David Jason: My Life (55 page)

Antrobus, John,
The Bedsitting Room
, 60

Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire, 329

Are You Being Served?
(TV series), 108, 153, 188

Ark (restaurant), Notting Hill, 181

Armitage, Peter, 248

Armstrong, Alun, 257–8

Around the Town
(school play), 34–5

Askey, Arthur, 109, 250

Associated Television (ATV), 123–4

Associated-Rediffusion (first ITV channel,
later
Rediffusion), launch of, 24

Athenaeum Ballroom, Muswell Hill, 80

ATV (Associated Television), 123–4

Australia, DJ on tour with Derek Nimmo’s company, 273–7

Ayckbourn, Alan,
The Norman Conquests
, 225

B. W. Installations & Co, 73–5, 81, 294

Bacon, Paul, 115–16, 118–20

BAFTA:
Only Fools and Horses
nominated for Best Comedy Series, 314; DJ wins Best Actor for
Porterhouse
Blue
(1987), 76, 330–1; DJ wins award for Best Comedy Performance (1990), 335

Bamford, Roger, 355–6

Barclay, Humphrey:
Do Not Adjust Your Set
, 154–9, 161–2, 165;
We Have Ways of Making You Laugh
, 167; takes DJ skiing, 181–2;
Week Ending
, 183–4;
Hark at Barker
, 185–7;
The Odd Job
, 230–1;
The Top Secret life of Edgar Briggs
, 234–5; Lucky Feller, 248; celebrates DJ’s knighthood, 379

Barker, Ronnie, 1, 154, 304; filming technique, 164;
Hark at Barker
(TV series), 185–8, 228–30;
The Two Ronnies
, 227–8;
The Odd Job
, 224, 230–4; ‘Six Dates With Barker,’ 230–3; leaves ITV for BBC, 233;
Prisoner and Escort
, 233–4;
Open All Hours
, 228, 234, 241–7, 287–8, 290–2;
Porridge
, 238–9;, 292–3; home in Oxfordshire, 244–7; attends DJ’s 50th birthday party, 335–6; writes poem to celebrate DJ’s knighthood, 380

Barlow, Frances, 117–18, 144

Barnet and Finchley Press
, 46

Barneycoat, Brian (schoolfriend), 32, 63

Baron, Lynda, 242, 287

Barrett, Tim, 216

Barrie, J. M.,
Peter Pan
, 134–40

Bates, H. E.,
The Darling Buds of May
, 338–9

Bates, Richard, 348–50

BBC, industrial action, 309

BBC pantomime (1965), 108–13, 190

BBC Television Centre, 168, 239, 243, 296, 304; tribute show to mark closing, 296

Beckinsale, Richard, 240–1

Bedsitting Room, The
(Milligan/Antrobus), 60

Bellingham, Lynda, 312

Bennett, Hywel, 210

Bethersden, Kent, 343

Beverley, Joy, 62

Beverley Sisters, 62

Bevil, Bob, 61, 66, 73–4, 79, 81–2, 98, 182, 189, 294

Bickers, Jimmy (childhood friend), 23

Billingham, County Durham, 254

Billingsgate Fish Market, 10

Biltmore Hotel, Florida, 347

Birmingham, England, 123

Bit of a Do, A
(TV series), 337–8

Black Watch
(cruise ship), 261

Blackwall Tunnel, London, 72

Blake, Josephine, 152

Blitz, London, 7–8, 11, 14–15, 20–1, 26–7

Bond, Sue, 220

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, 165–6

Border Film Productions, 214

Borrowers, The
(film), 314

Bournemouth, DJ does summer season with Dick Emery, 151–7

Bournemouth Pier Theatre, 151, 158

Bradbury, Malcolm,
Porterhouse Blue
, 326

Branagh, Kenneth, 330–1

Branson, Richard, 347–8

Brighton, Tony (schoolfriend), 31

British Airways, 271–2

Broadbent, Jim, 314

Bromley Press
, 92, 107

Bromley Repertory Theatre, 89–92, 106, 114–19, 130, 190

Brooke-Taylor, Tim, 158

Brothers, The
(TV series), 236

Browning, David, 153

Buckingham Palace, 379

Burley, Philip, 348–9

Burton, Richard, 220, 221, 224

Butt, Ray, 238, 295–7, 299, 304, 306, 307, 309, 315–18, 321–2, 326

Butterflies
(TV series), 298

Byrne, Liam, 370–1

Caine, Michael, 241

Caldicot, Richard, 206

Callender, Ann, 98, 99–100, 104, 108, 168–9, 172–3

Cambridge Circus
(revue), 158–9

Cambridge Footlights, 158, 160

Camden Town Theatre, 59

Campion, Gerry, 210

‘Captain Fantastic’, 163–5, 166, 175

Carmichael, Ian, 265

Carroll, Brenda, 206

Carry On Columbus
(film), 225

Cayman Islands, 2

Challis, John, 306, 326

Chapman, Graham, 158, 174, 224

Chapman, John:
Diplomatic Baggage
, 106–8;
Not Now Darling
, 273

Chapman, Paul, 338

Chappel, Rita, 44

Charles, Prince of Wales, 58

Chase Me, Comrade
(Cooney), 151, 153, 155

Chichester Festival Theatre, 184

Christie, Agatha,
Murder at the Vicarage
, 114–15

Christmas Carol, A
(film), 185

Citizen Smith
(TV series), 248, 295

Clarke, Jacqueline, 257

Clarke, Roy, 233, 237, 241, 287

Clary, Julian, 225

Cleese, John, 158, 174, 273, 296

Clement, Dick, 233, 239

Cobb & Co (restaurant chain), 212

Coffey, Denise, 159–60, 162, 164, 167–8, 173–5, 177–80

Cole, George, 321

Cole, Johnny, 56–7

Collins, Carol, 142–4, 209

Collins, Phil, 143

Connery, Sean, 87

Connor, Kenneth, 110

Cooney, Ray, 208;
Not Now Darling
, 273

Cooper, Tommy, 292

Cope, Kenneth, 170

Corbett, Ronnie, 207, 227, 241, 287, 296, 309, 325

Coronation Street
(TV series), 123

Cosgrove, Angela, 266–7, 269, 379

Cosgrove, Brian, 164, 260, 263, 264–8, 269, 370, 379

Cosgrove Hall Films, 264

Cotton, Bill, 169

Count Duckula
(TV series), 264

Coward, Noël:
Hay Fever
, 117;
South Sea Bubble
, 90–2, 106

Craig, Wendy, 298

Crawford, Michael, 197, 199

Crewe station, 144

Croft, David, 108, 113, 168–9, 172

Crossroads
(TV series), 122–31

Crowborough, East Sussex, 1, 268–9, 310–11

Cruise, Tom, 87, 125

Cunningham, Sylvia, 68–71, 144

Dad’s Army
(TV series), 108, 169, 175–6, 297

Dahl, Roald,
The Big Friendly Giant
, 264

Daily Mirror
, 236

Daily Telegraph, The
, 236

Danger Mouse
(TV series), 260, 263–4

Darby, Anton, 340, 342

Dark of the Moon
(Richardson/Berney), 44

Darling Buds of May, The
(TV series), 337, 338–46

Darling Mr London
(Marriott/Grant), 250–5

Davies, Windsor, 96

Davis, Geoffrey, 272

Dexter, Sally, 353

Dick Barton, Special Agent
(radio series), 58

Dick Emery Show, The
(TV series), 150–2, 190

Dickens, Charles,
David Copperfield
, 222

Diplomatic Baggage
(Chapman), 106–8, 113

Dixon, Reg, 257

Do Not Adjust Your Set
(TV series), 157, 162–8, 173–4, 177, 190

Doctor at Sea
(TV series), 260

Doctor in the House
(TV series), 190

Dodd, Joyce, 81

Dodd, Ken, 325

Doncaster, location shooting for
Open All Hours
, 242–3, 289

Doonican, Val, 259

Dorchester Hotel, London, 378

Dorman, Johnny (Johnny Dingle), 81, 98–9, 379

Douglas, Michael, 344–5

Dow, Tony, 304

Dr No
(film), 87

Dubai, DJ on tour with Derek Nimmo’s company, 272, 282–4

Duke of York’s Theatre, 60

Dulux sheepdog, 178–81, 190

Dunn, Clive, 175

Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire, 208–9, 322

Ealing, London, 239

East Finchley Drama Festival, 36, 39

Easter
(Strindberg), 44

Eden, Mark, 235

Edinburgh Festival, 159

Edmonds, Noel, 296

Egypt, DJ on tour with Derek Nimmo’s company, 283

Electricity Board, 53–4, 73

Elizabeth, Queen Mother, 325

Elizabeth II, Queen, 23–4, 108, 379

Emery, Dick, 150–5, 256, 260

Enfield Technical College, 54

English, Arthur, 109

Epitaph for George Dillon
(Osborne), 45

Equity (actors’ union), 84, 93; Australian Equity, 276

Equus
(Shaffer), 47

Eric Von Tuthri Players, 165

Escapade
(MacDougall), 46

Excelsior Productions, 348, 350–1

Fawlty Towers
(TV series), 273

Ferris, Pam, 339–40

Fiddler on the Roof
(musical), 131–2

Finchley, London, 8–9, 45, 68

Finney, Albert, 95

Florence Nightingale Hospice, Aylesbury, 365

Florida, USA, 347, 349–50, 375

Foot, Alistair, 188–9, 196

Foot, Moira, 188

Forsyth, Bruce, 109

Fortune, John, 272, 281–2

Fortunes of War
(TV series), 330

Francis, Jan, 222–3

Franks, Philip, 341

Fraser, Liz, 250

Fraser, Ronnie, 210

Freeda, Raymond, 53

Freeman, Dave, 250

Friern Barnet, London, 39, 44, 76

Frisby, Terence:
Lucky Feller
, 248;
There’s a Girl in My Soup
, 248

Frost Report, The
(TV show), 186

Funny Peculiar
(Stott), 240

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A
(musical), 110

Fyfe, Robert, 114

Gabriel, Peter, 144

Gale, John, 196–8, 205

Garrick Theatre, London, 240