“While scuba diving off the British Virgin Islands about 25 years ago, our boat's anchor got stuck. I dived down to release it, but I got separated from the boat and was stranded as it sped away. I had to swim for an hour to the nearest island with all my scuba kit on before I was rescued.”

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.