Only Fools And Horses: Every Season Ranked Worst To Best

7. Season 1

It seems unfair to put the earliest season at the bottom of the pile, but in the great scheme of things it hasn't aged nearly as well as the years following their 1981 debut.

A lot of the characters that are introduced are mainly as a one-and-done, like Trigger & Boycie, who rather than having their distinct personalities from later series, are simply portrayed as the same kind of dodgy dealers. Then there are the characters who are indeed never seen again like Del's ex-fiancée Pauline, and Indian con-men Mr. Ram and Vimmal.

On top of this, the humour isn't particularly good ("Pork scratchings? Sounds like a pig with fleas..."). The writing in general is consistently good, but in a comedy series the laughs needed to come more often. And some of the bigger laughs could possibly be seen as problematic nowadays, like when Del and Rodney accidentally go to a gay bar.

The best thing though is that it gets the backstories, motivations and personalities of the three main characters down perfectly, setting audiences up for the hijinks they'll get up to in their quest to become millionaires.