One star turned his back on fame for a very different career. The iconic sitcom focused on the antics of Del Boy Trotter and his brother Rodney as they tried to host of different schemes to get rich quick. Fans across the UK and the world fell in love with the show, with the peak of its viewership coming in 1996 - where nearly 17 million people watched the special.
Alongside this, the show helped to launch the careers of many of its stars including Nicolas Lyndhurst and , who was known for a slew of his previous roles. But for one star of the show, the life of fame and fortune was not something he cared for. Daniel Peacock has now spoken out about his time on the show and how he decided to leave the spotlight to find something more fulfilling.
Peacock starred as loveable Mental Mickey during one iconic episode of Only Fools back in 1985. As well as this, Daniel had other acting credits in other successful shows including Birds of a Feather, One Foot in the Grave and the original run of Doctor Who. But before he made it big on the screen, the actor got a taste for helping those in need when he worked in the lifestyles team at a local care home.
After that, TV fame took over, but after a small stint on the silver screen, Daniel decided to go for the quieter life and decided to leave the TV world behind him for good. Things also were not helped when father Trevor - best known for playing Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley - was diagnosed with dementia, leading Daniel to take on ca.