Patrick Murray thinks the BBC would water down an 'Only Fools And Horses' reboot.
Patrick Murray doesn't think 'plonker' would be allowed as an insult
The 65-year-old actor - who played Mickey Pearce in the classic sitcom - has agreed with former co-star Sir David Jason that it'd be great to revive the show in some way, but he's not sure it would work in the current climate.
He told The Sun newspaper: "It would be lovely to do another one but I do worry we would be constrained because we can’t take the mickey out of each other.
“Rodney was a plonker, but nowadays people would find calling each other ‘plonkers’ offensive.
“The woke thing has got a bit ridiculous. People with nothing better to do will write in saying they’ve been insulted.”
Patrick also suggested the comedy's most famous scene would be banned nowadays because Del Boy (Jason) and Trigger (Roger Lloyd-Pack) were shown "on the pull".
He added: "I don’t think the BBC even like to show the Del Boy falling through the bar scene now, despite it being voted the best sitcom moment ever, as it depicts two men on the pull.
“If ‘Fools and Horses' is out of order, we’re in trouble.
“But I would definitely be up for it if everyone else was on board and we are allowed to be funny. As long as they paid me upfront!”
His comments come after David called for a screenwriter to work on a new script to allow him to reprise his own iconic role.
He said: "I’ve always loved Del Boy, who is such a wonderful loser. I would love to revisit him, I need someone to write me a script."
In February last year, late 'Only Fools' star John Challis - who played car dealer Boycie in the show - revealed creator John Sullivan planned to make another episode that would have seen Del Boy celebrate his retirement in the Nag's Head, but the writer died before he could pen the ep.
John - who passed away in September aged 79 - said: "The 30th anniversary was coming up and John was in the process of getting together a Christmas special or something.
“It was going to be Del Boy’s 65th birthday, he was going to retire and there was going to be a bit of a get-together in the Nag’s Head. But unfortunately he (John) got ill and didn’t come out of it.”
The first 'Only Fools' episode, 'Big Brother', aired in September 1981, and the show went on to run for seven series and numerous specials until the final episode in 2003.
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