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David Jason

January 2024

  • Austin Butler dressed as a second world war pilot standing beside a bomber aircraft.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Masters of the Air; Miners’ Strike 1984; Expats; David & Jay’s Touring Toolshed – review

    Heroic pilots hit and miss in Spielberg and Hanks’s costly saga; a no-frills history of the miners’ strike grips; Nicole Kidman stars in a languid Hong Kong thriller; and flat caps off to Jay Blades and David Jason

November 2023

  • A scene from Rice by Cloud Gate Theatre Of Taiwan @ Sadler's Wells, London. Directed by Lin Hwai-Min. (Opening 27-02-14) Tristram Kenton 02/14 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    The best theatre to stream this month
    The best theatre to stream this month: Cloud Gate, Best of Enemies and more

    The Taiwanese group’s compelling dance and William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal’s heated debates are among November’s offerings – plus an interactive theatrical quest

March 2023

  • David Jason.

    David Jason ‘delighted’ to discover 52-year-old daughter he never knew

    Abi Harris was reportedly born in 1970 after her mother, actor Jennifer Hill, had a brief relationship with Jason

October 2022

  • ‘I know nothing’ … Fawlty Towers.

    100 years of the BBC: decade by decade
    Mastermind’s Gestapo origins, immortal sitcoms and the birth of reality TV: 100 years of the BBC, part six

    From ‘Basil!’ to ‘lovely jubbly’, welcome to the age of the classic sitcom – and the dawn of a new genre where nothing was off the table apart from ‘making love and going to the lavatory’

May 2021

  • David Jason

    The Q&A
    David Jason: ‘Biggest disappointment? Not landing the role of Lance-Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army’

    The actor on disappearing hair, Tom Cruise and litter louts

April 2020

  • David Jason

    Only fools and naval forces: why David Jason's Ghostboat is best forgotten

    The ITV drama about a haunted submarine is available to rediscover on BritBox – but perhaps it was better off at the bottom of the ocean

January 2020

  • Bigger than Corrie … Danger Mouse (voiced by David Jason) and Penfold.

    How we made
    How we made Danger Mouse – by David Jason and Brian Cosgrove

    ‘For the US, we had to change Stiletto the crow’s comical Italian accent – because the mafia wouldn’t have liked it’

October 2019

  • David Jason as Granville in Still Open Al Hours

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: David Jason in a warm-hearted comedy reboot

    The veteran actor’s comic timing is a highlight of Still Open All Hours. Plus: Victoria Coren Mitchell in the HIGNFY hotseat and The Name of the Rose continues

September 2014

  • Danger Mouse is to return to the BBC next year more than two decades since the series ended

    BBC’s Danger Mouse revival: Alexander Armstrong to replace David Jason

    Kevin Eldon to take role voiced by Terry Scott as secret agent’s sidekick Penfold when 1980s favourite returns next year. By John Plunkett

June 2014

  • ONLY FOOLS and HORSES

    Media Monkey
    David Jason flying high but believes Del Boy won’t ride again

    Media Monkey: The Only Fools and Horses star doesn’t think there’s much chance of a return for his most famous character

December 2013

  • David Jason

    My family values
    David Jason: My family values

    The actor talks about his stillborn twin brother, life in London during the Blitz and how his elder brother, Arthur, got him his first break. Interview by Angela Wintle

October 2012

  • Comic book … actor and comedian John Cleese.

    John Cleese and David Jason reap Fifty Shades bonanza

    EL James's publisher splashes out on memoirs from the former Python and the Only Fools star, while Poirot actor David Suchet signs with Headline

December 2010

  • Come Rain Come Shine - starred David Jason and Alison Steadman

    David Jason drama shines for ITV1

    Come Rain Come Shine, also starring Alison Steadman, attracts 5.5 million viewers, while BBC2's Miranda draws 4.3 million. By John Plunkett

April 2010

  • A Touch Of Frost

    TV ratings: David Jason's final Frost draws more than 8m

    Long-running ITV drama bows out as Steven Spielberg's The Pacific launches with 631,000 viewers on Sky Movies Premiere. By John Plunkett

March 2010

  • David Jason as Delboy Trotter

    Media Monkey
    Et tu, David Jason?

    Monkey: The former Del Boy lays into the BBC over 'empire-building'

March 2009

  • David Jason apologises over 'Pakistani' joke on radio show

    Only Fools and Horses star made the joke on Christian O'Connell's Absolute Radio show. By John Plunkett

September 2008

  • David Jason as Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses

    David Jason flogs M&S grub

    David Jason is to be one of the faces of Marks & Spencer's new TV ad, replacing its long-running 'This is not just food' campaign. By John Plunkett

August 2008

  • Gareth McLean on TV
    David Jason as Falstaff, anyone?

    What TV actors would it be intriguing to see offer up their interpretations of classic roles?

April 2007

  • TV and radio blog
    Call me crazy ...

    Jim Shelley

    ... but is Britain's most popular actor, David Jason, really an unbearable irritant? By Jim Shelley.

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