A Cleckheaton firm is the mastermind behind the demolition of flats which were neighbours to TV's Del Boy and Rodney.

Barrie House, a 21-storey block on the South Acton estate, London, is less than 200 yards from the flat used to film one of the BBC's most popular sitcoms Only Fools and Horses.

Cleckheaton-based Controlled Demolition Group began its £500,000 project at the end of July when a 24-man team began stripping the condemned block of its exterior concrete.

After this the firm's explosive experts moved in to place 25kg of explosives and 1,500 detonating charges.

A 150-metre exclusion zone was in force for the day of the "blow down" yesterday. Residents from 274 nearby homes were evacuated.

Two of the stars of the TV show, Paul Barber (Denzil) and Sue Holderness (Marlene) pressed the button to trigger the tower's collapse.