DVD.

Additionally, twelve special editions of the show were made, two of these ("Licensed to Drill" and "The Robin Flies at Dawn") have never been broadcast commercially and some have only recently been rediscovered.

All episodes originally aired on BBC One. The list below is ordered by the episodes' original air dates.

## Episodes

### Christmas Trilogy and Specials (1996–2003)

Rodney Trotter ·
Grandad ·
Uncle Albert ·
Trigger ·
Boycie ·
Marlene ·
Mike ·
Raquel ·
Cassandra ·
Damien ·
Denzil ·
Mickey Pearce ·

"Go West Young Man" ·
"Cash and Curry" ·
"The Second Time Around" ·
"A Slow Bus To Chingford" ·
"Ashes to Ashes" ·
"A Losing Streak" ·
"No Greater Love" ·
"The Yellow Peril" ·
"It Never Rains..." ·
"Healthy Competition" ·
"Friday the 14th" ·
"Yesterday Never Comes" ·
"May the Force Be with You" ·
"Wanted" ·
"Strained Relations ·
"Hole in One" ·
"It's Only Rock and Roll" ·
"Sleeping Dogs Lie" ·
"Watching the Girls Go By" ·
"The Miracle of Peckham" ·
"The Longest Night" ·
"Tea for Three" ·
"Video Nasty" ·
"Danger UXD" ·
"Chain Gang" ·
"The Unlucky Winner Is..." ·
"Sickness and Wealth" ·
"The Chance of a Lunchtime" ·
"Stage Fright" ·
"The Class of '62" ·
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle" ·
"Diamonds Are For Heather" (1982) ·
"Thicker than Water" (1983) ·
"Licensed to Drill" (1984) ·
"To Hull and Back" (1985) ·
"A Royal Flush" (1986) ·
"The Frog's Legacy" (1987) ·
"Dates" (1988) ·
"The Jolly Boys' Outing" (1989) ·
"Rodney Come Home" (1990) ·
"Miami Twice" (1991) ·
"Mother Nature's Son" (1992) ·
"Fatal Extraction" (1993) ·
"Heroes and Villains" (1996) ·
"Modern Men" (1996) ·
"Time On Our Hands" (1996) ·
"If They Could See Us Now" (2001) ·
"Strangers on the Shore" (2002) ·
"Sleepless in Peckham" (2003)
"Beckham in Peckham" (2014)
Kryten

**Kryten** is a fictional character in the British science fiction situation comedy *Red Dwarf*. The name *Kryten* is a reference to the head butler in the J.M. Barrie play *The Admirable Crichton*. Originally referred to as a Series III mechanoid, he is later described as a 4000 Series, or Series 4000.

In their original plan for the series, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor had specified that there would be no aliens and no robots. Following the success of the first appearance by the Kryten character, Naylor convinced Grant to bring him back.

In the character's first appearance, originally only intended as a one-off, Kryten was played by actor David Ross but the popularity of the character meant that Kryten was introduced as a regular in Series III. The intention was to bring Ross back to play the role, but he was not available at the time and the position was filled by actor Robert Llewellyn.
Roy Marsden

**Children** | 2

**Roy Marsden** (born **Roy Anthony Mould**; 25 June 1941) is an English actor, who is probably best known for his portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations of P. D. James's detective novels.

Marsden reprised his *Only Fools and Horses* role in 2009 as one of the Driscoll brothers in the spin-off series, *The Green Green Grass*.

## External links

* Roy Marsden at the Internet Movie Database
Harry H. Corbett

**Children** | 2, including Susannah Corbett

**Harry H. Corbett** OBE (28 February 1925 – 21 March 1982) was an English actor and comedian, who co-starred alongside Wilfrid Brambell in the long-running BBC television sitcom *Steptoe and Son*, which was broadcast from 1962–65 and 1970–74.

## External links

* Harry H. Corbett at the Internet Movie Database

* Harry H. Corbett Heaven
* Harry H. Corbett at Findagrave
Frank Williams

**Years active** | 1953–present

**Frank J Williams** (born 2 July 1931) is an English actor best known for playing Vicars and members of the Clergy, most notably Timothy Farthing, the vicar in the BBC comedy *Dad's Army*. Ian Lavender and Williams are the series' last surviving major cast members. He reprised the role of Farthing in the 2016 film adaptation of the series.

## External links

* Frank Williams at the Internet Movie Database
A Rocky Start

"**A Rocky Start**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 16 September 2005, as the second episode of series one.

## Synopsis

Having now met the farm manager, Elgin Sparrowhawk, Boycie is now convinced that he is of Gentlemen Farmer material. However, he finds himself reluctant to meet the other staff which he also didn't know existed. Worst of all, he needs to buy some animals but getting some of those won't be a problem... will it?

After Elgin's fantastic idea of getting the bull owner drunk and getting a lower price of around nine thousand pounds, Boycie stills ends up paying more. He ends up paying around eighteen thousand pounds as he got more drunk. He then attempts to return home but Marlene has locked up and Elgin has taken his car keys so it looks like he's going to have a night out in the wild.

The next morning, the bull (Rocky) arrives and Boycie finds himself face to face with it but the staff find out that Rocky is gay.

## Production, broadcast and reception

### Writing

This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of *Only Fools and Horses*. The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan.

### Broadcast

During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.34 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as My Family attract.

This episode has since been re-run on BBC1, BBC HD and GOLD. The show received one of the highest ratings of the week making it into the top thirty.

### Continuity

* A reference to Uncle Albert is made.
* Brief references are made by both Boycie and Marlene regarding their lives in Peckham.

### Conception

This episode was designed to introduce the characters of Bryan, Jed and Mrs Cakeworthy – staff that Boycie didn't know existed. The episode works as a set-up that shows the viewers the Boyce's new lives and how their sudden move to Winterdown Farm has affected them. The episode was also needed to introduce Boycie's first animal – Rocky the Bull.

### Locations

*The Green Green Grass* is filmed at two main locations. Teddington Studios is used to film interior scenes whilst John Challis's actual manor house. The surrounding area is also used for filming whilst a local farmer provides the livestock.

### Casting

This episode sees the first appearance of Bryan as played by Ivan Kaye. The episode all sees the first appearance of Jed as played by Peter Heppelthwaite and Mrs Cakeworthy as played by Ella Kenion. This episode is the only episode in the first series to only feature the main cast. No guest stars or regulars appear in this episode.

## Notes

* This episode marks the first in a story arc spanning several series in the form of the gay bull joke.
* Uncle Albert is mentioned by Boycie.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
* *The Green Green Grass* at BBC Comedy
* *The Green Green Grass* website
* British Sitcom Guide for *A Rocky Start*
* *The Green Green Grass* at *Only Fools and Horses* website
The Green Green Grass (series 3)

***The Green Green Grass'*s third series** originally aired between 2 November 2007 and 21 December 2007, beginning with the episode "But is it Art?". A Christmas special aired on 30 December 2007.

## Outline

The series continued to feature the seven main characters that appeared in series one. These were:

Lisa Diveney's character, Beth, who was Tyler's girlfriend, was regular throughout the series before leaving the series after the special. Llewellyn (Alan David) and Ray (Nigel Harrison) were also regulars throughout the series.

## Episode Information

Note

No episode was aired on 16 November 2007 because of BBC One's coverage of Children In Need. Episode 3 was moved back a week because of this.

## Production

The series was produced by Shazam Production, a company that produces comedies by John Sullivan. The series was filmed at Teddington Studios, with a live audience. All episodes in the first series were directed by Dewi Humphreys. This particular series was written by Jim Sullivan, John Sullivan, Keith Lindsay and David Cantor.

## Reception

### Viewers

The series began airing on Friday evenings, at 8:30pm. The series continued to be hit with viewers, with the first episode, "But is it Art?" gaining 5.34 million viewers, which was in the top thirty highest ratings for the week ending 4 November 2007. Ratings then fell for the next two episodes before rising for the fifth, then dropping again for the next episode, rising again for the sixth and ending on a series low. The ratings were high enough for a last series of nine episodes, which was commissioned and aired.

### Critics

The series, as a spin-off of the nation's favourite sitcom, was always going to have a difficult start. The series continued to receive negative reviews from critics and some fans of *Only Fools and Horses* as well, but a few positive reviews began to emerge. The series achieved having the first episode to gain a six million plus viewing figure since the first series.

## External links

* *The Green Green Grass* at BBC Comedy
* *The Green Green Grass* - official website
* *The Green Green Grass* at British TV Comedy
* British Sitcom Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
* *The Green Green Grass* at *Only Fools and Horses* website
* *The Green Green Grass*  at the Internet Movie Database
Home Brew

"**Home Brew**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom *The Green Green Grass*. It was screened on 15 January 2009, as the second episode of the fourth series.

## Synopsis

Whilst searching through the loft, Boycie finds some ancient scrolls and paperwork left behind by the old squire. He also finds a medieval recipe for a traditional local liquor called 'Ye Potato Cyder'. The recipe is accompanied by a royal charter allowing Boycie to make and sell the liquor. With the help of his staff he goes into full-scale business building a distillery in his barn and buying up all the potatoes in the locality. Unfortunately his success attracts two people he thought he'd never see again.

## Production, broadcast and reception

### Writing

This episode was written by John Sullivan. The on-screen credits state Sullivan was the sole writer, however the official website and BBC Press Office state that writer Keith Lindsay co-wrote this episode.

### Broadcast and reception

During its original airing, the episode had a viewing figure of 4.02 million, in the 8:30pm time slot it was shown. This episode is only the second episode to be aired on a Thursday evening. This episode was simulcast on BBC HD.

### Continuity

* The Driscoll Brothers return for the first time since ‘’’Brothers and Sisters’’’ (2006).
* The hidden object buried in ‘’’Brothers and Sisters’’’ (2006) is revealed to be 5 million Spanish pesetas in cash.

### Locations

* This episode is set almost entirely within the Boyce's home.

## Notes

* The Driscoll Brothers make their third appearance on the Green Green Grass.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
Captain Hollister

**Wife** | Martha Hollister

**Captain Frank Hollister** is a commanding officer in the Space Corps, and was the captain of the JMC interplanetary mining vessel *Red Dwarf* during its ill-fated final voyage. Hollister lost his life along with the rest of the 1,169 crew (except David Lister, who Hollister had ordered to be put in stasis at the time) when Hollister sent the inept Arnold Rimmer to do a critical job. This resulted in a radiation leak that turned the crew to dust.

## Biography

### Early Life

In an interview with Talkie Toaster on the official *Red Dwarf* website, Hollister revealed some details on his earlier years, although he made up some tall tales before admitting the truth. After he was fired from working in a diner in Kentucky, USA, for eating all their burgers, Hollister sold doughnuts on Callisto as "Dennis the Doughnut Boy". From there, Hollister moved onto Phobos, where he got his first posting as a Third Technician aboard a JMC spaceship, *McGovern*, making sure the Vending Machines were fully stocked as part of that ship's Z Shift. Hollister would eventually work his way up to become captain of the ill-fated *Red Dwarf*, using confidential information on his crewmates to get promotions in the field (as mentioned in "Back in the Red Part III", Series VIII)

## Trivia

* Captain Hollister was seemingly the only American on a ship full of mostly British, European and Russians.
* Mac McDonald appeared as Captain Hollister in short scenes during some episodes in Series I and Series II mostly in flashbacks as his character was dead. In Series VIII, McDonald became almost a regular cast member, as his character was brought to life and appeared in the majority of the Series' episodes.
* Hollister used to be 'Dennis The Donut-boy': with a reputation as a great eater, as MacDonald had put on weight since his last appearance in the Series II episode "Stasis Leak". Though even then, Rimmer had referred to him as "Mr. Fat Bastard, 2044".
	+ The term "Dennis the Donut Boy" references "Pete the Donut Man" from the first pilot for the failed *Red Dwarf USA*.
Pillow Talk

"**Pillow Talk**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 7 October 2005, as the fifth episode of the first season of the series.

## Synopsis

Marlene is having sleeping problems, "...I don't like it round here, it's too quiet". Not even that bloody owl outside is helping her sleeping pattern, but one thing might – and only Boycie can provide that. That is until Boycie believes that Jed could do something different to help Mrs Boyce. Also in this episode, Tyler falls in love with his English teacher but she is having none of it.

## Production, broadcast and reception

### Writing

This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of *Only Fools and Horses*. The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan.

### Broadcast

During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.63 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as *My Family* attract.

This episode has since been re-run on BBC1, BBC HD and GOLD. The show received one of the highest ratings of the week making it into the top thirty.

### Continuity

* Tyler attends his first day at his new school, with references made to his old school back in Peckham.
* Jed travels down to London for a farmers' convention.
* Boycie makes a reference to Trigger in this episode when he tells Tyler about his mates who hadn't got an education just went around sweeping the roads.

## Notes

* This episode marks the fourth in a story arc spanning several series in the form of the gay bull joke.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
* *The Green Green Grass* at BBC Comedy
* *The Green Green Grass* website
* British Sitcom Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
* *The Green Green Grass* at *Only Fools and Horses* website
Arnold Ridley

**William Arnold Ridley**, OBE (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English playwright and actor, earlier in his career known for writing the play *The Ghost Train* and later in life for portraying the elderly Private Godfrey in the British sitcom *Dad's Army* (1968–1977).

## External links

* Arnold Ridley at the Internet Movie Database

* Arnold Ridley archive at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, University of Bristol
* performances by Arnold Ridley listed in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol
* Arnold Ridley's appearance on This Is Your Life
Nick Stringer

**Children** | 2

**Nick Stringer** (born 10 August 1948) is an English actor.

In a thirty-year career, Stringer has appeared in numerous well-known British television shows, including *The Bill*, *Open All Hours*, *Only Fools and Horses*, *Auf Wiedersehen, Pet*, *Coronation Street*, *Family Affairs*, *Minder*, *Johnny Jarvis*, *Butterflies*, *My Family* and *The Professionals*. He also had roles in the films *The Long Good Friday* (1980), *Clockwise* (1986) and *Personal Services* (1987). He appeared in the British police drama, *The Sweeney*, episode 'One of Your Own', as gang boss 'Patsy Kearney'.

In *The Bill* he played PC Ron Smollett from 1990 to 1993 who was a likeable, hard working and honest cop.

Stringer appeared in the first two series of *The New Statesman* as the fictional Member of Parliament Bob Crippen, a Labour opponent of the Conservative Alan B'Stard.

Other roles have included a cameo role in Goodnight Sweetheart in the episode "You're Driving Me Crazy" as an undercover detective, and as a deputy headmaster Mr Sullivan in *Press Gang* (mainly appearing in the first two seasons). He appeared in the BBC drama *Holby City*, in an episode entitled "Doctor's Dilemma", on 18 June 2008.

Stringer has also made two guest appearances in the BBC sitcom *Only Fools and Horses*, in the episodes Go West Young Man, he plays an Australian and in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, he plays Del's old business partner, Jumbo Mills, who developed an Australian accent. He is also noted for his strong performance alongside Trevor Byfield in the *Minder* episode 'The Old School Tie' from Series 2 in 1980 in which they play heavies in what is often claimed to be the most violent episode of the entire ten series.

Nick also appeared in Super Gran as super villain Mad Mick Merseyside.(1985)

Stringer lives in Bristol, England, and is married with two children. In 2018, Stringer recorded a two-part interview for *The Bill Podcast*

## External links

* Nick Stringer at the Internet Movie Database
Michelle Holmes

**Years active** | 1985–present

**Michelle Holmes** (born **Corinne Michelle Cunliffe**, 1 January 1967), is an English actress who has appeared in several television serials.

## Career

Holmes played Yvonne Sparrow in the first three series of *Goodnight Sweetheart*.

## External links

* Michelle Holmes at the Internet Movie Database

* Corrie.net profile
* BBC.co.uk Interview - about her role in *Merseybeat*
Nicholas Lyndhurst

**Relatives** | Francis Lyndhurst (grandfather)

**Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst** (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor and former child actor. He is best known for his role as Rodney Trotter in the sitcom *Only Fools and Horses* (1981–2003). Lyndhurst has also acted in other sitcoms including *Goodnight Sweetheart* (1993–1999, 2016) (as Gary Sparrow), *Going Straight* (1978), *Butterflies* (1978–1983), *The Two of Us* (1986–1990), *The Piglet Files* (1990–1992) and *After You've Gone* (2007–2008). He also starred in the comedy-drama series *Rock & Chips* (2010–2011) and co-starred in the procedural crime drama *New Tricks* (2013–2015).

Lyndhurst won two National Television Awards for his role in *Goodnight Sweetheart*, as well as being nominated for a British Comedy Award and three British Academy Television Awards for his role in *Only Fools and Horses*.

## External links

* Nicholas Lyndhurst at the Internet Movie Database
John Cleese

**Children** | 2

**John Marwood Cleese** (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on *The Frost Report*. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show *Monty Python's Flying Circus.* Along with his Python co-stars Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), *Life of Brian* (1979) and *The Meaning of Life* (1983).

In the mid 1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote the sitcom *Fawlty Towers*, and he starred in it as Basil Fawlty. The series resulted in Cleese receiving the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance and in 2000 the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. In a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Basil was ranked second on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.

## External links

* John Cleese at the Museum of Broadcast Communications
* John Cleese at the BBC Guide to Comedy
* John Cleese at the Internet Movie Database

* Podcast to celebrate The Life of Brian (March 2008)
* Daily Llama: John Cleese Visits Lemurs at San Francisco Zoo
* John Cleese Speaking at the American School in London
* A Conversation with John Cleese at Cornell University (September 2017)

Sybil Fawlty ·
Polly Sherman ·
But is it Art?

"**But is it Art?**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 2 November 2007, as the first episode of series three. The title derives from Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Conundrum of the Workshops" (1890), which uses the phrase repetitively.

## Synopsis

Boycie and Marlene take a trip to a local country mansion, where Boycie admires the portraits that adorn the walls. Later, in the pub, he recounts his admiration of this long established tradition of respect for the gentry. Meanwhile, thrown out by his wife, Elgin has moved into Bryan's caravan and Mrs Cakeworthy's relentless gossiping fuels speculation about their change in relationship. Later the caravan burns down, and Boycie is horrified to find that Marlene has offered Bryan and Elgin a place to stay until it is fit to inhabit again. Still at the Grange a month later, Boycie despairs of ever getting rid of them, but they have a surprise in store – as a mark of their gratitude, they have commissioned a renowned local artist, Genevieve Klunge, to paint his portrait. Sadly for Boycie, Mrs Klunge is mainly renowned for her paintings of cows.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
List of Still Open All Hours episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the British sitcom *Still Open All Hours*, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 December 2013. The series is a sitcom sequel to *Open All Hours*, which broadcast from 1973 to 1985. There have so far been a total of six series and forty-one episodes, of which one was a 40th Anniversary special and five have been Christmas specials.

## Episode list

### Christmas Special (2013)

*This episode marked the 40th anniversary of original show, Open All Hours.*

## External links

* *Still Open All Hours* BBC episode list
* "List of Still Open All Hours episodes" on IMDb
Elgin Sparrowhawk

**Born** | 1947

**Elgin Sparrowhawk** is the farm manager of Winterdown Farm. He is a rather strange man, who likes to appear a bit thick to ensure his workload remains light, but likes to show people that he is capable of outsmarting Boycie any day. He always carries his briefcase with a string shoulder strap around with him, to help remind people that he is still farm manager, even though it looks empty on occasions.

Elgin is married to his unseen wife, who apparently has a glass eye. He has said on occasions that she doesn’t really like him, and at one point he started to have his mail redirected to Boycie's house just to ensure that she doesn’t find out that he's still living there. He has shown deep affection towards his wife on many occasions, although he obviously fancies Marlene. Whenever she has her back turned, he is copping an eyeful; on one occasion he went as far as to dive across to kitchen floor in an attempt to woo an unsuspecting Marlene.

The character of Elgin has many levels of personality. He has been known to display aspects of comfort, depression, empathy and even love on occasions, although this may sometimes be towards people who don’t love him back. Elgin has a sister who is mentioned only once in the first series. He has sometimes seemed idiotic, in the sense that he is ignorant of many walks of life; however, this is sporadically shown up as a facade. His subterfuge is irregularly revealed to other people, as he displays his ignorance to gain pay rises and substitute his work to other people.

Elgin is potentially the cleverest person displayed in *The Green Green Grass*, as his colleagues have not yet been revealed as masquerading their intelligence. Both Boycie and Marlene aren’t displayed as the cleverest people in the world. Even Tyler is displayed as a stereotypically thick teenager. Elgin's house has been shown once since the show's debut in 2005; it was shown from the outside in the episode "The Path of True Love".
Andrew Sachs

**Children** | 3, including John Sachs

**Andreas Siegfried Sachs** (7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016), known professionally as **Andrew Sachs**, was a German-born British actor and writer. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame in 1975 for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel in *Fawlty Towers*.

He had a long career in acting and voice-over work for television, film and radio. He was successful well into his eighties, with roles in numerous films such as *Quartet*, and as Ramsay Clegg in *Coronation Street*.

## External links

* Andrew Sachs at the Internet Movie Database

* Radio Plays by Andrew Sachs
* Imperial War Museum Interview
* Obituary: Andrew Sachs From BBC News
* Andrew Sachs appearance on This Is Your Life
Wanda Ventham

**Children** | 2, including Benedict Cumberbatch

**Wanda Ventham** (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress with many roles on British television since beginning her career in the 1950s. She played Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series *UFO* and had a recurring role as Cassandra Trotter's mother Pamela Parry in the sitcom *Only Fools and Horses* between 1989 and 1992. Her many other television appearances include *The Avengers*, *The Saint*, *Doctor Who*, *Heartbeat* and *Holby City*, and she appeared in two *Carry On* films.

## External links

* Wanda Ventham at the Internet Movie Database
Hay Fever

"**Hay Fever**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 30 September 2005, as the fourth episode of series one.

## Synopsis

As Boycie and Marlene are only just dealing with the fact they have a gay bull and a miserable Welsh next door neighbour, they can't be doing with Tyler around the house all day and all night either. So they think it's time he started at his new school, to his total disgust. Meanwhile, Elgin orders a herd of cows as 'Farmer Boyce' instructed. But Marlene insists they buy only six cows and she is extremely annoyed when she arrives home and finds three hundred cows on the farm.

## Production, broadcast and reception

### Writing

This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of *Only Fools and Horses*. The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan.

### Broadcast

During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.33 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as *My Family* attract.

This episode has since been re-run on BBC One, BBC HD and Gold. The show received one of the highest ratings of the week making it into the top thirty.

### DVD release

The UK DVD release was released on 23 October 2006. The release includes the 2005 Christmas Special, a short special entitled 'Grass Roots' and a short documentary on 'Rocky'.

### Continuity

* Tyler starts at his new school to retake his GCSEs, a reference back to his rushed original taking of the exams is made.
* Boycie purchases three hundred cows to Marlene's disgust, making reference to the events of the previous episode.
* The Boyce family are still trying to deal with the fact that they have a gay bull, making reference to the previous episode.

### Cast notes

* This episode marks the second and final appearance of the Publican as played by Robert Putt.
* This episode marks the second appearance of Llewellyn as played by Alan David.

## Notes

* This episode marks the third in a story arc spanning several series in the form of the gay bull joke.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
* *The Green Green Grass* at BBC Comedy
* *The Green Green Grass* at *Only Fools and Horses* website
Red Dwarf

**Red Dwarf** is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. The premise of the series follows the low-ranking technician Dave Lister, who awakens after being in suspended animation for three million years to find he is the last living human, with no crew on board the mining spacecraft *Red Dwarf* other than Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's deceased bunkmate, and Cat, a life form which evolved from Lister's pregnant cat.

## External links

* *Red Dwarf*  at the Internet Movie Database
List of Dad's Army characters

This is a list of characters in the British television comedy series *Dad's Army* (1968-1977). In addition to the seven main characters, all members of the fictional Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon, the series featured a large cast of recurring characters, many of whom began to appear regularly in episodes, particularly following the death of James Beck (who played Private Walker). In addition, a number of characters appeared in significant roles in a single episode or series.
Schoolboy French

"**Schoolboy French**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 13 October 2006, as the fifth episode of series two.

## Synopsis

Tyler has a French exchange student, Lawrence, coming to stay at the farm for a week, and all the ladies of the manor are excited as Lawrence is said to be a good looking young man. However, when the student arrives, "he" turns out to be a girl called Lawrence, and then the men of the farm start to get excited. This is especially so for Tyler and Boycie, who are both being seduced by Lawrence (much to the disgust of Beth and Marlene). When Marlene sends Lawrence packing, Tyler says sorry to Beth, and asks her to marry him; she accepts, until she finds out the ring he gave her was a fake that Marlene got off someone back in the sixties.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
Denis Lill

**Children** | 2

**Denis Lill** (born 22 April 1942) is a New Zealand-born British actor. He is best known for his roles in *Survivors* as Charles Vaughan, *Only Fools and Horses* as Alan Parry, and as Consultant General Surgeon Mr Rose in the ITV1 medical drama The Royal.

## External links

* Denis Lill at the Internet Movie Database
Still Open All Hours

**Still Open All Hours** is a British sitcom created for the BBC by Roy Clarke, and starring David Jason and James Baxter. It is the sequel to the original sitcom *Open All Hours*, which both Clarke and Jason worked on throughout its 26-episode run from 1973 to 1985, following a 40th Anniversary Special in December 2013 commemorating the original series. The sitcom's premise focuses on the life of a much older Granville, who now runs his late uncle's grocery shop with the assistance of his son, continuing to sell products at higher prices alongside seeking to be with his love interest.

## External links

* *Still Open All Hours*  at the Internet Movie Database
Victor McGuire

**Years active** | 1983–present

**Victor McGuire** (born 17 March 1964) is an English actor perhaps best known for playing Jack Boswell in series 1–3, 5-7 of Carla Lane's *Bread*, Ron Wheatcroft in every series 1-6 of *Goodnight Sweetheart* and its 2016 one off episode, and Sean Hughes' neighbour Tony in *Sean's Show* ("the kind of guy you can ask to build you a shed").

McGuire appeared as Gary, of the pair of thieves in Guy Ritchie's *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels*.

He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including *Dalziel and Pascoe*, *Casualty* and *2point4 Children*. He played the character of Amos Hart in the West End musical *Chicago* and was Lazar Wolf in the West End production of *Fiddler on the Roof* at the Savoy Theatre. He later reprised the role of Amos Hart in the theatrical production of *Chicago*, in the Cambridge Theatre, London. In 2012 he appeared in two episodes of historical drama World Without End as peasant Mark Webber.

## External links

* Victor McGuire at the Internet Movie Database
Walmington-on-Sea

**Walmington-on-Sea** is a fictional seaside resort that is the setting of *Dad's Army*, including the BBC Television sitcom, the BBC Radio 4 series and two feature films (1971 and 2016).

Walmington-on-Sea is on the south coast of England which, following the fall of France and the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk during the Second World War, found itself on the front line against Hitler. It is situated in West Kent and the nearest large town is Eastgate, where Captain Mainwaring was educated in the local grammar school.

The series followed the adventures and misadventures of members of a fictional platoon of the Home Guard, a volunteer army formed from those ineligible for conscription by age, minor physical inability or occupation, to defend the United Kingdom from German invasion following the fall of France.

## External links

* Description of Walmington-on-Sea
* Location of Walmington-on-Sea
Sue Holderness

**Children** | 2

**Susan Joan Pringle Holderness** (born 28 May 1949) is an English actress. She best known for having played the role of Marlene Boyce in the British sitcom *Only Fools and Horses* (from 1985 to 2003) and its spin-off *The Green Green Grass* (from 2005 to 2009).

## Career

She toured with John Challis, who plays Boycie to Sue’s long-suffering Marlene in *Only Fools And Horses*. *The Green Green Grass* ran from 2005 - 2009. A total of four series and three Christmas Specials were created.

## External links

* Sue Holderness at the Internet Movie Database
Animal Instincts

"**Animal Instincts**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was screened on 29 January 2009, as the fourth episode of the fourth series.

## Synopsis

Oakam village is under attack from animal rights activists. Llewellyn is one of their first targets when he is hit with a paint bomb, the village butcher is fly-postered with leaflets and even the local pub is under threat. All the local farming community is living in fear, so Boycie organises his staff into patrol groups to search Winderdown farm and protect it from attack.

## Production, broadcast and reception

### Broadcast

This episode entertained 3.87 million viewers.

### Writer and cast

This episode was written by Jim Sullivan, his second episode of series four.

### Notes

* The end credits were played by Status Quo.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
The Green Green Grass (series 1)

**The Green Green Grasss first series** originally aired between 9 September 2005 and 14 October 2005, beginning with the episode "Keep On Running". A Christmas special aired on 25 December 2005.

## Reception

### Viewers

The series began airing on Friday evenings, at 8:30pm. The series was an immediate hit with viewers, with the first episode, "Keep On Running" gaining 9.13 million viewers, which was in the top five of the highest rating for the week ending 11 September 2005. Ratings then fell for the next two episodes before steadily rising again. The second half of the series performed much better than most other sitcoms, with episode four going back up above 6 million viewers. The following two episodes remained at the six million mark. The ratings were high enough for a new series, of seven episodes, to be commissioned. A 2005 Christmas special was also commissioned.

### Critics

The comedy has been criticised due to its spin-off roots. As a spin-off of the nation's favourite sitcom, *The Green Green Grass* was always going to have a difficult start. The series received has always received negative reviews from critics and some fans of *Only Fools and Horses* alike. The series has continued to run due to the bigger than usual audiences it attracts and the general thoughts towards it. Many have said that *The Green Green Grass* without *Only Fools and Horses* behind it is fantastic but the minute you put *Only Fools and Horses* back in the picture, *The Green Green Grass* loses its good points.

## Outline

The series introduced the seven main characters that would appear in further series. These were:

Lisa Diveney's character, Beth, who was Tyler's girlfriend, became a regular from the episode "Pillow Talk".

## Production

The series was produced by Shazam Production, a company that produces comedies by John Sullivan. The series was filmed at Teddington Studios, with a live audience. All episodes in the first series were directed by Tony Dow, director of *Only Fools and Horses*.

## External links

* *The Green Green Grass* at BBC Comedy
* *The Green Green Grass* Official website
* *The Green Green Grass* at British TV Comedy
* British Sitcom Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
* *The Green Green Grass* at *Only Fools and Horses* website
* *The Green Green Grass*  at the Internet Movie Database
Shaun Dingwall

**Shaun Dingwall** (born 1970) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Pete Tyler in *Doctor Who*, as Reg Trotter in *Rock & Chips* and as D.C. Mark Rivers in *Touching Evil*.

## Television

Since January 2010 he has appeared as Reg Trotter in three episodes of *Rock & Chips*, a prequel to the long-running series *Only Fools and Horses*.

## External links

* Shaun Dingwall at the Internet Movie Database
The Departed

"**The Departed**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was screened on 12 February 2009, as the sixth episode of the fourth series.

## Synopsis

Tyler is preparing for his first gig with his band, Puddle of Agony. He has booked a venue at the university and Boycie and Marlene are driving him down with all the kit in the boot. Left alone to look after The Grange, the staff head down to the pub where they get talking to Natasha and Ian, two psychic detectives who are in the area seeking phantoms and ghouls. They work for Paranormal Monthly magazine and are offering £5,000 for the photo of a ghost. Spotting a way to make some money, Elgin offers them the run of a haunted thirty-room manor house.

## Production, broadcast and reception

### Writer and cast

Keith R. Lindsay writes this episode. This is his first episode of the fourth series.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
List of The Green Green Grass episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the British sitcom *The Green Green Grass*, that aired on BBC One from 9 September 2005 to 5 March 2009.

## Episodes

### Series 1 (2005)

*Main article: The Green Green Grass (series 1)*

### Series 2 (2006)

*Main article: The Green Green Grass (series 2)*

### Series 3 (2007)

*Main article: The Green Green Grass (series 3)*

### Series 4 (2009)

*Main article: The Green Green Grass (series 4)*

## External links

* *The Green Green Grass* BBC Comedy Guide
* *The Green Green Grass* British Sitcom Guide
* *The Green Green Grass*
* *The Green Green Grass* *Only Fools and Horses*

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More Questions Than Answers

"**More Questions Than Answers**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 20 October 2006, as the sixth episode of series two.

## Synopsis

Llewellyn returns in this episode, challenging Boycie to a pub quiz whereby the loser will have to pay the winner a large sum of money, thanks to Elgin's constant bargaining on behalf of Boycie. The Boyces look set for a huge money loss when their team is nothing but Elgin, Byran and Jed. But when young Tyler turns up and answers all the 2nd-round questions right, Winterdown Farm looks like it is set to have a bright, rich and rewarding future.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
The Final Curtain

"**The Final Curtain**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 14 December 2007, as the sixth episode of series three.

## Synopsis

Boycie uncovers shocking information about his family tree and, with Tyler unexpectedly returning home from university, he is convinced something serious is afoot which could result in an early death. When Dora arrives he is reassured but is even more startled about what he is told.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
The Story of Alison : Twistopolis

TSOA : Twistopolis is one of the four currently unrevealed projects. It is supposedly going to be much different then the other games in the saga, and will be in an entirely different world. Not much is known about this project, and only 4 cryptic teasers exist, which were originally uploaded on ToonsterGames's Discord Server and shown during the TRTF 6th anniversary stream. The game will not be revealed until Late 2021 as confirmed by Llama Girl.
Trigger

**Colin Ball**, more commonly known as **Trigger** (born 22 April 1948), is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom *Only Fools and Horses* and its prequel *Rock & Chips*. He was played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in *Only Fools and Horses* and Lewis Osbourne in *Rock & Chips*.

Rodney Trotter ·
Grandad ·
Uncle Albert ·
**Trigger** ·
Boycie ·
Marlene ·
Mike ·
Raquel ·
Cassandra ·
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Denzil ·
Mickey Pearce ·
Testing Times

"**Testing Times**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 15 September 2006, as the first episode of series two.

## Synopsis

Boycie uses artificial fertiliser to increase the amount of crops he produces a year, but unfortunately for him his mad next door neighbour Llewellyn spots him hiding the artificial fertiliser and calls the European Union who come to inspect Boycie's farm. Boycie panics and believes he will be sent to prison, and Elgin, Bryan and Jed add to his worries when they give him a sleeping potion that results in an abnormal amount of hair loss. Can the farm staff save Boycie in time?

## Production, broadcast and reception

### Writing

This episode was written by Jim Sullivan, son of John Sullivan. The second series was written by a range of writers including John Sullivan himself.

### Broadcast

During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 5.04 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. The episode made it into the top thirty of that week.

### DVD release

The UK DVD release was released on 7 April 2008. The release includes the 2006 Christmas special, commentary on the first episode and a special ‘The Making of...’ documentary.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*
Phil Daniels

**Philip William Daniels** (born 25 October 1958) is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles playing Londoners, such as the lead role of Jimmy Cooper in *Quadrophenia*, Richards in *Scum*, Stewart in *The Class of Miss MacMichael*, Danny in *Breaking Glass*, Mark in *Meantime*, Billy Kid in *Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire*, Kevin Wicks in *EastEnders*, DCS Frank Patterson in *New Tricks*, and Grandad Trotter in the *Only Fools and Horses* prequel *Rock & Chips*. He is also known for featuring on Blur's 1994 hit single "Parklife".

## External links

* Phil Daniels at the Internet Movie Database

* What's on TV profile
* "Phil Daniels: 'Playing to thousands of people with Blur is not as daunting as doing a play in a small theatre'", Interview by Hannah Olivennes, *The Observer*, 19 June 2011.
The Lonely Herdsman

"**The Lonely Herdsman**" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, *The Green Green Grass*. It was first screened on 9 November 2007, as the second episode of series three.

## Synopsis

When Marlene drags Boycie and Tyler to visit her mother Dora, the battle lines are drawn. Spending the day away from the farm gives the staff freedom – well, more than they usually have to sit around doing almost nothing. The only exceptions being Bryan trying his hand at poetry to stop him feeling lonely and Mrs Cakeworthy surfing the net to help him find a solution.

## External links

* British TV Comedy Guide for *The Green Green Grass*