Only Fools and Horses’ Nicholas Lyndhurst warns his TV comeback ‘won’t be PC’
Only Fools and Horses legend Nicholas Lyndhurst has warned fans that his TV comeback on the reboot of US sitcom Frasier involves lots of boozing and won't be politically correct
Nicholas Lyndhurst is warning his TV comeback won’t be politically correct.
Years after playing Rodney Trotter in Only Fools And Horses, the comedy legend will be back on screens on the reboot of Frasier and it’s set to include plenty of near-the-knuckle gags. His character is a university professor called Alan who is very outspoken and loves boozing.
In his first interview for years, Nicholas, 62, said: “Alan is British, boozy… I thought, ‘Yeah, I can do that’. He’s very non-PC. He comes out with whatever he wants to say. He drinks too much. He doesn’t think enough. He’s very lazy. He’s a college lecturer, but he doesn’t really like any of his students at all.
“He’s a bit of a Mickey taker. He likes teasing people and there are some characters in this cast that are very easy for him to tease. So he just keeps himself amused by drinking scotch and teasing people.” Nicholas reckons a lot of comedy writers are too worried about offending people these days.