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David Jason OBE

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor David Jason OBE.

The castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is one of Britain's best-loved actors, David Jason. He will be talking to Sue Lawley about the rocky route from his first job as an electrician, through Bromley Rep, summer seasons and pantos, to the moment he was spotted for a television show called Do Not Adjust Your Set. Some success followed this, but it was when the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ offered him the part of Delboy in Only Fools and Horses, to be followed 10 years later by the avuncular Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, that the nation took him to their hearts. He went on to win a BAFTA for his role in Porterhouse Blue, and, more recently, acclaim for his portrait of Inspector Frost.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Help! by The Beatles
Book: The Complete Boatbuilder's Book
Luxury: A complete carpenter's toolbox

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Dec 1994 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Phil Harris

    The Darktown Poker Club

    • Phil Harris.
    • Music For Pleasure France.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔward Bound

    • The Simon And Garfunkel Collection.
    • CBS.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • The Beatles

      Help!

      • Help!.
      • Parlophone.

  • The Goons

    The International Christmas Pudding

    • Goon Show Classics Vol 3.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Records.

  • Simply Red

    Holding Back The Years

    • Picture Book.
    • Elektra.

  • Rita Moreno & George Chakiris

    America

    • West Side Story Original Soundtrack.
    • CBS.

  • Dean Jones & Susan Browning

    Company Barcelona

    • Company - Original Cast Recording.
    • Columbia.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mars (The Bringer of War) From The Planets – Suite, op.32

    Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bernard Haitink

    • Holst - The Planets.
    • Philips.

  • Book Choice

    • The Complete Boatbuilder's Book

  • Luxury Choice

    • A complete carpenter's toolbox

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest David Jason

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Day 1994 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 30 Dec 1994 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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