PREMIERING
Only Fools and Horses
Wednesdays at 8:30pm ET beginning January 5
Del, Rodney and Grandad Trotter live in a high-rise council flat in South East London. When their mother died, Del promised to look after little Rodney. He has been true to his word ever since, even if Rodney is now over six feet tall. Del dreams of the high life and really believes that one day he will make a million, but in the meantime he runs Trotters Independent Traders, which deals in goods that have fallen off the back of a lorry. No salesman, Rodney’s job is to keep an eye out for the law. But Rodney’s eye is too easily distracted by any tasty female that comes his way. Besides, he aspires to greater things. Del has a ready market for his wares down at the Nag’s Head, his local pub, where the landlord and regulars know better than to question the origins of any bargains that come their way. Del fancies himself as a bit of a playboy, but his transport (a clapped-out three-wheeler van) tends to cramp his style. Del’s most endearing trait is his tendency to go over the top: misquoting foreign phrases, drinking exotic cocktails and always a sucker for anything flash. Only Fools and Horses has won 13 top comedy awards, including two Best Comedy BAFTAs, and for his portrayal of Del, David Jason has received nine personal awards – making a total of 22 awards in all.
NEW SEASONS
Absolutely Fabulous Season 4
Starts Thursday, January 6 T 8pm ET
With awards in double figures, celebrities lined up to appear in the show, devoted viewers all over the world, broadcasters besieged by demands for repeats, Absolutely Fabulous is a phenomenon.
Father Ted Season 3
Starts Friday, January 7 at 8:30pm ET
The show follows the misadventures of three Roman Catholic priests who preside over a parish on Craggy Island, located off the west coast of Ireland. Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and the Father Jack Hackett live together in Craggy Island’s parochial house, along with their housekeeper Mrs Doyle. The three priests answer to Bishop Len Brennan, who assigned them the Craggy Island parish due to different incidents in their past: Ted for alleged financial impropriety, Dougal for something only referred to as the “Blackrock Incident” (resulting in many “lives irreparably damaged”), and Jack for his alcoholism and womanising.
Reggie Perrin Season 2
Starts Tuesday, January 18 t 8:30pm ET
Reggie Perrin was commissioned for a second series after its first slot winning aired on BBC1 in 2009. It is written by Simon Nye and David Nobbs and made by the producers of the multi award winning Peep show.
The series picks up where series one left off, with Reggie at the beach, trying to decide what to do next. Walk out to see, or start a new life. Can he really leave his wife? And what will his Groomtech colleagues do without him?
Only When I Laugh Season 3
Starts Tuesday, January 25 at 8pm ET
This hilarious hospital-based sitcom, starring James Bolam, Christopher Strauli, Peter Bowles and Richard Wilson, features a trio of very different patients forever playing a game of one-upmanship and getting into scrapes with each other, at the same time causing grief to the overworked and irritable hospital staff.
Keeping Up Appearances Season 5
Starts Thursday, January 27 at 8:30pm ET
When it comes to snobbery Hyacinth Bucket is in a class of her own. Award-winning actress Patricia Routledge plays Roy Clarke’s comic monster in a role which viewers have taken to their hearts.
Last of the Summer Wine Season 31
Starts Friday, January 28 at 8pm ET
This series introduces a brand new character, in the form of Hobbo, a newly retired Milkman with strong links to MI5. Possessing an enormous self-esteem, Hobbo also has a modest admiration for his (imagined) reputation as an international spy. As Hobbo begins to fit in with rest of the community, in particular with Alvin and Entwistle, he begins to unearth the truth behind his own personal mystery. Adopted at birth, his desire to find his natural mother results in a startling revelation.
Also continuing
Birds of a Feather
Mondays at 8pm ET
One Foot in the Grave
Mondays at 8:30pm ET
The Good Life
Tuesdays at 8:30pm ET
Green Green Grass
Wednesdays at 8pm ET
