The Only Fools and Horses DVD Collection

The Only Fools and Horses DVD Collection was a fortnightly partwork magazine published by GE Fabbri, authorised by BBC Video. Each serialised issue included a DVD containing between 1 and 4 chronological episodes of Only Fools and Horses, and an accompanying magazine. Each issue was £7.99, apart from issue 1 which was £3.99. In total 29 regular issues were released, as well as a 'bonus disc' which featured the documentary 'The Story of Only Fools and Horses'.
Issues
#"Big Brother", "Go West Young Man" and "Cash and Curry"
#"The Second Time Around", "A Slow Bus To Chingford" and "The Russians Are Coming"
#"Christmas Crackers", "The Long Legs of the Law", "Ashes to Ashes" and "A Losing Streak"
#"No Greater Love", "The Yellow Peril" and "It Never Rains..."
#"A Touch of Glass", "Diamonds Are for Heather" and "Homesick"
#"Healthy Competition", "Friday the 14th" and "Yesterday Never Comes"
#"May The Force Be With You", "Wanted", "Who's a Pretty Boy?" and "Thicker than Water"
#"Happy Returns", "Strained Relations" and "Hole in One"
#"", "Sleeping Dogs Lie", "Watching the Girls Go By" and "As One Door Closes"
#"To Hull and Back"
#"From Prussia With Love", "The Miracle of Peckham", "The Longest Night"
#"Tea for Three", "Video Nasty" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"
#"A Royal Flush" and "The Frog's Legacy"
#"Dates"
#"Yuppy Love" and "Danger UXD"
#"Chain Gang" and "The Unlucky Winner Is..."
#"Sickness and Wealth" and "Little Problems"
#"The Jolly Boys' Outing"
#"Rodney Come Home"
#"" and "The Chance of a Lunchtime"
#"Stage Fright" and "The Class of '62"
#"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle" and "Three Men, a Woman and a Baby"
#"Miami Twice"
#""
#"Fatal Extraction"
#"Heroes and Villains", "Modern Men" and "Time On Our Hands"
#"If They Could See Us Now"
#"Strangers on the Shore"
#"Sleepless in Peckham"
Bonus disc: "The Story of Only Fools and Horses" (documentary)
Magazines
Each DVD came with a magazine, focused primarily on the episodes in the accompanying DVD. Some features recurred across all/most of the issues:
*Episode Guides: These provided a description of the episodes included on the DVD and a section entitled straight from the horse's mouth where series writer John Sullivan explained the roots of the episode. Each guide would have a Del's lingo, where one of the character's foreign phrases was translated to his intended meaning; and a Rodders rant which saw a description of the episodes' events from the perspective of the youngest Trotter brother.
*Peckham Profiles: This featured a spotlight on a different character from the show each issue. This included a section called straight from the horse's mouth, where John Sullivan talked about the creation of the character and how the actor who played him/her was chosen. The final section of this feature was called The Secret World of..., which listed several facts about the character in bullet points. A lot of the characters featured in two 'Peckham Profiles' over the course of the collection, with content split between their earlier and later years.
*Classic Clips: A description of one of the most memorable scenes, with episode stills and a commentary from John Sullivan.
*Hooky Street: A description of items that Del bought, owned, sold or talked about throughout the course of the show.
*Behind the Scenes: A insight into things or people associated with the production of Only Fools and Horses, explaining how they became involved in the programme.
*The World According to: These articles would feature a discussion of a theme or topic that occurred in the series, from the perspective of one of the characters.
DVD Spine
When all the DVD spines were lined up they formed a picture of the regular characters.
From left to right:

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