+ List of awards and nominations received by Only Fools and Horses Part of Only Fools and Horsess opening sequence Awards and nominations Award Won NominatedBritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsBritish Comedy AwardsNational Television AwardsRoyal Television SocietyTelevision and Radio Industries ClubWriters' Guild of Great BritainTotal number of wins and nominations References
Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan and broadcast on BBC One. Seven series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, followed by sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. The show centres on the lives of the Trotters, a working-class family of market traders who live in Peckham, London. Headed by Del Boy, his younger brother Rodney and their elderly Grandad (and later their Uncle Albert), the series shows their highs and lows in life as they strive to become millionaires through a variety of get-rich-quick schemes. The show achieved consistently high ratings, including a record 24.3 million viewers for the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands", and was named Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll.
Only Fools and Horses was nominated for, and received, a multitude of awards. It received its first BAFTA nomination in 1983, but lost out to Hi-de-Hi!. A year later it won its first major award, when it was named Comedy Programme of the Year by the Television and Radio Industries Club. The show was nominated for eight BAFTAs for best comedy series, winning in 1988, 1990 and 1996. It also won three British Comedy Awards, a National Television Award, a Royal Television Society Award and another TRIC award in 1997. For his portrayal of Del Boy, David Jason won two BAFTAs (from six nominations), three British Comedy Awards, two National Television Awards and one Royal Television Society Award. Nicholas Lyndhurst received three BAFTA nominations. In 1997 John Sullivan won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Situation Comedy.
Awards
BAFTA YearCategoryNominee(s)Result 1983 Comedy Series Ray Butt 1985 Comedy Series Ray Butt 1985 Light Entertainment Performance David Jason 1986 Comedy Series Ray Butt 1986 Light Entertainment Performance David Jason 1986 Light Entertainment Performance Nicholas Lyndhurst 1988 Comedy Series John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow 1988 Light Entertainment Performance David Jason 1989 Comedy Series John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow 1989 Light Entertainment Performance David Jason 1990 Comedy Series John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow 1990 Light Entertainment Performance David Jason 1990 Light Entertainment Performance Nicholas Lyndhurst 1991 Comedy (Programme or Series) John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow 1996 Comedy (Programme or Series) John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow Comedy Performance David Jason Comedy Performance Nicholas Lyndhurst 2004 Audience Award John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow
British Comedy Awards YearCategoryNominee(s)Result 1990 Best BBC Sitcom Only Fools and Horses 1990 Best TV Comedy Actor David Jason 1991 WGGB Top Comedy Writer John Sullivan 1992 Best TV Comedy Actor David Jason 1997 People's Choice Award Only Fools and Horses 1997 Best TV Comedy Actor David Jason 1997 Best TV Comedy Actor Nicholas Lyndhurst 1997 Funniest Comedy Moment Only Fools and Horses
National Television Awards YearCategoryNominee(s)Result 1997 Most Popular Comedy Series John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow 1997 Most Popular Comedy Performer David Jason 1997 Most Popular Comedy Performer Nicholas Lyndhurst 2002 Most Popular Comedy Programme John Sullivan, Gareth Gwenlan, Tony Dow 2002 Most Popular Comedy Performance David Jason
Royal Television Society YearCategoryNominee(s)Result 1996 Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama Only Fools and Horses 1996 Best Actor David Jason
Television and Radio Industries Club Awards YearCategoryNominee(s)Result 1984 Comedy Programme of the Year Only Fools and Horses 1997 Situation Comedy of the Year Only Fools and Horses
Other YearCategoryAwardNominee(s)Result 1990 SOS Star Awards Funniest TV Programme Only Fools and Horses 1997 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Situation Comedy Writer John Sullivan 2001 The Heritage Foundation Best TV Comedy Only Fools and Horses 2001 The Heritage Foundation Best TV Writer John Sullivan 2002 TV Quick Awards Best Comedy Only Fools and Horses
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