It Never Rains...

"**It Never Rains...**"
"It Never Rains..."
Only Fools and Horses episode
Episode no.	Series 2; Episode 6
Directed by	Ray Butt
Written by	John Sullivan
Produced by	Ray Butt
Original air date	25 November 1982
Running time	30 minutes 29:28 (DVD); 29:29 (iTunes);
Episode chronology
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"It Never Rains..." is an episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. It was the sixth episode of series 2, and was first screened on 25 November 1982. In the episode, Del, Rodney and Grandad go on holiday to Spain. All is going well until Grandad gets arrested.

Synopsis

It has been continuously raining for four days in Peckham, and the Trotters have not been able to sell any of their sun hats.

At The Nag's Head, Del Boy meets his friend Alex, an out-of-work travel agent. They discuss how they can boost their respective businesses, and Del suggests that Alex offer an 80% discount on a holiday to the next customer, who just so happens to be Del.

Back at the flat, Del tells Rodney and Grandad that they are going to Benidorm, Spain. Rodney is worried that Grandad will cramp their style.

When they get to Benidorm, Del and Rodney manage to pick up a couple of girls, but when they go back to their hotel room, they find Grandad asleep with his false teeth by his bedside. The girls leave in disgust.

A few days later, on the beach, Rodney and Del discuss how Grandad has been acting nervous and emotionally distant since they arrived. Del tries to impress a "French" woman but ends up embarrassing himself. Meanwhile, Rodney discovers that Grandad has been arrested and, after telling Del, the brothers search for Grandad.

At the police station, Grandad tells his grandsons a long and confusing story about a possible reason for his arrest: in 1936, when his family was poor, Grandad and his friend Nobby Clarke hitchhiked all the way to Southampton, got a boat to Tangier, and, after a failed attempt to join the French Foreign Legion, became gun-runners during the Spanish Civil War. Eventually, they were captured, Nobby was tortured, and the pair were deported to England. After hearing the story, Del bribes the guard into letting Grandad go, but it soon turns out that Grandad was arrested for only jaywalking and is free to go without charge, leaving Del out of pocket. Rodney says that they had better go to the drug store to get cotton wool for Grandad's cuts and bruises. When Grandad replies that he does not have any cuts and bruises, Del says: "It's early yet!".^{[Note 1]}

Episode cast

Actor	Role
David Jason	Derek Trotter
Nicholas Lyndhurst	Rodney Trotter
Lennard Pearce	Grandad Trotter
Anthony Jackson	Spanish guard
Michael Attwell	English man
Jim McManus	Alex
Jillianne Foot	English girl
Anne Bruzac	French girl
Graham Cole	Customs guard (uncredited)
Shirley English	Woman in Pub (uncredited)
Julie La Rousse	Julie (barmaid)

Notes

^ In the 2015 novel He Who Dares..., it is revealed that over the last few days of the holidays, Grandad "didn't even moan about having to sleep in the bathroom."

Music

Mungo Jerry: "In The Summertime"

References

External links

"It Never Rains..." at BBC Online
"It Never Rains..." at IMDb

[1] In the 2015 novel He Who Dares..., it is revealed that over the last few days of the holidays, Grandad "didn't even moan about having to sleep in the bathroom."

[Note 1]

v t e Only Fools and Horses episodes
Series 1 (1981)	"Big Brother" "Go West Young Man" "Cash and Curry" "The Second Time Around" "A Slow Bus to Chingford" "The Russians Are Coming"
Series 2 (1982)	"The Long Legs of the Law" "Ashes to Ashes" "A Losing Streak" "No Greater Love" "The Yellow Peril" "It Never Rains..." "A Touch of Glass"
Series 3 (1983)	"Homesick" "Healthy Competition" "Friday the 14th" "Yesterday Never Comes" "May the Force Be with You" "Wanted" "Who's a Pretty Boy?"
Series 4 (1985)	"Happy Returns" "Strained Relations" "Hole in One" "It's Only Rock and Roll" "Sleeping Dogs Lie" "Watching the Girls Go By" "As One Door Closes"
Series 5 (1986)	"From Prussia with Love" "The Miracle of Peckham" "The Longest Night" "Tea for Three" "Video Nasty" "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
Series 6 (1989)	"Yuppy Love" "Danger UXD" "Chain Gang" "The Unlucky Winner Is..." "Sickness and Wealth" "Little Problems"
Series 7 (1990–91)	"The Sky's the Limit" "The Chance of a Lunchtime" "Stage Fright" "The Class of '62" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle" "Three Men, a Woman and a Baby"
Specials	"Christmas Crackers" (1981) "Diamonds Are for Heather" (1982) "Thicker than Water" (1983) "To Hull and Back" (1985) "A Royal Flush" (1986) "The Frog's Legacy" (1987) "Dates" (1988) "The Jolly Boys' Outing" (1989) "Rodney Come Home" (1990) "Miami Twice" (1991) "Mother Nature's Son" (1992) "Fatal Extraction" (1993) "Heroes and Villains" (1996) "Modern Men" (1996) "Time on Our Hands" (1996) "If They Could See Us Now" (2001) "Strangers on the Shore" (2002) "Sleepless in Peckham" (2003)
Other episodes	The Funny Side of Christmas: "Christmas Trees" (1982) "Licensed to Drill" (1984) "White Mice" (1985) "Royal Variety Show" (1986) "The Robin Flies at Dawn" (1990) "Comic Relief special" (1997) "Beckham in Peckham" (2014)