A special episode of Only Fools and Horses made to encourage children into the oil and gas industry has resurfaced online after being lost for 30 years.
The 10-minute episode, which was the last appearance by Grandad before Lennard Pearce’s death, was produced by the Maureen Oilfield Consortium in the early 1980s to be shown in schools.
In the video, which also stars Scots actor Iain Blair, Del is conned into buying an offshore rig after reading up on the value of the oil industry.
The episode, which was never shown on TV, had not been seen for many years but has recently been uploaded onto video sharing sites. It was originally shown to pupils with a documentary on the oil industry.
The Maureen Oilfield Consortium were not the only oil firm to turn to comedy stars – Norwegian giants Statoil resurrected Fawlty Towers for a series of training videos starring John Cleese and Andrew Sachs in 2007.
Watch the special ‘Licenced To Drill’ episode below