{"id":44746,"date":"2024-01-29T22:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1981834"},"modified":"2024-01-30T01:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:37:22","slug":"david-jason-on-only-fools-revival-i-dont-see-it-working","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/david-jason-on-only-fools-revival-i-dont-see-it-working\/","title":{"rendered":"David Jason on Only Fools revival: \u201cI don\u2019t see it working\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason spoke with Radio Times magazine about his new show with Jay Blades, David and Jay’s Touring Toolshed. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 29 January 2024 at 21:00 PM<\/p>

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Sir David Jason has responded to the idea of reviving beloved sitcom Only Fools and Horses, saying that, sadly, it \u201cjust wouldn\u2019t work\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jason was speaking in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong> alongside Jay Blades, with the pair discussing their new crafting show David and Jay\u2019s Touring Toolshed<\/a>, when the prospect of an Only Fools and Horses revival was raised.<\/p>\n

Blades said of the idea: \u201cOh, I\u2019d love that. I want to be in it. I could be a long-lost nephew.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason responded: \u201cYou\u2019d be long, long, long<\/em> lost if you appeared in it. I\u2019ve had offers over the years, but without John Sullivan [the sitcom\u2019s creator, who died in 2011] it just wouldn\u2019t work. He was a magician and could whip up humour out of virtually nothing \u2013 that was his genius. Without him, I don\u2019t see it working, sadly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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David Jason and Jay Blades in David and Jay\u2019s Touring Toolshed.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Hungry Jay Media\/Rosie Geiger<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Only Fools and Horses initially ran between 1981 and 1996, before returning for three specials between 2001 and 2003.<\/p>\n

Its success also led to two spin-offs, The Green Green Grass, which aired between 2005 and 2009, and Rock & Chips, a prequel which aired between 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n

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