Only Fools and Horses may have come to an end in 1991, but the London-based sitcom still remains a staple in British comedy to this day. The beloved BBC show is widely regarded as one of the best, with its popularity leading to several Christmas specials more than a decade later and re-runs still delighting fans 20 years on.

The TV show catapulted leading stars David Jason, who played Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter, and Nicholas Lyndhurst, who starred as Del Boy’s brother Rodney, to nationwide fame. But despite is success on the small screen, Lyndhurst revealed that he was almost “fired” on the show over one of its most iconic scenes.

In a BBC documentary looking back at the classic series in 2021, the 63-year-old actor recalled how his boss threatened to fire him during the finale of the second series, titled A Touch of Glass. The now beloved episode saw the Trotter brother facing some trouble whilst trying to clean a priceless chandelier.

Loyal fans regard the episode as one of the funniest moments in the entire show as the two watch on helplessly while series falls to the ground and smashes. However, Lyndhurst explained how a showrunner called Ray had given him a stern warning prior to filming the scene.

He recalled: “Ray, he was only a little guy but fierce with it, came up to me and said this to me, ‘This chandelier that we are about to drop costs £6,000 and if you laugh when it’s dropped, we’ve lost the end scene.