Only Fools and Horses was almost spoilt by bosses at the BBC, it has surfaced.The Christmas special 'Heroes And Villains’ from December 1996 saw Del and Rodney don the iconic Batman and Robin costumes to what they thought was a pub landlord's fancy dress party — but ended up being their wake.But the hilarious moment was nearly ruined by the Beeb's publicity department, who wanted to show the grand reveal in trailers to promote the show.In his wryly named 2020 memoir A Del of a Life, Sir David Jason explained that the move would have wrecked the "careful build-up” that was calobrated in the scene.He candidly wrote: “Even a glimpse of Del or Rodney in those stupid costumes before the episode was broadcast, indeed at any moment… would have.
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