Watch out! The Peckham Pouncer’s about! Alias Rodney Trotter…? Surely not. But try telling that to Rodders, London’s most wanted sex offender. Now what was the name of that drunk woman in the street?

 

To get revenge against Irishman Brendan O’Shaughnessy for supplying him with battleship grey paint, Del visits his friend Denzil, who is due to have his front room painted by O’Shaughnessy, and gets the job of painting his front room instead. Grandad and Rodney arrive with the paint but unfortunately, Rodney leaves the kettle on the gas and apparently kills the canary in the kitchen. Grandad buys a new one but when Denzil’s wife Corrine returns to the flat, she reveals that the canary died before the painting began. At the Nag’s Head, Del meets the new landlord, Mike Fisher, and strikes up a deal to decorate the pub.

 

Reg Trotter, absentee father to Del and Rodney, unexpectedly arrives to celebrate Christmas with his boys. Reg explains that he has been living in Newcastle, and after a visit from the infirmary, was diagnosed with hereditary blood disorder. Scared for their well-being, he decided to tell his two sons. However, several tests later, Reg is given the all clear but it seems Del Boy and Rodders have different blood types. It would seem the wayward father has some explaining to do. Reg explains that he frequently argued with their mother before they split. She had several dalliances with other men, and Del is the mystery child. Fortunately a visit to the family quack gives him news to put the smile back on his face. This is notably the only time Reg Trotter was featured in the series, as well as being the last episode to feature Grandad Trotter (prior to Rock & Chips) due to Lennard Pearce’s death the following year.