Uncle Albert

Kushty.

Or a bit more like Uncle Albert with his beard.

Ah, Del Boy, ah.

Kushty.

We're going to be looking at Only Fools and Horses again.

You might remember in a previous series, we looked at The Grandad Years, and now we're going to look at the next two series, the first two Uncle Albert series.

Yes.

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Question seven from Yuppie Love, which is one of my favourite episodes that isn't a Christmas special.

What diploma course did Rodney tell Uncle Albert he was studying? So from Yuppie Love, what diploma course did Rodney tell Uncle Albert he was studying? The correct answer is a diploma in computing.

But I do remember somebody saying in computerization.

So if you've got anything that says computer, that's a correct answer for me.

Okay, yes, let's do that.

This episode, at least to me, is Albert's real standout moment as a lead character.

It does say in Lovely Jubbly that Buster Merrifield perhaps lost a little screen time due to the addition of Raquel and Cassandra, but here he moves directly into centre stage.

John Sullivan was inspired by events at the time surrounding crime, targeting elderly people in rundown areas, and he had considered how a storyline like this could explore another side of Albert's character.

Buster Merrifield credits John Sullivan's writing, and Sullivan credits Buster Merrifield's acting.

I think it's a wonderful melding of the two that brings us the magic in this episode.

Many will know this, but Buster Murrayfield actually was a former boxing champion and remained in good shape into his older years.

It mentions in Lovely Jubbly that Murrayfield was keen for this side of himself to be incorporated into Albert's character and here was the perfect opportunity because it would contrast so nicely with the effects of his attack.