David Jason: My Life

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Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs & bullies both with impish good timing Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician he turned his attention to acting & soon through a natural talent for making people laugh found himself working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s & &70s Eric Idle Michael Palin Bob Monkhouse & Ronnie Barker Barker would become a mentor to David leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge & Open All Hours It wasn’t until 1981 kitted out with a sheepskin jacket a flat cap & a clapped-out Reliant Regal that David found the part that would capture the nation’s hearts the beloved Derek ‘ Del Boy’ Trotter in Only Fools & Horses Never a one-trick pony he had an award-winning spell as TV’s favourite detective Jack Frost took a country jaunt as Pop Larkin in the Darling Buds of May & even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children’s show Danger Mouse But life hasn&t all been so easy from missing out on a key role in Dad’s Army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident David has had his fair share of ups & downs & has lost some of his nearest & dearest along the way David’s is a touching funny & warm-hearted story which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment business He&s been a shopkeeper & a detective inspector a crime-fighter & a market trader & he ain&t finished yet As Del Boy would say it&s all cushty