Rock And Chips

[Bazile]

//Rock and Chips is a British television comedy-drama and prequel to the sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The show is set in Peckham, south-east London, during the early 1960s, focusing primarily on the lives of Del Trotter, Freddie Robdal and Joan and Reg Trotter. Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Rodney in Only Fools and Horses, plays Robdal alongside Jame...//

I know it's a Bit late so I'm probably missing something

But how could Nicholas Lyndhurst have played the character Robdal ,in the OFAH prequel and be Rodney in OFAH?

[Buenchico]

Freddie Robdale was Rodney's biological father, explaining their physical similarities:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%26_Chips#Production

[ToraToraTora]

yes, Freddie the Frog was Rodder's dad.

[saintpeter48]

I watched this first time round, not very good in my opinion.