Only Fools and Bridies: The Forfar actor who could have been Del Boy
New York, Paris, Peckham, Forfar?
Enn Reitel could have played Del Boy Trotter in the iconic BBC series.
New York, Paris, Peckham, Forfar?
Meet Enn Reitel, who missed out on the chance to play Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses.
But the Forfar actor proved he was no plonker and still became a millionaire!
He would have become the head of the Trotter clan if series producer Ray Butt had got his way before filming started 40 years ago in 1981.
Enn Reitel was the first choice to play Del Boy back in 1981.
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Anne Robinson s got it right – quiz show contestants are not to be sneered at
This week, Victoria has been watching Countdown
Anne Robinson is the new host of Countdown
Credit: Channel 4
The launch of Anne Robinson as the new host of Countdown, a mere fortnight before the return of Only Connect (which began its new series on BBC Two this week), makes for an interesting comparison. I wonder why nobody’s made it?
Perhaps they’re being gallant because Anne Robinson looks so much better than I do. Honestly it’s ridiculous. Fine-boned, neatly coiffed, delicate like a bird in her giant host’s chair; the best I can claim is that at least my lockdown weight is more zeitgeisty.
HEARD the one about the Irish lassie and the Scots woman who tried to smuggle a suitcase full of cocaine out of Peru? The story of Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid was no joke, though it was hard to tell initially from the five-part documentary High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule (BBC1, Monday). As the tabloid title signalled, this was not going to be some Channel 4, Unreported World-style expose of drug trafficking and its impact on the world’s poor. Originally made for BBC3 and packed with (melo)dramatic reconstructions, it was a mishmash of styles and tones, as if the crew that made Love Island had fancied trying its hand at a Panorama.
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