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- Glasgow Times
Only Fools and Horses script reveals lost scene from 1996
The Heroes & Villains Christmas Special from 1996 featuring the iconic scenes of Del Boy and Rodney dressed up as Batman and Robin was once voted the UK's favourite festive show of all time.
The pair, played by David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, dress up as the cartoon characters for a fancy dress party and inadvertently thwart a mugging on route.
But now, an extended scene has been discovered nearly 30 years on, thanks to a script that belonged to the late Roger Lloyd Pack who played Trigger.
Only Fools and Horses – Heroes & Villains extended scene
It appears that Del and Rodney's antics as Batman and Robin continued to cause chaos.
The script revealed that the extended scene shows Del later chasing down a mugger and knocking him unconscious with his suitcase full of hooky gear.
The Sun reports that in the cut scene, it is scripted that a policeman then arrives and Del tells him "It's alright officer, I caught him, he's over there!"
But the policeman then walks over to the two men and arrests Rodney instead of the mugger.
The 155-page script is set to go up for sale at Bristol-based Auctioneum.
Auctioneer Andy Stowe described it as "comedy history, in black and white."
Speaking to The Sun, Only Fools fan Mr Stowe said he had started to find lines that he didn't recognise while reading through the script.
Another scene that never made it into the episode involves Del and Rodney rushing out of their flat just as a consignment of dodgy alarm clocks go off.
They go to Del's Capri Ghia to find the group of muggers loitering around it but they are scared off as Del and Rodney arrive to the noise of the alarms going off in the background.
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One of the muggers was played by actress-turned-presenter Sheree Murphy, who later went on to become a household name as fan favourite Tricia Dingle in Emmerdale.
It was Sheree's first TV appearance as a small but notable part as the mugger, two years before she got the role in Emmerdale.
The script has been signed by other members of the cast including David Jason himself and the late John Challis, who played Boycie.
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The Sun reports that the vendor is a private collector who acquired the script from the Only Fools & Horses Society.
The script is estimated to sell for between £2,000 and £3,000. Roger Lloyd Pack had also marked his lines with black ink.
The sale takes place on June 30.
