David Jason

Christmas TV schedule 2014: the best comedy to watch

There are countless seasonal episodes of sitcoms, including Cuckoo (BBC3), Man Down (Channel 4), House of Fools (BBC2), Stella (Sky1) Mrs Brown's Boys and Not Going Out (both BBC1), while Still Open All Hours returns for fans of David Jason and Roy Clarke's nostalgic paean to old-fashioned general stores. Otherwise...

John Cleese voted 'most influential UK comic'

Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese has been named the most influential British comedy star of all time. David Jason came second and Rowan Atkinson third.

Pics: David Jason and Tim Healy film wedding scenes

David Jason and his Still Open All Hours castmates have been spotted filming wedding scenes in Doncaster ahead of the sitcom's revival.

Pics: David Jason & Johnny Vegas filming Open All Hours

Sir David Jason and Johnny Vegas larked around on set as they began filming a new series of Still Open All Hours, the sequel to the much-loved BBC sitcom Open All Hours.

Stephen Fry is bookies favourite for Danger Mouse role

Stephen Fry is bookies favourite to replace David Jason in the new Danger Mouse animated series.

David Jason on the lookout for another leading role

Sir David Jason insists he has no plans to retire after 50 years in showbusiness.

David Jason: 'Only Fools And Horses won't return'

Sir David Jason has suggested that Only Fools and Horses will not return.

The first of three programmes looking at the enduring affection for Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais's classic prison sitcom Porridge. Eric Idle, Keith Allen, David Walliams, Ronnie Corbett and Ian McShane join together in celebration of Ronnie Barker's iconic lag Norman Stanley Fletcher beneath a voiceover from former co-star David Jason. La Frenais and Clement dissect their own rather sterling work while original locations are visited, as is the little-known story of how the show very nearly never reached the screen.