"Happy Returns" Trivia Quiz

Answer: False

Granddad was also absent from the episode "Cash and Curry" in the first series.

Lennard Pearce, who played Granddad had started filming the series 4 episode "Hole in One" when he suffered a heart attack. He was discharged from hospital but sadly suffered a second heart attack and passed away.

He was replaced in the series by Buster Merryfield, who played Uncle Albert, Granddad's estranged brother.

Answer: Adult magazine

Rodney did not want to purchase the magazine himself as he was seeing the server, Debbie, and did not want her to think he was odd.

Del: "Give me one of your dirty magazines."
Debbie: "Which on do you want?"
Del: "Which one do you want, Rodney?"

Answer: Jason

Del and Rodney first encounter Jason as he is about to run into the road in front of a car. It transpires he is running away from his mum as she was mad at him for letting down the tyres on Del's three-wheeled van.

Later on that night, Del sees Jason sitting by the side of the road and offers to take him home to explain to his mum that he asked Jason to let down the tyres to see how long it would take Rodney to pump them back up again. Del then discovers that Jason's mum is one of his old flames, June Snell.

Answer: True

After taking Jason home, Del is sitting in June's flat when Rodney appears to see Debbie. Del had been unaware of the connection. Rodney, initially unaware of Del's presence, later encourages Del to take June out for a couple of drinks so he can be alone with Debbie.

Answer: 18

Del asks June why she broke off their engagement so suddenly, but she is reluctant to tell him. Del later finds out from Maureen, the barmaid at The Nag's Head, that Debbie's nineteenth birthday is coming up soon. Del, putting two and two together, realises that June would have been pregnant with Debbie around the time she left him.

Answer: Trigger

Del is in shock as he thinks he may be Debbie's father. He goes of to the gents where he runs into Trigger.

Trigger: "Alright, Del?"
Del: "No, I'm not alright, Trig. I don't know what I'm gonna do. I just don't know what I'm gonna do."
Trigger: "Hang on, Del, leave it to me [knocks on cubicle door]. Come on, hurry up. We've got an emergency out here."

Del tells Trigger about his predicament, then realises he has to go back around to June's flat to break up Debbie and Rodney.

Answer: Gold watch

Del, believing he is Debbie's father, offers to buy he a solid gold watch for her birthday, "a couple of hundred quid at least, no rubbish." He the takes Rodney back home.

Rodney initially thinks Del is hitting on Debbie. When he protests, Rodney then accuses Del of interfering due to jealousy. Del confesses that he believes he is, in fact, Debbie's father.

Rodney: "I've met the first girl in my life who means something to me, and it turns out to be my bloody niece!"

Answer: Albie Littlewood

Albie and Del were best friends. June had been cheating on Del with Albie.

Solly Atwell is a solicitor, who featured in the series 4 episode "Hole in One".
Terry Hoskins is a police constable who worked alongside Roy Slater.
Alan Parry is the father of Cassandra, Rodney's future wife.

Answer: Electrocution

Albie was electrocuted when his bicycle fell onto a live rail. Albie had been taking a shortcut to see June. Del admits that for nineteen years he had been living with guilt, as he believed that Albie had been on his way to meet him in the pub. He confesses that the reason he felt guilty, however, was that he was not in the pub, but was actually seeing Albie's girlfriend, Deirdre.

Answer: Mickey

Mickey Pearce is Rodney's best friend. Earlier in the episode, Mickey had been at The Nag's Head, where he told Del he didn't know what Rodney saw in Debbie, as she was just a kid. As Del is about to leave June's flat at the end of the episode, Debbie brings back Mickey, who is uncomfortable around Del.

As a parting shot, Del, seeing a similarity with his own situation, advises Mickey not to take a shortcut across the railway line.