Editing Only Fools and Horses (section)

== Plot ==
[[Del Boy|Derek "Del Boy" Trotter]] ([[David Jason]]), a South London "fly" trader, lives in a [[council flat]] in Nelson Mandela House, a high-rise [[tower block]] in [[Peckham]], [[South London]], with his much younger brother, [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]] ([[Nicholas Lyndhurst]]), and their elderly grandfather, [[Grandad (Only Fools and Horses)|Grandad]] ([[Lennard Pearce]]).<ref name="comedy guide"/> Their mother, Joan, died when Rodney was young, and their father Reg left soon afterwards, so Del became Rodney's surrogate father and the family leader. Despite their differences in age, personality and outlook, the brothers share a constant bond throughout.<ref name="screenonline">{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Darren|title=Only Fools and Horses (1981–96)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/576679/|website=BFI Screenonline|access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Reliant Regal as used in OFAH (cropped).jpg|thumb|A Reliant Regal that was used in the series, on display at the [[British Motor Museum]]]]
The Trotters attempt to become millionaires through questionable [[get-rich-quick scheme]]s and by buying and selling poor-quality and illegal goods. They have a three-wheeled [[Reliant Regal]] van and trade under the name of ''Trotters Independent Traders'', mainly on the [[black market]].<ref name=screenonline/>

Initially, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were the only regulars, along with the occasional appearances of road sweeper [[Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)|Trigger]] ([[Roger Lloyd-Pack]]) and pretentious used car salesman [[Boycie]] ([[John Challis]]). Over time, the cast expanded, mostly in the form of regulars at the local pub ''The Nag's Head''. These included pub landlord [[Mike Fisher (Only Fools and Horses)|Mike Fisher]] ([[Kenneth MacDonald (English actor)|Kenneth MacDonald]]), lorry driver [[Denzil Tulser|Denzil]] ([[Paul Barber (actor)|Paul Barber]]), youthful [[spiv]] Mickey Pearce ([[Patrick Murray (actor)|Patrick Murray]]) and Boycie's flirtatious wife Marlene ([[Sue Holderness]]).<ref name=screenonline/> After Grandad died following the death of actor Lennard Pearce, his younger brother [[Uncle Albert]] ([[Buster Merryfield]]) was introduced and moved in with Del and Rodney, becoming a main character.<ref name="comedy guide"/>

The plots of many early episodes were primarily self-contained, with few plot-lines mentioned again, but the show developed a [[story arc]] and an ongoing episodic dimension in later series. Del and Rodney's quest for love is a recurring theme, which eventually resulted in them finding long-term love in the form of [[Raquel Turner|Raquel]] ([[Tessa Peake-Jones]]) and [[Cassandra Trotter|Cassandra]] ([[Gwyneth Strong]]), respectively; Del also has a son with Raquel, [[Damien Trotter|Damien]] (played by five actors, most recently [[Benjamin Smith (actor)|Ben Smith]]), while Rodney has a daughter with Cassandra, Joan (named after his and Del's mother), born in the [[Sleepless in Peckham|final episode]]. The Trotters finally become millionaires, lose their fortune, and then regain some of it.<ref name=ISeps>{{cite book|author=Clark| year=2011| title=The Official Inside Story| pages=290–316}}</ref>