One of the UK’s most cherished TV shows is coming back on screens – with lessons about oil and gas.
An unseen episode of classic comedy Only Fools And Horses has been discovered and is to be shown on TV for the very first time.
Filmed in 1984 and discovered on a ‘dusty shelf,’ Licensed to Drill is an educational special produced exclusively for British schools.
Made to be screened during science lessons, the film aims to teach students about crude oil and things that can be mass-produced from it.
UKTV sets out the synopsis in a statement: “Set in the iconic Trotter living room in Mandela House, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad are at the top of their game.
“As usual, Del Boy thinks he’s on to a winner as he reveals his new get-rich-quick scheme – he’s bought an oil rig for the bargain price of £400, now all they need to do is extract “our own black gold.”
“Del grins: “We just lay low in our boat for a while and we wait for one of the big oil companies to move off the oil field and then we whip in a bit lively and use their hole.”
“Unfortunately for Del Boy, Rodney – ever the voice of reason, explains that off-shore means hundreds of miles off the coast, the upshot being “there’s not much in the way of oil in Peckham.” Del soon realises that yet again, he’s been conned.”
Produced by the Maureen Oilfield Consortium, Licensed to Drill is especially noteworthy as the final TV appearance of Lennard Pearce as Grandad.
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