Season 5
This time next year, we'll be millionaires!
Synopsis
Only Fools and Horses (1981), Season 5 is the BBC sitcom you can watch online on iFILM — six episodes of Del Boy and Rodney still grafting on Peckham's market stalls, still certain the big money is one deal away.
The Trotters chase every angle going. A pregnant German woman turns up at the Nag's Head, a weeping Madonna at the local church becomes a money-spinner, and a quiet run out for a French stick drops the family into the middle of a supermarket break-in. Rodney lands a college grant to make his own film, Trigger's niece sets the brothers competing, and by the finale Del is offered a clean start — fronting a used-car business out in Australia. The schemes get bigger; the disasters keep pace.
Writer John Sullivan keeps the working-class London voice sharp: less plot, more bickering and bravado. Season 5 sands down the rougher edges of the early years without losing the patter that made the show so quotable. Stream Only Fools and Horses Season 5 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S5·E1From Prussia with Love
When a German damsel turns up in the Nag's Head, she's definitely in distress - and nine months pregnant at that. Rodney's all beer and sympathy, but Del's got an idea - could this be the answer to Boycie and Marlene's dreams of a child and a golden opportunity to make a few bob along the way?
S5·E2The Miracle of Peckham
Del Boy gets religion when the Madonna at the local church is seen to shed tears. But why does she only cry when it's raining, and where did that lead in Del's garage come from?
S5·E3The Longest Night
A burglar makes a daring raid on the local supermarket just as Del and family are out buying their weekly French stick. What's worse, Del sold him a duff watch down the local market...
S5·E4Tea for Three
Del's tampered with the sunbed controls and Rodney's seeing red - literally! His face is done to a turn. He'll hardly wow Trigger's niece, Lisa, with his handsome good looks now, which leaves the way pretty clear for Del himself. But revenge should certainly be sweet when Rodders volunteers Del for a spot of hang gliding.
S5·E5Video Nasty
Rodney gets a grant from the local college to make a film, but first he must come up with a viable screenplay. Del gets him a secondhand typewriter, and also suggests a storyline of 'A Rhino Loose in the City'. To make matters worse, the director, Mickey Pearce, fed up with waiting for Rodney to write the story, starts making porn films, only for Rodney to end up starring in one.
S5·E6Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Del Boy gets the chance to make a new start (and to become a millionaire) in Australia - fronting Jumbo Mills's used car business.
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