Only Fools and Horses star had almost 30 year relationship with on-screen child

Only Fools and Horses prima Tessa Peake-Jones was successful a semipermanent narration with Douglas Hodge erstwhile helium joined the formed to play her on-screen lad successful a flashforward scene

An Only Fools and Horses formed subordinate had a semipermanent narration with their on-screen lad from the BBC sitcom.

Tessa Peake-Jones played Raquel Turner and made her archetypal quality successful 1988. The quality was introduced successful the Dates peculiar arsenic a imaginable spouse for Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (played by David Jason) and is said to person initially been a impermanent star. She nevertheless became a regular character.

Raquel ended up marrying Del Boy and gave commencement to his son, Damien Trotter. Various actors played Damien implicit the years, including Tessa's then-partner Douglas Hodge, who portrayed him arsenic an big successful a imagination series successful 1996.

As antecedently reported by the Mirror, successful the memorable country from that episode, Heroes and Villains, Damien's uncle Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst) dreams of a dystopian aboriginal wherever an big Damien dominates the Western world. The series sees Damien delving into authorities whilst besides ruling implicit Trotters Independent Traders.

Douglas - who has since been successful shows similar Black Mirror and films specified arsenic Joker - was successful a semipermanent narration with his on-screen parent Tessa astatine the clip that helium joined the cast. As reported by the Express, they ended up having a narration for implicit 25 years earlier separating conscionable implicit a decennary agone and the erstwhile colleagues person 2 children together.

The erstwhile mates are said to person begun their romance successful 1984, anterior to either of them being connected Only Fools and Horses. Tessa and Douglas are said to person parted ways successful 2012 aft having been successful a narration for astir 30 years.

Confirming the pair's separation, arsenic antecedently reported, a spokesperson for them issued a connection successful 2013. It read: "I'm capable to corroborate that Tessa and Douglas separated successful the autumn of past twelvemonth by communal and amicable statement and they volition proceed to rise their 2 children jointly."

Whilst Douglas lone appeared successful the 1996 peculiar of Only Fools and Horses, Tessa - whose different acting credits see Grantchester and Holby City - continued to prima successful the beloved TV series. She was successful 2 further specials, including Time connected Our Hands, the aforesaid twelvemonth that Heroes and Villains was broadcast.

She past returned for the revival specials, which aired successful the aboriginal 2000s. Tessa's past quality arsenic Raquel was successful the peculiar Sleepless successful Peckham, which marked the last occurrence of the sitcom that had launched connected the BBC backmost successful 1981. As antecedently reported, the last occurrence saw the Trotter siblings observe that their precocious Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) had near them each £145,000, having wisely invested the antecedently recovered Trotter fortune.

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