This Time Next Year

A Life Of Positive Thinking

David Jason

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Century
05 November 2024

Individual actors & performers; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs

The inspiring and entertaining memoir from national treasure and star of Only Fools and Horses, Sir David Jason

Sir David Jason's career, from the outside, might seem like one glorious procession to national treasure status. But the truth is that he's had more knockbacks, more ups and downs, and more roundabout routes along his bumpy journey in life than one of Del Boy's get-rich schemes.

David's north star for navigating life's challenges has always been his positive outlook and his resilience. 'This time next year, we'll be millionaires' was what Derek Trotter once said. This certainly wasn't always the case for David, growing up in a working class family in London in the rubble of the Blitz. Before he was making us laugh on TV he was a jobbing electrician. But with every challenge he has faced in life, he's always looked forward, and has never give in.

In this latest volume of memoirs, told in his characteristically warm and funny style, David reveals the hard-won wisdom of a life lived doggedly getting through one day, looking to the next, and always chasing what's new on the horizon. It will touch, entertain and inspire readers, and might even teach them a thing or two about living a good life.

By: David Jason
Imprint: Century
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 413g
ISBN: 9781529944204
ISBN 10: 1529944201
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for This Time Next Year: A Life Of Positive Thinking

'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 *