A Touch of Glass is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses, first screened on 2 December 1982 as the final episode of series 2. It was the first episode of the show to attract over 10 million viewers.
During a trip out to the countryside to buy a consignment of musical china cats which play the song "How much is that doggie in the window?", Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad stop to assist a woman whose car has broken down. The woman turns...
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A Touch of Glass is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses, first screened on 2 December 1982 as the final episode of series 2. It was the first episode of the show to attract over 10 million viewers.
During a trip out to the countryside to buy a consignment of musical china cats which play the song "How much is that doggie in the window?", Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad stop to assist a woman whose car has broken down. The woman turns out to be a member of the aristocracy, Lady Ridgemere. They tow her home and are grudgingly invited in by Lord Ridgemere.
The Trotters quickly outstay their welcome at the mansion. Whilst there. Del overhears Lord Ridgemere haggling with someone on the telephone about the cost of cleaning their two priceless Louis XIV chandeliers. Del then persuades the Lord that chandeliers are the Trotter's family business and agrees to carry out the necessary work cheaply.
The Trotters return to the mansion a week later to clean the chandeliers, though the...
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