This Time Next Year

‘Sir David Jason is one of the UK’s best loved actors … the theme that (he) keeps coming back to in the book is that (he) feels immensely lucky in life … that sense of positivity sounds very like a certain Derek Trotter’ * BBC Breakfast *‘David I love your books! This has the perfect title… an absolute hoot’ * Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 *‘[Sir David Jason’s] journey has been just as chaotic as a drive in Del Boy’s three-wheeler. And his latest memoir This Time Next Year tells us all about it … still lovely jubbly’ * This Morning *

Sir David Jason was born in 1940 in North London. His acting career has been long and varied—from his theatre work in the West End to providing 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. The 1996 Only Fools Christmas special ‘Time on Our Hands’ was seen live by 24.35 million viewers and to this day is the UK’s most-watched comedy show of all time. David Jason is the author of three No.1 Sunday Times bestselling books—My Life; Only Fools & Stories and A Del of a Life.