Only Fools and Horses star David Jason shares health update amid event delay
Only Fools and Horses star Sir David Jason has shared a health update following the delaying of a convention for the show.
The actor, who played Del Boy on the iconic sitcom, was scheduled to attend a convention alongside several co-stars in October, but the event has been pushed back by three months after Jason required surgery on his hip.
“I am so very sorry for the disappointment and all the inconvenience it may cause but we are having to change the date of the forthcoming Only Fools and Horses Convention,” wrote Jason on Facebook (via The Independent).
“Unfortunately I have just been advised I need a new bionic body part fitted. I won’t tell you which part it is, or you will all want one! And don’t worry it’s not being supplied by Monkey Harris, it’ll be the pukka gear,” he added, referencing the renowned seller of dodgy goods from the series.
“I really hope everyone will be able to make the new date (January 13th and 14th )and we can all have something cushty to look forward to! It is such a privilege to meet so many of you, but I want to do it with the smile on my face I always have had,” he concluded.
Jason played Del Boy in all 64 episodes of Only Fools and Horses, which ran from 1981 until the final Christmas special in 2003. A stage musical was subsequently developed in 2019, and lead star Paul Whitehouse teased the prospect of the series being rebooted.
“We'd love to do a TV version of the stage show and we think it would work well,” he said. “While we can't compete with the original show, you do get the whole story of Only Fools and Horses. It would be lovely to see our version adapted for television.”
Only Fools and Horses airs on GOLD.
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