Nicholas Lyndhurst is to play Rodney's father in a prequel to Only Fools And Horses.
The 47-year-old actor will play "art connoisseur" Freddie "The Frog" Robdal in the BBC One spin-off, working title Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n' Chips - who is the biological father of Rodney Trotter, the character which made his name in the hit comedy.

The Inbetweeners star James Buckley will play the teenage Del Boy Trotter, while Bad Girls' Kellie Bright will play Del Boy's glamorous mother Joan Trotter and Soldier Soldier's Shaun Dingwall will play her husband Reg Trotter.

Phil Daniels plays Del's granddad, Ted Trotter and The Royal's Robert Dawes will play Joan's boss, the sleezy Mr Raynor.

Writer John Sullivan says: "Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n' Chips hurtles us into the rough and unglamorous world of London in 1960 to discover the circumstances that led to Del and Rodney Trotter turning out the way they did.

"Nick Lyndhurst is a comedy genius and I can't think of anyone better suited to bring the shady but charming Freddie Robdal to life, and James Buckley has a tough act to follow but is sure to do for leather bomber jackets and winkle-pickers what David Jason did for camel-haired coats and cocktail umbrellas!"

The series will see Joan not-so-happily married and living in Peckham with bone-idle Reg and her teenage son, Derek, when Freddie "The Frog" Robdal is released from prison and comes back into their lives.

Shooting begins in London from Monday October 5.

The comedy drama will also feature the teenage versions of Only Fools And Horses favourite characters Boycie, Trigger, Denzil and Roy Slater.

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