Some of the very early episodes filmed around north London mostly around Chapel Street Market - most of which are still recognisable! Screenshots of this scene. Copyright owned by the production company that produced this programme. For more information on our use of screenshots please see our image website terms. Photos showing this scene. All credits shown when image is selected. Set in Peckham, south-east London, this classic sitcom was created and written by John Sullivan.
Originally shown on BBC One between and , it was not an immediate success. A "slow burn", it eventually achieved consistently high ratings. The show follows the lives of "dodgy" cockney market traders Derek "Delboy" Trotter David Jason and his brother "Plonker" Rodney Nicholas Lyndhurst , who live in a tower-block flat with their grandad Lennard Pearce , later replaced after Pearce's death by Uncle Albert Buster Merryfield.
Forever trying to make ends meet, the Trotters' ultimate goal is to make their millions. The series continued - with sporadic Christmas specials - up until Del's confident at last he's on to a winner with Trigger's consignment of Old English vinyl briefcases.
How can his brother Rodney even think of abandoning the high-flying world of trading for a real job? Del's swooping in on the deal of a lifetime - it could keep them in Pilau rice forever. All he has to do is get hold of a poxy statue. Trouble is, he hasn't reckoned on a touch of gang warfare.
Del's rekindled passion with old flame Pauline and it looks like wedding bells are in the air again. Rodney's not so thrilled after what happened to her first two husbands Del has a dream: The Trotter corporate skyscraper, rising majestically against the Peckham skyline. It's time for the latest moneymaking scam, Trotter's Ethnic Tours. But, why are there no takers?
