P591 CEEFAX 1 591 Wed 25 Dec 19:19/33 1/7 to the Boxing Day feature After getting a hernia laying some paving slabs, Victor is destined for furthjt trauma in the ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE Boxing Day special (BBC1 9pm). He and Margaret go on the Continent for Christmas, but a disastrous encounter in the local rid-light district does nothing to improve his humour. On their way back from the airport furthjt misadventures lii in store. But then, one star-filled night, a sjties of strange and baffling occurrences begins to unfold. >>>> One Foot In The Grave — Boxing Day Front Page 100 Switched On index 540 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Wed 25 Dec 19:44/21 2/7 to the Boxing Day feature ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE fans are in for a shock when Victor mysteriously turns chjetful in a Boxing Day special. Richard Wilson, who plays TV's Mr Grumpy, says Victor's wife Margaret jumps to conclusions and assumes Victor has been got at by aliens. "I'm not saying whether that's true or not, but the fact is hj does become rathjt jolly." Richard says it was a "vjty hard" part to play as he's never played a jolly Victor before. >>>> One Foot In The Grave — Boxing Day Front Page 100 Switched On index 540 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Wed 25 Dec 19:09/45 3/7 to the Boxing Day feature Another ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE sjtiis is planned but its star, Richard Wilson, is not sure when it will hit the screen "I wish I could answer that question because it's the one I get asked every day of my life by the British public." However, Richard Wilson fans won't have to wait long to see him again — he's now working on Watch That Man, a Hollywood comedy starring Bill Murray. "My character is an M15 type who had a really good time during the Cold War and has been fed up evjt since the Wall came down," hj says. >>>> One Foot In The Grave — Boxing Day TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Wed 25 Dec 19:41/31 4/7 to the Boxing Day feature Fans of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE star Richard Wilson are about to see him as njvjr before — armed with stetson, rope and chaps. The 60-year-old spends two weeks on a cattle ranch before heading his own cattle drive, in Way Out West, a 50- minute BBC1 documentary on December 29. "It got a wee bit tense at times, and the ranchjt, Melvin, didn't give a tupjnny damn who I was," hj recalls. "He just swore and shouted at mj — things like "Get the f*** out of there" >>>> One Foot In The Grave — Boxing Day Front Page 100 Switched On index 540 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Wed 25 Dec 19:11/54 5/7 to Only Fools Xmas special LONG BREAK WORRIED ONLY FOOLS STARS Only Fools stars Nicholas Lyndhurst and David Jason were worried about getting back into their roles after three years "Three years was long enough to make me think "there must bj something I'vj forgotten," says Nicholas (Rodney). "So I raided mz mum's Only Fools And Horses video library! But once David and I got togjthjr it all flooded back" David (Del Boy) adds: "Nick and I have worked so closely togethjt for so long that we have a tremendous rapport." >>>> Only Fools — December 25, 27 and 29 Front Page 100 Switched On index 540 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Wed 25 Dec 19:14/24 6/7 to Only Fools Xmas special ONLY FOOLS MADE MY CAREER — LYNDHURST Nicholas Lyndhurst — Rodney in Only Fools And Horses — says the smash-hit series has "made" his acting career. "I was lucky as a child actor and I was okay with some othjt stuff... but I've really grown up with Only Fools." David Jason (Del) agrees: "Having such a high profile made people... considjt mj for parts I might njvjt have got." His subsequent conquests include The Darling Buds Of May, The Bullion Boys and A Touch Of Frost. >>>> Only Fools — December 25, 27 and 29 Front Page 100 Switched On index 540 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Wed 25 Dec 19:10/11 7/7 to Only Fools Xmas special WARMTH OF ONLY FOOLS HELPED IT ENDURE Only Fools writer John Sullivan says one reason it has lasted for 15 years is the characters' "great warmth". "I think everybody can see their own families in the Trotters to some extent," hj says. John would have liked to have written a full series: "But we'vj waited three years to get everyone togjthjt and I think we'vj done the best possible job" Is it their final fling? David Jason (Del Boy) says: "Nivjr say njvjr. Wj'll see how this goes and, who knows?" Only Fools — December 25, 27 and 29 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main Menu