The Only Fools and Horses episode ‘so dark’ it was BANNED from being aired again by sitcom’s boss

AN ONLY Fools and Horses occurrence was branded 'so dark' it was banned from being aired again.

The programme showcasing the comedy capers of Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his member Rodney soon became a nationalist treasure arsenic viewers looked guardant to the pair's escapades successful their quest to go millionaires.

But successful 1 occurrence Del Boy failed to rise laughs arsenic helium resembled an 'out of power bully'.

It was truthful violative that portion of it ne'er saw the airy of time and bosses called for the occurrence to not beryllium shown again.

John Sullivan - the show's creator - decided to scrap a chunk of the occurrence titled A Royal Flush, wherever Del Boy's usually affable quality turned nasty, saying "This is not a bully episode."

Legendary sitcom Only Fools and Horses ran from 1981 until 2003 connected the BBC, but it is inactive a staple connected UK Gold.

A Royal Flush was its 5th Christmas peculiar and was archetypal aired successful 1986, but Del Boy shows himself to beryllium little than jolly successful the episode.

In it, Del Boy and Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) called astatine tje Berkshire location of Lady Victoria, the Queen's 2nd cousin.

Rodney's develops a relationship with the duke's daughter, and Del Boy past tries to marque a bully content with the aristocrats, but ends up offending guests by getting drunk.

He humiliates Rodney by revealing his condemnation for cannabis and telling risqué jokes, earlier insinuating the brace are going to get joined truthful Rodney tin go a millionaire.

But successful the archetypal chopped of the episode, Del Boy goes a measurement further and during a travel to the opera helium threatens an assemblage subordinate by saying: "I americium gonna travel down determination and smack you successful the eye."

Then during a dinner, Del Boy gets progressively drunk and begins cruelly mocking Rodney successful beforehand of the group.

TV shaper Richard Latto reflected: "The archetypal wherever Del Boy is being rather cruel to Rodney… It is simply a hard watch."

Editor Chris Wadsworth revealed during a Channel 5 documentary, Secrets and Scandals of Only Fools and Horses that A Royal Flush was a "cruel, acheronian episode."

The Christmas occurrence was aired, but the offending scenes were taken retired aft they failed to impressment the unrecorded audiences.

A shorter re-edited mentation had to beryllium made with an added canned laughter track.

Watch Only Fools and Horses connected UK Gold.