Article: Del Boy and Rodney lose their charm and their way; TELEVISION: Classic comedy revival doesn't quite hit the spot again.(News)

Byline: HANNAH JONES Arts and Media Editor

SO, what was this Christmas all about then?

Amongst all the gift wrapping, cranberry sauce, uninvited visitors and general kerfuffle, you might have forgotten - the return of Only Fools and Horses.

For five years, the antics of Cockney wide boy Derek Trotter and kid brother Rodney have been glaringly absent from the small screen.

We last saw the Trotters pounds 6.2m richer from the sale of an antique watch, at last living the reality of Del Boy's desperate but hopeful mantra of "this time next ...

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