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David Jason - My Life by David Jason is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.

What is David Jason - My Life about?

Winner of the National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors *As seen in David and Jay's Touring Toolshed on BBC Two* Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s and '70s: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Barker. Barker would become a mentor to David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours. It wasn't until 1981, kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, that David found the part that would capture the nation's hearts: the beloved Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in Only Fools and Horses . Never a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as TV's favourite detective Jack Frost, took a country jaunt as Pop Larkin in the Darling Buds of May , and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rode

Who reads David Jason - My Life?

Author

David Jason

Publisher

Penguin Random House; Random House UK

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781780891408

Category

performing arts

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.24 / 5 (442 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14