Revealing mistake: When everyone's back at the flat, as Del Boy is looking straight down the hallway to his and Rodney's bedroom, someone comes up to him and he turns around. When it goes from his close-up to the wide shot of everyone else the shadow of the camera reversing backwards is visible for a few seconds.

Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Episode list
Starring: Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack
Genres: Comedy
Episode | Title | Mistakes |
---|---|---|
Show generally | 1 | |
Season 1 | ||
Season 1 generally | 0 | |
1 | Big Brother | 7 |
2 | Go West Young Man | 3 |
3 | Cash and Curry | 3 |
4 | The Second Time Around | 4 |
5 | A Slow Bus to Chingford | 4 |
6 | The Russians Are Coming | 11 |
Season 2 | ||
Season 2 generally | 0 | |
1 | The Long Legs of the Law | 4 |
2 | Ashes to Ashes | 2 |
3 | A Losing Streak | 1 |
4 | No Greater Love... | 1 |
5 | The Yellow Peril | 3 |
6 | It Never Rains... | 0 |
7 | A Touch of Glass | 2 |
Season 3 | ||
Season 3 generally | 0 | |
1 | Homesick | 5 |
2 | Healthy Competition | 8 |
3 | Friday the 14th | 5 |
Trivia: Only Fools and Horses was recently voted Britain's Best Sitcom, beating BlackAdder and the Vicar of Dibley into second and third place respectively.
Question: What exactly did Del and Rodney's mother die of?
Answer: Joan Mavis Trotter (Nee Hollins) was an unseen character in Only Fools And Horses, having died in 1964, 17 years before the series began. She died of an alcohol related illness due to both her sham marriage to Reg Trotter and being hit hard by the death of her secret lover Freddie "The Frog" Robdal.
Answer: Short of breath.
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Chosen answer: An apparent long string of illnesses.