Only Fools and Horses

The Only Fools and Horses stars who had 2 children together before ending their 29-year relationship

The two actors played mother and son in the Heroes and Villains episode of the BBC sitcom

Actress Tessa Peake-Jones arrived on Only Fools and Horses as Raquel Turner during the Dates episode which aired on Christmas Day in 1988. Originally a stripper, Raquel and Del Boy Trotter (David Jason) rekindled their romance after they bumped into each other in Margate during The Jolly Boys’ Outing one year later.

Despite finding their fortune and then losing it again, the couple never married but they did go to live happily ever after in Peckham along with their son Damien.

During her time on the BBC sitcom, Tessa, 65, was in a long-term relationship with her partner Douglas Hodge who went on to play her son for one Only Fools episode.

Douglas Hodge played adult Damien in Only Fools and Horses (Image: BBC)

Every Only Fools and Horses fan will know the Heroes and Villains episode inside out. It opens with Rodney Trotter’s (Nicholas Lyndhurst) futuristic dream where his ‘evil’ nephew Damien is head of the very powerful Trotters Independent Traders, who rule the Western world.

This particular scene is set in the year 2026 and grown-up Damien is now declaring war on China from their headquarters Trotters Towers and even states “war is good!”

Douglas Hodge, 62, played the role of baddie Damien Trotter in the 1996 Christmas special opposite his long-term partner Tessa, who played his mum Raquel Turner in the scene.

The couple got together in 1984 and have two children – their daughter Mollie, born in 1991, and their son Charlie, born in 2000.

Tessa Peake-Jones and Douglas Hodge together in 2008. They split in 2013.
Tessa Peake-Jones and Douglas Hodge together in 2008. They split in 2013. (Image: Shutterstock)

But sadly it wasn’t meant to be for the two actors as they called time on their relationship in February 2013 after 29 years together.

At the time, a spokesman for the pair said: “I’m able to confirm that Tessa and Douglas separated in the autumn of last year by mutual and amicable agreement and they will continue to raise their two children jointly.”

Following their split, Hodge went on to marry American wigmaker Amanda Miller. He’s also a Hollywood movie regular with roles in The Descent Part 2 (2009), Robin Hood (2010), Diana (2013), and Alfred Pennyworth in Joker (2019).

He’s also starred in other popular TV shows including London’s Burning (1988), Spooks (2005), Skins (2010), Outnumbered (2010) and Black Mirror (2017) – to name a few.

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