David Jason

Sir David Jason: "I suppose I'm a workaholic"

Sir David Jason looks back at his success--and explains why, when it comes to his career, he's still open all hours.

Writer Roy Clarke sustains his blend of gentleness and pathos as David Jason stars in a fourth series of the revived comedy. Granville has learned to charm the ferocious Arkwright cash register, but is in other respects turning into his late uncle - at times bordering on impersonating him - while his passions for Mavis are thwarted by Mr Newbold and Mrs Featherstone. There are larks as Eric and Cyril venture out on their tandem.

David Jason: Mrs Brown's Boys is too rude for families

The Only Fools and Horses star says he thinks the show, starring Brendan O'Carroll, is "very funny" but believes the "language is a bit strong".

This Christmas special bubble of nostalgia - charmingly outdated even when Ronnie Barker was the stuttering shopkeeper and Granville was a tousled lad in a tank-top - isn't so much a sitcom as half an hour of small talk.

The assorted widows and divorcees of the street met, as they always do, around a kitchen table, to exchange gossip about any available middle-aged men.

Granville's son Leroy (James Baxter) was on the pull as ever, this time chatting up a local vegan lass waving a 'meat is murder' placard outside the shop.

One day it'll be Leroy in the brown apron, battling the dyspeptic cash register and diddling customers out of pennies. But in the outside world, the ants will have control.

David Jason claims he was mastermind behind bar scene

Fans of the popular comedy will never forget the iconic moment Del Boy - played by the 77-year-old star - fell through the bar while trying to "play it cool" in front of two stunning ladies in a swanky drinking hole and the legendary actor has admitted it was actually his idea to have the two girls in the shot because it would distract the audience and make the fall even more unexpected, dramatic and comical.

Speaking on This Morning on Thursday (07.12.17), David said: "We did it just once. We did it twice but we only used it once but the one that we used is the one that you see."

The John Sullivan sitcom that was ended before it began

Following the end of his first big hit in the 1970s, Citizen Smith, Sullivan was scouting around for another project, and settled on a comedy about a failing football manager, known as Over The Moon. Brian Wilde was cast in the lead role, whilst director Ray Butt was also on board. The BBC was happy, and gave a six series first run the nod, after a successful pilot was made. Barely weeks later, though, the BBC promptly changed its mind.

Book review: Only Fools and Stories by David Jason

Although less of a full blown biography than 2013's book, My Life, this should be enjoyed by all Jason fans featuring countless anecdotes about Jason's experiences on the show.

Sir David Jason is considering retiring

Sir David Jason, 77, has admitted he "sometimes" feels like retiring as he finds the long days on set tiring.

David Jason on why he's not retiring just yet

One of television's best-loved actors, 77, tells the truth about those 'threat' rumours and the night the Prime Minister's armed police stormed into his kitchen.