Only Fools and Stories
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  • Published: 30 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781784758790
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $28.00
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Only Fools and Stories

From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost

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5 Oct 2017
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5 Oct 2017
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15 Oct 2017
Paperback
30 Jul 2018
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The follow-up autobiography to one of Britain’s best loved actors and national treasures

*** The Hilarious Number One Sunday Times Bestseller! ***

The follow-up autobiography to one of Britain’s best loved actors and national treasures

*As seen in David and Jay’s Touring Toolshed on BBC Two*

In his first book David Jason told us about himself from his early years training as an electrician through to making it as one of Britain's greatest actors.

This autumn, in a follow up autobiography, he tells us about the many other lives he has lived – his characters. From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost, he takes us behind the scenes and under the skins of some of the best loved acts of his career.

And in the process he reflects on how those characters changed his life too. The result told with his characteristic charm and wit is both funny and poignant, honest and heart warming.
  • Published: 30 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781784758790
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $28.00
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About the author

David Jason

Sir David Jason was born in 1945 in North London. His acting career spans decades with him being the voices of Mr Toad from The Wind in the Willows, Dangermouse and The BFG. 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, he is a true national treasure.

He lives with his wife Gill, and their daughter Sophie Mae, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

portrait photo of David Jason

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Praise for Only Fools and Stories

A terrific storyteller … An essential purchase.

On: Yorkshire Magazine

A genuinely funny man - 5 Stars

Sunday Sport

Told with candour and wit, a fascinating insight into some of television’s most memorable creations.

Choice

A memoir that's as entertaining and warm as Only Fools and Horses

Daily Mail

Jason tells his tales entertainingly and is particularly interesting on the technicalities of comic acting

S Magazine

What I love most about [the book] is that, when I read it, I hear your voice speaking every word … that’s what make it, for me, really, really special. Darling Buds of May was a favourite in my household. There are so many wonderful memories and that’s what the book is all about

Christine Lampard

What a great read and who would not want this as a Christmas present? I urge you to buy it early before they run out. Several copies

Chris Moyles

Heart-warming and witty read

Belfast Telegraph

Brims with warmth

Best Magazine

Hugely entertaining. I ripped through it in about three days and I’m sure you’ll do the same

Phil Williams, BBC Radio 5 Live

Deserves a huge round of applause

Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2

A poignant, honest and heartwarming story

People's Friend

A funny, warm-hearted, poignant read

My Weekly

Fascinating and engrossing

Daily Mail

Perfect gift

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