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Trigger is a fictional road sweeper and friend of Del Boy in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He is played by Roger Lloyd-Pack and has a slow, monotone voice and a 20-year-old broom.
Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English actor who played Trigger in Only Fools and Horses from 1981 to 2003. He also appeared in The Vicar of Dibley, Harry Potter, Doctor Who and other shows and films.
YearTitleRoleNotes2014Alex GreeneEpisode: "I Predict a Riot"1994–2013Owen Newitt25 episodes2012Hector BlackstoneEpisode: "Gently with Class"2012Friar6 episodes- Overview
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- After The Rock & Chips Trilogy
- Only Fools & Horses
- Strangers On The Shore
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Colin Ball, more commonly known as Trigger, is a fictional character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses and its prequel Rock & Chips. He was played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools and Horses and Lewis Osbourne in Rock & Chips.
A childhood friend of Del Boy, he is a roadsweeper and occasional petty criminal known for his stupidity, in particular his belief that Rodney's name is Dave.
According to Del's autobiography He Who Dares, from 2015, Reg Trotter was a suspect as to who could be Trigger's real father. When it came to to his birth certificate, his mum Elsie wrote 'some soldiers'. However, the real father was believed to be Donald Turpin though due to how pleased he was with sleeping with Trigger's mum, bragging about how he lost his virginity in such detail inlcuding the time & place.
Trigger was brought up by his grandparents, Arthur and Alice. Arthur was a roadsweeper and was only too happy to pass on the legacy.
Trigger went to school with Del, Boycie, Denzel Tulser, Roy Slater and Jumbo Mills. Due to his haircut he later gained the nickname "Trigger" as his haircut made him look like a horse.
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Around 1963-1964, Slater planted some Green Shield stamps on Trigger and he got put away for 18 months in a young offenders home. When he got out he got an electric blanket and a radio with them. Enough to make anyone want a cognac quick after hearing that story.
Trigger was not bright at all but he had more common sense as in 1977 he started to dabble in stolen gear with Monkey Harris, and even nick stuff with mates so he could sell them to traders, especially Del Boy. Briefcases, tins of paint etc.
Trigger first appears in the pilot episode of Only Fools & Horses were he sells several stolen briefcases to Del boy. Rodney asked Del where Trigger got his nickname, thinking Trigger was an armed criminal (i.e. a trigger man). Del however replies that it's because "he looks like an horse", this being a reference to the famous screen horse Trigger of the 1950s and 1960s, as Del says to Trig later on "You know what happened to the real Trigger don't you? Roy Rogers had him stuffed!"
Trigger speaks in a fairly slow, monotone voice, but he is loyal, friendly and kind. However, Trigger's most noticeable trait is that he is stupid beyond belief, which is a source of much humour in the show, despite him remaining deadly serious in his delivery. For example, in one episode, Del had relationship problems with Raquel and a very bad tooth. Whilst talking about the problems with Raquel, Trigger confused the subjects, advising him to just "get shot of it," and proceeding to say, "I know what it's like, you give them pet names, I've done it, but take my advice, go to the dentist and have it taken out."
Even the simplest joke can go over Trigger's head and he often makes ridiculously stupid statements. Most noticeably of all, he insists on calling Rodney "Dave". This began in "Big Brother" when Del introduced Rodney to Trigger saying "Trig', have you met my brother?"; despite having never met Rodney before, Trigger mistakenly answers "Yeah, 'course, how ya going, Dave?" The name appears to have stuck with Trigger and much to Rodney's despair he appears now to have resigned to it, despite having attempted to get through to Trigger on several occasions that he is called Rodney and nobody else calls him Dave. On one particularly odd occasion, Trigger relays that if Raquel's unborn child (later Damien) is a girl Del and Raquel plan to name her Sigourney after Sigourney Weaver, but if it's a boy they're going to name him "Rodney, after Dave."
Trigger did not know his father and in all seriousness says "he died a couple of years before I was born" when Rodney asks of his whereabouts in the early episode, Ashes to Ashes. He was brought up by his grandparents, with his grandfather having also been a roadsweeper. Trigger is unsurprisingly not married, although he occasionally mentions past relationships during the series and is seen on a blind date with a woman in the 1988 Christmas special, Dates.
Trigger joined in on Denzil & the Trotters journey to France, waiting at the warehouses with Denzil whilst Del & Rodney attended Uncle Albert's reunion. At four o'clock Trigger met up with The Trotters and Denzel but wasn't aware of the discresion at play due to Roddney being kept in the dark, blowing their cover.
Sid tells Trigger (who has been creating a portable backscratcher made out of chopsticks) that he got some suggestions from Mike on how to make the pub look a lot better. He also shows Rodney, Del, Trigger, and Mickey Pearce an old photograph of the very first Jolly Boys' Outing in 1960. Throughout the story Trigger tries to help Del come up with different ideas to become a millionaire again. including attempting to invent a back scratcher out of chopsticks.
One night Trigger becamse fascinated in UFOs after seeing a star dissappearing and reappearing, convincing him it was a close encounter. This led to his belief in the extraterrestrial even though in reality it was simply caused by him blinking.
Aside from flashbacks in series 4, Trigger doesn't appear in the series but is referenced to a few times.
It was during this time that the autobiography "He Who Dares" reveals that The Driscoll Brothers went knocking at his house looking for Boycie, as well as Denzil's and Del Boy's.
In 2005, Boycie contacted The Nag's Head to see if Trigger was stupid enough to buy a gay cow off him. It turned out that even Trigger wasn't that stupid enough to accept such an offer.
Boycie makes a reference to Trigger in the episode "Pillow Talk" when he tells Tyler about his mate who hadn't got an education just went around sweeping the roads.
Trigger is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses and its prequel Rock & Chips. He is a roadsweeper and occasional petty criminal, known for his stupidity and his belief that Rodney's name is Dave.
Watch some of the best scenes from Trigger, the dim-witted friend of Del Boy and Rodney in the classic British comedy series. See him sell dodgy briefcases, stand in the dark and ride a broom in this YouTube video.
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Jan 16, 2014 · Roger Lloyd Pack, the British actor known to millions as slow-witted roadsweeper Trigger in BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, has died aged 69. Well-known for his rubbery face and lugubrious...
Watch Roger Lloyd-Pack as Trigger, the lovable but dim-witted delivery boy, in three classic scenes from the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses. Subscribe to BBC Comedy Greats for more comedy clips and outtakes.
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