The household is led by Boycie and Marlene, as played by John Challis and Sue Holderness.

They employ four members of staff, Elgin, Bryan, Jed and Imelda Cakeworthy, as played by David Ross, Ivan Kaye, Peter Heppelthwaite and Ella Kenion.

Herman Terrence Aubrey Boyce (John Challis) – An untrustworthy ex-used car salesman and elitist with a mocking laugh who likes to think of himself as above everyone else.

Boycie made sporadic appearances in Only Fools and Horses before becoming a regular cast member from the fifth series onwards.

Boycie had a major part in the second episode of the final trilogy of Only Fools and Horses; this allowed the character to expand on screen before taking the lead role in the spin-off series.

However, her first appearance saw that she was a bubbly, slightly promiscuous woman whose passionate, and seemingly unattainable, desire to have a child provided one of the Only Fools and Horses sub-plots.

Tyler has a girlfriend called Beth from the episode "Pillow Talk" to "The Special Relationship".

He is a creepy man, who is often able to ensure that his workload remains light, suggesting he is not quite as ignorant as he appears.

He always carries his briefcase with a string shoulder strap around with him, and a running gag is him introducing himself as "Elgin Sparrowhawk, farm manager", even several times to Boycie, Marlene and the staff who already know his name and position.

In the episode "The Path of True Love", Jed is seen to come over to his caravan in a social fashion showing that this may be a frequent occurrence.

Bryan's workload has been known to expand from herdsman to such jobs as chauffeur in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock" to security guard in "Home Brew".

Jed's workload has also been known to expand from ploughman to various other areas of expertise, such as in the episode "Home Brew" when he gets involved in Ye Potato Cyder business.

Her husband (and cousin), Colin, is in and out of hospital almost every series and thus she appears to be under pressure on occasions however, her responsibilities are sometimes thrown to one side much to other peoples' disgust.

Llewellyn has been known to get a little out of his own depth, such as when he challenged Boycie to a pub quiz in More Questions Than Answers and lost ten thousand pounds that he didn't have in the first place.

By the end of the series, however, Llewellyn appears to be at least on more amicable terms with the Boyces, shown when he is invited to Boycie and Marlene's wedding in the finale.

In the episode "Mother Earth," Beth's patience with Tyler and the family was put to its ultimate test.

Among other things, she got upset with Tyler's lack of interest in her horse-racing protests and his decision to choose eating meat over a relationship with her, and is later traumatised when she peers through the window of their home to see Boycie completely naked, thanks to Earl.

He is known for temper tantrums in extreme circumstances, such as the misunderstanding in From Here to Paternity, when he thinks that Boycie is calling his daughter 'a bitch' and when he says 'take a close look – it's a dog'.

Danny and Tony (Roy Marsden and Christopher Ryan) – First seen in "Little Problems" in Only Fools and Horses, the brothers cause Boycie to make a drastic escape to the countryside in an attempt to avoid them.

They made their last appearance in the series four episode, "Home Brew", in which they were on the run from the Bratva following a deal gone wrong and returned to Boycie's farm to retrieve their chest, which was revealed to be filled with five million Spanish pesetas, the brothers' intended pension once they had fled to Spain, unaware that Spain's currency had changed to the Euro and that five million pesetas would actually be worth very little.

She was first seen in "He Ain't Heavy He's my Uncle" an episode from Only Fools and Horses seventh series where she originally was played by Joan Geary.

He is a hypochondriac, yet a reference made in "The Path of True Love" states that he has just had another operation, which contradicts the former statement.

He brought news of the Driscoll Brothers' release, causing Boycie to sell his house and the Showroom so he could move immediately to the countryside.

Cliff Cooper is an American who was stationed at Winterdown Farm during the 1970s when it was used as accommodation for a US Army base and is acquainted with Elgin Sparrowhawk.

Fiona Bruce appeared as herself in the episodes "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock" and "One Man's Junk", presenting Crimewatch and Antiques Roadshow.

In the latter, Boycie and his staff are hinted to have crushes on her, with Bryan being said to have written to her several times until receiving a response from her solicitor.