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At Least We're Not Throwing Bombs at Each Other': Actor David Jason on Germany's 'Fourth Reich' ". 18 December 2011. Deacon, Michael (11 October 2008). "David Jason: Interview". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 23 December 2011. Alleyne, Richard (27 February 2001). "David Jason's new role as father at 61". The Telegraph. London, UK. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 19 November 2009. Jardine, Cassandra (4 August 2004). "The return of the secondary modern". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Sir David Jason and Jay Blades MBE's Touring Toolshed commissioned for BBC Two and iPlayer". bbc.com/mediacentre . Retrieved 23 June 2023.

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David Jason shares his Only Fools and Horses secrets". The Daily Telegraph. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013 . Retrieved 25 October 2013. Wilmut, Roger (1980). From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980. Eyre Methuen. p.181. Jason lived with his long-term girlfriend, Welsh actress Myfanwy Talog, for 18 years and nursed her through breast cancer until she died in 1995. [20]Morgan, Sion (13 October 2013). "Sir David Jason opens up on tragic romance with Welsh actress". WalesOnline. Jason started his television career in 1964 playing the part of Bert Bradshaw in Crossroads. In 1967, he played spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic, among other roles, in the children's comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set ( Rediffusion London/ ITV) with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Denise Coffey, and Michael Palin. Humphrey Barclay, who recruited Jason to appear in Do Not Adjust Your Set (partly to counter the more highbrow style of Idle, Jones, and Palin), [9] admired his sense of timing. The programme ended in 1969, and the character then appeared for a time in the Thames Television children's programme Magpie. Jason appeared in the BBC comedy series Hugh and I in 1967, which starred Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott as two friends who lived together in South London. He appeared in the Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode " That's How Murder Snowballs" (1969) as Abel, a framed performer in a major London theatre.

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Lewis, Isobel (28 March 2023). "Surprise is an understatement': David Jason discovers 52-year-old daughter he didn't know existed". Independent . Retrieved 28 March 2023.Del Boy Falls Through the Bar | Only Fools and Horses | BBC Comedy Greats". Archived from the original on 11 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com. In September 2006, Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. [5] He was knighted in 2005 for services to acting and comedy. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four British Comedy Awards (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and seven National Television Awards (1996 twice, 1997, 2001 twice, 2002 and 2011). In October 2013, he released his autobiography called David Jason: My Life. [28] It was shortlisted for the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards "Best Book of the Year". [29] A second volume, Only Fools and Stories: From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost was published in October 2017. Penguin Books announced A Del Of A Life, which is Jason's third autobiography and was published in October 2020. [30]

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Strictly Come Dancing 2021: Sir David Jason and Huw Edwards make surprise appearance during Christmas special". Metro. 25 December 2021 . Retrieved 20 January 2022.Media, P. A. (27 March 2023). "David Jason 'delighted' to discover 52-year-old daughter he never knew". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 March 2023. In the 1970s, he also acted in radio comedies, including the weekly topical satire Week Ending (in which he regularly played such figures as then UK Foreign Secretary Dr David Owen) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (as the "B Ark Captain" in the sixth episode). Jason also appeared in The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately and made appearances on panel games such as The Impressionists as well as his own series, The Jason Explanation. In the early 1970s, he appeared in Mostly Monkhouse. Jason lived at Lodge Lane, North Finchley, and attended Northfield Secondary Modern school after failing the 11-plus in 1951. [7] Upon leaving school, Jason wanted to be an actor, influenced by his brother, but their father advised that he first learn a trade. He trained as an electrician for six years, before retiring and becoming a struggling actor. In 2022, Jason discovered that he had a daughter, Abi Harris, of whom he had been previously unaware, who was born in 1970 following a brief relationship with actress Jennifer Hill. [22] [23] Hildred, Stafford; Ewbank, Tim (2012). Sir David Jason – A Life of Laughter. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781782190721.

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David Jason". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2021. During my life and career I have been given all sorts of advice and learned huge amounts from some great and enormously talented people. I've been blessed to play characters such as Derek Trotter, Granville, Pop Larkin and Frost, who have changed my life in all sorts of ways, and taught me lessons that go far beyond the television set. And I've worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune.David Jason on TV-am in 1984". Archived from the original on 26 January 2023 – via www.youtube.com. There are British telly icons and then there is Sir David Jason. This book is such gold . . . an absolute delight' ZOE BALL episodes; A revival of the original series, featuring original cast members Lynda Baron and Maggie Ollerenshaw. In December 2021, Jason made a surprise cameo appearance on the Christmas Special of Strictly Come Dancing in the role of Del Boy to pass on a special message to The Repair Shop's Jay Blades, who was performing to the Only Fools and Horses theme tune. [16] Honours [ edit ]

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