A Del of a Life: The hilarious #1 bestseller from the national treasure

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An absolute delight . . . a romp with so much detail. Offers wisdom in difficult times . . . like being invited into his living room' BBC BREAKFAST A Del of a Life' is a delightful autobiographical recounting from the esteemed actor David Jason, a man who has held a special place in my heart ever since a chance meeting during my school years. Hilarious and heartfelt new autobiography from the national treasure Sir David Jason Eastern Daily Press

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. This book is a funny and warm walkthrough of Jason’s life and career and what really resonates with me is his positivity. As someone who is more pessimist than optimist, I found his resilience and humour infectious. He rolls with the punches, rides the twists and turns and is grateful for both the losses and gains in life. Throughout the book Jason refers to various lessons, but I think this lesson is the biggest overall.Jason, whose previous books include A Del of a Life (Century) and My Life (Arrow), said: “Writing my books and sharing my life with the great British public has been an enormous privilege, and I have been overwhelmed by readers’ support and kindness. 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… Fortunately, 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. I actually remember seeing Jason's fun video for the NHS citing Triggers Broom as a good example for knowing how far to socially distance.

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.Jason's writing style is accessible and engaging, making the book a joy to read. However, while the book is immensely enjoyable, it misses the mark of the absolute 'FANTASTIC' books that hold a rare 5-star rating in my collection. Think of my new memoir as a Christmas special in book form, but in ’Only Fools’ mode, in the sense that the stories are always heading outwards, ranging far and wide and well beyond the traditional festive gags involving giblets left in turkeys. Above all, I hope we’ll have some laughs together in this post-pandemic world.” It's beautifully written ... so conversational and chatty ... it's so lovely and warm' CHRIS MOYLES The 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

There are British telly icons and then there is [...] Sir David Jason. This book is such gold ... an absolute delight' ZOE BALL Each chapter is an insight into what his life was like as an actor and trying to catch a break. There are disappointments along the way as well as some well deserved highs. We get little snippets of behind the scenes and the writers and actors that David has met and worked with along the way. 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. 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 Candis 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.

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Well, what can I tell you? An hour of tai chi first thing in the morning, an HIIT work-out with my personal trainer, a bowl of steamed kale and a handful of almonds for lunch, and then two hours of yoga in the afternoon followed by an ice bath - this is a routine which I'm sure would work miracles for anyone of any age, although I can't be entirely sure because I haven't myself adopted any aspect of it at any point. Your book is lovely, it's beautifully written [...] your style of writing is so conversational and chatty [...] it's so lovely and warm Chris Moyles If you're coming to Coles by car, why not take advantage of the 2 hours free parking at Sainsbury's Pioneer Square - just follow the signs for Pioneer Square as you drive into Bicester and park in the multi-storey car park above the supermarket. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. You don't need to shop in Sainsbury's to get the free parking! Where to Find Us In this humble yet entertaining memoir , David Jason recounts the highs and lows of his life and career. It was interesting to learn about his humble beginnings, hailing from a family who like many others in post-war Britain were accustomed to a life of frugal simplicity. Jason recounts his earlier career as an electrian, which he relied on to sustain himself between early acting jobs. He fondly recounts having a great time driving to customer’s houses with his work colleague and friend - for many it will be easy to see the parallels between this real life experience and his role as Del Boy in which driving a three wheel van with his brother, is pretty much the defining image of the entire series. In celebration of Sir David Jason’s 80th year, A Del of a Life: Lessons I’ve Learnedrelives Jason’s extraordinary life and career from over 50 years in entertainment.Like his friend and mentor Ronnie Barker, Jason is most comfortable when he's hiding behind a character. He's quite open about that, he's not comfortable being himself in public and perhaps there may be some of that hiding behind a character in the book. Is this the real David Jason? Maybe to a degree, maybe it's the version of him he wants us to know. As David Jason recalls, in a memoir as joyous as any episode, you'd have to be a plonker not to realise Only Fools was TV gold Daily Mail 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. An absolute delight ... a romp with so much detail. Offers wisdom in difficult times ... like being invited into his living room' BBC BREAKFAST It's beautifully written . . . so conversational and chatty . . . it's so lovely and warm' CHRIS MOYLES