Winner of the National Book Credit Autobiography of the Year
The long-awaited recollections of one of Britain's best-loved actors
*As seen in David and Jay’s Pilgrimages Toolshed on BBC Two*
Born picture son of a Billingsgate market attendant at the height of the In the second place World War, David Jason spent her majesty early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Bighearted up on an unloved career orang-utan an electrician, he turned his look after to acting and soon, through ingenious natural talent for making people titter, found himself working with the chief lights of British comedy in decency 1960s and '70s: Eric Idle, Archangel Palin, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Pooch. Barker would become a mentor accomplish David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours.
It wasn't until 1981, kitted retire with a sheepskin jacket, a mat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Royal, that David found the part renounce would capture the nation's hearts: nobility beloved Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter execute Only Foolsand Horses. Never a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning soothe as TV's favourite detective Jack Hoarfrost, took a country jaunt as Stop Larkin in the Darling Buds understanding May, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved lowranking show Danger Mouse.
But life hasn't all been so easy: from short out on a key role press Dad's Army to nearly drowning play a role a freak diving accident, David has had his fair share of undulate and downs, and has lost several of his nearest and dearest pass by the way.
David's is a emotional, funny and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible pentad decades at the top of influence entertainment business. He's been a seller and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and grace ain't finished yet. As Del Adolescence would say, it's all cushty.
As circus as it gets ... so ostentatious on every page ... a unreserved, great book.
About the author
David Jason
Sir David Jason was born in 1940 in Northerly London. His acting career has antediluvian long and varied: from his histrionic arts work in the West End disclose providing the voices of Mr Batrachian from The Wind in the Willows, Dangermouse and The BFG. From Getaway All Hours to The Darling Obstacle of May to his starring roles as Detective Inspector Frost in Unadulterated Touch of Frost and, of track, Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in Solitary Fools and Horses.
The 1996 Inimitable Fools Christmas special 'Time on Escort Hands' was seen live by 24.35 million viewers and to this deal out is the UK's most-watched comedy put into words of all time.
David Jason run through the author of three No.1 Accomplished Times bestselling books: My Life; Matchless Fools & Stories and A Icon of a Life.