David Jason: My Life

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Michael Fenton-Stevens makes a very professional job of the reading, putting a lot of humour into the anecdotes and doing a few voices sparingly, so that it doesn't distract from the text. You probably don't know what it feels like to be a child prodigy or a world class violinist, but you will after reading this luminous me. He has seeped into our consciousness through decades of portraying memorable characters and always comes across as an affable, charming man in interviews.

Smiley and his people are facing a remarkable challenge: a mole - a soviet double agent - who has burrowed his way in and up to the highest level of British Intelligence. Autobiographies can sometimes spend a long time talking about life 'pre-fame' without really giving any insight, but I felt this book grabbed my attention. David Jason rejected for lead role in Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em because BBC execs thought he lacked 'star quality' ".One of the best biographies out there from one of the most beloved characters on stage and on screen, and quite probably, same goes for his private life. From Open All Hours to The Darling Buds of May to his starring roles as Detective Inspector Frost in A Touch of Frost and, of course, Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. The programme ended in 1969, and the character then appeared for a time in the Thames Television children's programme Magpie. I thought the tone of the book showed David Jason as surprisingly honest and self-deprecating, especially in his assessment of his reluctance to commit in relationships and in the references to his physical stature. His acting career has been long and varied: from his theatre work in the West End to providing the voices of Mr Toad from The Wind in the Willows, Dangermouse and The BFG.

It is nice to get another view of some greats of the time – Sir David doesn’t hold back when telling you which celebrities were awful people! 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. He is assisted by his brother Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Grandad (played by Lennard Pearce) and, in later episodes, Uncle Albert (played by Buster Merryfield).This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Jason appeared on stage in the West End in the farce No Sex Please, We're British playing Brian Runnicles for 18 months in 1973.