High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The following is an episode list for the BBC1 sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The show was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 8 September 1981 It ran for seven series and eighteen Christmas Specials until 25 December 2003, when the final episode was broadcast. In total, 63 regular episodes of Only Fools and Horses, all written by John Sullivan, were produced. All are now available on both Region 2 and Region 1 DVD.