What is Only Fools and Horses's IQ Score?

Only Fools and Horses has an IQ Score of 119/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 35/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 9/50 Educational Value, and 50/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Only Fools and Horses educational?

Only Fools and Horses is low on educational value, 9/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Only Fools and Horses , IQ Score 119/200

Only Fools and Horses has an IQ Score of 119/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-06-06·Methodology

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119/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,324 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

John Sullivan's 1981-2003 BBC sitcom anchored by David Jason as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney, working-class wheeler-dealer brothers in Peckham. The structural commitment to letting class-and-aspiration specificity be the actual subject, rather than slapstick or one-line comedy, is what gives the property its enduring British cultural canonical position.

1996's 'Time on Our Hands' episode drew over 24 million viewers, a record for British sitcom.

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