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How many appearances does Denzil make throughout the series


Hardly seems like he's in it should be more of a regular

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According to imdb he was in eighteen episodes over a twenty year period.

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Even Boycie isn't in that many of the early episodes. The only one of Del's mates in a good few of the episodes is Trigger. Another character like that is Sid. Introduced in series 5 in Dates, seen in Jolly Boy's Outing, never seen or spoken of through series 6 or 7, then seen quite a bit in the Xmas Trilogies

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Marlene was not in very many episodes either.

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Is that when he catches Del trying to nick all his cutlery?

We have to show the world that not all of us are like him: Henning von Tresckow.

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I guess one thing the show really did well was make interesting and endearing side characters. In the earlier series they make fleeting appearances here and there but the episodes they're in and performances they gave were really memorable, so when they did feature in near enough all the episodes after 1990 it felt like they'd been in every episode.


Even down to characters like Slater, who's influence on the series seems larger than just the 3 episodes he was in, Jim Broadbent was fantastic.

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Until about 85-ish, hardly any of the characters who appeared as regular fixed members of the show throughout the 1990's, where really main stays.

Up until then the show revolved around Del and Rodney, with each episode on their latest get rich quick scheme.... with the odd character dropped in here and there, but hardly any main stays.

From Series 4 onward the OFAH universe started to expand and characters started getting some back story and depth outside the Trotters.

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For some reason, Denzil never made any appearances from 1986 - 1988.

When he thinks he's going crazy in To Hull and Back (1985), that's the last you see of him until Danger UXD in series 6 (1989).

Did he actually go into a psychiatric hospital for a couple of years?


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