<P> The story starts in February 1960 , by setting up the characters . Joan Trotter ( Kellie Bright ) is in an unhappy marriage with the work - shy Reg ( Shaun Dingwall ) , whose father Ted ( Phil Daniels ) has just moved in . Her 15 - year - old son Derek , often shortened to Del Boy , ( James Buckley ) and his friends Boycie , Trigger , Jumbo Mills and new - in - town Denzil ( Stephen Lloyd , Lewis Osborne , Lee Long and Ashley Gerlach ) are still in school , following an increase in the school leaving age . Joan works at the local cinema with Trigger 's aunt Reenie Turpin ( Emma Cooke ) and Raymond ( Billy Seymour ) for cinema manager Ernie Rayner ( Robert Daws ) , and at the Town Hall as `` a part - time filing clerk who sometimes makes the tea '' . Convicted thief Freddie Robdal ( Nicholas Lyndhurst ) has just been released from Dartmoor Prison and returned to Peckham with explosives expert Gerald `` Jelly '' Kelly ( Paul Putner ) . </P>
<P> The story starts in February 1960 , by setting up the characters . Joan Trotter ( Kellie Bright ) is in an unhappy marriage with the work - shy Reg ( Shaun Dingwall ) , whose father Ted ( Phil Daniels ) has just moved in . Her 15 - year - old son Derek , often shortened to Del Boy , ( James Buckley ) and his friends Boycie , Trigger , Jumbo Mills and new - in - town Denzil ( Stephen Lloyd , Lewis Osborne , Lee Long and Ashley Gerlach ) are still in school , following an increase in the school leaving age . Joan works at the local cinema with Trigger 's aunt Reenie Turpin ( Emma Cooke ) and Raymond ( Billy Seymour ) for cinema manager Ernie Rayner ( Robert Daws ) , and at the Town Hall as `` a part - time filing clerk who sometimes makes the tea '' . Convicted thief Freddie Robdal ( Nicholas Lyndhurst ) has just been released from Dartmoor Prison and returned to Peckham with explosives expert Gerald `` Jelly '' Kelly ( Paul Putner ) . </P>
inbetweeners star who plays del boy in rock and chips
inbetweeners star who plays del boy in rock and chips
James Buckley
James Buckley