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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. For an actor who has been constantly working and created so many memorial characters this third volume of his memoirs shows a frustration of his industry grinding to a half. David Jason says “ In my first two books, I enjoyed sharing my life with the great British public, and I was overwhelmed by their support and kindness. In my new book, A Del of a Life, I am delighted to share with readers some of the hard-won lessons I’ve learned along the way – how to dream big, how to work hard, and how not to fall through the gap in the pub bar… He spent much of his early acting life in local rep and pantomime, he missed out on parts in Dad’s Army and Monty Python before his breakthrough when he got the part of Granville in Open All Hours although this didn’t take off straightaway. He is of course, best known as Derek (Del Boy) Trotter in Only Fools and Horses which again took until the third series to take off and he expresses his admiration for his co-stars and the wonderful writer John Sullivan who all played their part in making it such a success.
Told with his characteristic warmth and wit, Jason shines a wonderful new light on the characters and shows that fans have come to love him for, from Del Boy to Granville, Larkin to Frost. There are British telly icons and then there is Sir David Jason. This book is such gold . . . an absolute delight' ZOE BALL The book offers fresh perspectives on Jason's journey, carefully avoiding repetition from his previous works. It's an engaging narrative filled with unique anecdotes and insights that deepen our appreciation of his life and career. David Jason is a workaholic, he reminds us a number of times that he is the fourth hardest working actor in the country. At 80 years old he is still not looking to retire any time soon.I grew up on programmes such as Open All Hours and Only Fools and Horses. Whilst I never really watched some of the other famous programmes that the actor has been in, he has always been a firm favourite from my childhood home to now well into my adult life. My husband is also a huge fan and we have the Only Fools and Horses box sets and watch them as well as the re runs on the telly. From 1st July 2021, VAT will be applicable to those EU countries where VAT is applied to books - this additional charge will be collected by Fed Ex (or the Royal Mail) at the time of delivery. Shipments to the USA & Canada:
An absolute delight ... a romp with so much detail. Offers wisdom in difficult times ... like being invited into his living room' BBC BREAKFAST There are British telly icons and then there is [...] Sir David Jason. This book is such gold ... an absolute delight' ZOE BALL The former trainee electrician shares heartfelt and hilarious wisdom[...] With his characteristic warmth and wit, Jason shines a wonderful new light on the charactersand shows that fans have come to love him for CandisThe book is such gold [...] David writes with this wonderful sense of humour and has so many incredible stories [...] The book is an absolute delight Zoe Ball
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