From a trainee electrician to one of Britain's most revered and loved actors, Jason shares heartfelt and. It might not compete with the absolute best, but it's a heartwarming and captivating journey nonetheless.

Sir David comes across as extremely likeable, humble, a hard worker, a trier and someone who always gives it his best shot. And I've worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune. 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. Through the pages of 'A Del of a Life,' David Jason brings back the halcyon days of 'Only Fools and Horses.

There are no small parts, only small actors," said Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski, a seminal Soviet and Russian theatre practitioner in the 19th century, whose words Sir David seems to have lived his life by. That's why, when reading a book by someone who, along with the cast and crew that created Only Fools and Horses, has given you and different generations of your family so much pleasure, over so many years, that you are worried the book - perhaps even the author - may not live up to your expectations in the written word. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

And I’ve worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune. With any luck, some of these thoughts and observations will chime with episodes and challenges you have faced, or are facing, in your own life. It's an engaging narrative filled with unique anecdotes and insights that deepen our appreciation of his life and career. Such is the magic that the entire team of Only Fools and Horses created, that you can watch the same episodes over and over and they never seem to get old, the jokes no less funny than they were the very first time you heard and watched them being performed.Even during the festive season, three generations of my family would sit around the TV set to watch and enjoy Only Fools and Horses' Christmas Special. And if they don’t… well, hopefully, at the very least you’ll get to have a good old laugh at my expense. Only Fools and Horses is something I have turned to so many times when I needed a pick me up, a laugh, something to give you the kick up the backside to get on with it and give it a shot. 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.