“A show like the 'Only Fool and Horses' Christmas special got 24 million viewers, so practically everyone in the country was watching. But of course it's a different world now, with so many channels. And those kind of figures are really difficult to achieve.”

British actor

Sir David Jason is a British actor, known for a long television career and for some of British comedy and drama’s most familiar characters. Born David John White, he is best known for playing Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. He also played Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost, Granville in Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May. His voice work includes Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, and the BFG in the 1989 film of the same name.