<Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> 90 minutes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "To Hull and Back" is the fourth Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, Only Fools and Horses, first screened on 25 December 1985 . It was the first feature - length edition of the show . The title of the special is derived from the film To Hell and Back . Parts of the special were shot on location in Amsterdam and unlike most other episodes was shot entirely on film and therefore not before a studio audience (making it laugh - track free). In the episode, the Trotters agree to smuggle diamonds from Amsterdam for Boycie . </P> <P> As the Trotters are enjoying another evening at The Nag's Head, Boycie and his business partner Abdul call Del Boy in for a secret meeting, with a proposal that he travels to Amsterdam to buy some diamonds and bring them back to England, without informing Customs and Excise . Realising that this is smuggling, Del rebuffs Boycie and Abdul, but is quickly swayed when Boycie offers him £ 15,000 for his efforts . </P>

Only fools and horses to hull and back filming locations