In September 1981 BBC One screened the pilot episode of a British sitcom set in a high-rise block of council flats in Peckham south London
- 9 million people tuned in. 15 years seven series & over 60 episodes later 24.3 million people watched the final instalment of Only Fools & Horses
- over a third of the British population & the largest audience for a sitcom ever recorded. In the 30 years since viewers first visited Nelson Mandela House Only Fools & Horses has won countless awards & is still Britains most-watched & best-loved sitcom. Del Boys overwhelming popularity has even inspired the Oxford English Dictionary to include a selection of his most famous words & phrases
- lovely jubbly A & twonk A" are now found within its pages. In this fascinating entertaining & meticulously researched book acclaimed biographer Graham Mc Cann goes behind the scenes to tell the inside story of Britains most enduring comedy. With major contributions from the people who wrote produced & starred in the programme & material drawn from the BBC archives its time to take one last trip down Hooky Street.. ."