Friday, 20 November 2009

Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Chips

Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Chips is a new BBC One 90-minute comedy drama which focuses on the earlier years of Peckham's most famous family, the Trotters.

It's 1960 and Peckham's answer to Brigitte Bardot, Joan Trotter (played by Kellie Bright), is not-so-happily ensconced with the work-shy Reg Trotter (played by Shaun Dingwall) and her teenage son, Derek (played by James Buckley).

But the reappearance of "art connoisseur" Freddie "The Frog" Robdal (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst), fresh from a 10-year stay as a guest of Her Majesty, is set to ruffle some feathers in the Trotter household.

The comedy drama will centre on the relationships between the glamorous (certain neighbours might say "tarty") Joan Trotter, Del Boy's useless father Reg, safe-cracker Freddie Robdal and the young Del Boy himself.

And there will be a chance to see the teenage incarnations of some familiar faces including Boycie, Trigger, Denzil, Roy Slater and Jumbo Mills.

The Trotter family haven't yet moved into their flat in Nelson Mandela House, but there'll be some recognisable settings such as the mean streets of Peckham and the Nag's Head circa-1960.

Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Chips is written by Only Fools And Horses creator John Sullivan.

John Sullivan says: "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Chips hurtles us into the rough and unglamorous world of London in 1960 to discover the circumstances that led to Del and Rodney Trotter turning out the way they did."

"Nick Lyndhurst is a comedy genius and I can't think of anyone better suited to bring the shady but charming Freddie Robdal to life and James Buckley has a tough act to follow but is sure to do for leather bomber jackets and winkle-pickers what David Jason did for camel-haired coats and cocktail umbrellas!"