Diamonds Are for Heather

"**Diamonds Are for Heather**"
"Diamonds Are for Heather"
Only Fools and Horses episode
Episode no.	Episode 2; (Christmas Special)
Directed by	Ray Butt
Written by	John Sullivan
Original air date	30 December 1982
Running time	30 minutes
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"Diamonds Are for Heather" is the second Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. It was first broadcast on 30 December 1982, five days after Christmas. In the episode, Del goes out with Heather, a single mother with a son.

Synopsis

On a November evening at The Nag's Head, Del Boy is feeling miserable due to his loneliness and lack of a family. He cheers himself up by ordering a mariachi band to sing "Old Shep". He also meets an attractive woman named Heather, who is drinking alone at the bar. Del charms her and they walk home together.

When he arrives at her flat, Del discovers that Heather has a son named Darren, aged three and a half, and a husband named Vic, who has not returned since joining a very long queue at the Job Centre 18 months earlier.

Over the next six weeks, Del and Heather's romance blossoms, Del forms a bond with Darren, and with the relationship strengthening, Del decides to propose to Heather, even if it means leaving Rodney and Grandad.

However, at a candle-lit curry dinner, Heather refuses Del's proposal, because her husband Vic wrote to her one-week earlier and is now living in Southampton, working as a department store Father Christmas. He also wants to give his marriage with Heather another go by asking her and Darren to move in with him. Heather says she never knew Del had fallen in love with her and instead thinks of him as a brother. Heather then says goodbye to Del, who manages to cheer himself up by paying some carol singers to sing "Old Shep".

Episode cast

Actor	Role
David Jason	Derek Trotter
Nicholas Lyndhurst	Rodney Trotter
Lennard Pearce	Grandad Trotter
Rosalind Lloyd	Heather
Roger Brierley	Brian
John Moreno	Enrico
Dev Sagoo	Waiter
George Kish	Choir lead singer
The Fred Tomlinson Singers	Carol singers
Daniel Jones	Darren
Julie La Rousse	Julie (barmaid)

Episode concept

The idea for the script was to demonstrate Del's love for children, and that he really could be a family man if he put his mind to it.^[1]

Music

Fat Larry's Band: "Zoom"

References

^ Did You Know? ofah.net

External links

[1] Did You Know? ofah.net

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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)