The Unlucky Winner Is...
"The Unlucky Winner Is..." is an episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was the fourth episode of series 6 and was first screened on 29 January 1989. In the episode, Rodney wins a holiday to Majorca, Spain. The only catch is the organisers think he is 14. Synopsis. Del Boy has become obsessed with entering competitions, and enters a painting produced by Rodney when he was 14 into one, though without Rodney's consent. Rodney's work is selected as one of the winners, and his prize is a free holiday to  Majorca in Spain, but when informing him of his success, Del declines to tell Rodney that he has won in the under-15 category. When at the airport, Del finally tells Rodney and Cassandra the full details of the prize, namely that the organisers think Rodney is 14. He persuades the two to go along with it, meaning that Rodney has to pretend to be 14 for the week, with Del posing as his father and Cassandra posing as his stepmother. The plot appears to work, despite bemused looks from the organisers, especially after it emerges that Del has altered the  birth date on Rodney's passport. However it turns out that the organisers, in order to allow the parents of all the children present (also competition winners) a chance to enjoy the vacation as well, have set up a club filled with activities for the youngsters to enjoy. As a result, Rodney is forced into the "Groovy Gang", a youth activity group, and is made to undergo a week of embarrassment as he is shown to take part in a variety of children's activities, such as skateboarding, in which Rodney comes second in a contest, and attending a junior  disco, where Rodney advanced to the final of the breakdancing contest. Rodney is also the crush of a thirteen-year-old Bros fan. Both Rodney and Cassandra are soon despondent (since they cannot spend any time together) and are ready to reveal the truth, but Del, who is enjoying himself, pretends to each of them (separately) that the other is having fun. Whilst on the trip, Del purchases some Spanish lottery tickets for each of them – to placate Cassandra and Rodney's anger at being lied to – and Rodney's numbers win the one million peseta jackpot. The group  are then informed by the holiday organisers that they will be unable to claim the prize, since the winning tickets were in Rodney's name and under Spanish law, people under 18 are not allowed to gamble. Knowing their act is over and desperately wanting to claim the prize, Rodney produces his student card to prove he is really over 18, so the Trotters can then legally claim the prize. However, that has also been changed by Del, meaning the Trotters' money cannot be claimed. Del defeatedly suggests "It's only money, bruv..." to cheer Rodney up. Rodney angrily  chases Del out of the bar as the credits roll.