{"id":439837,"date":"2026-02-22T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439837\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:54:17","slug":"sir-david-jason-admits-the-only-fools-and-horses-joke-that-would-never-air-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439837\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir David Jason admits the Only Fools and Horses joke that would never air now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Actor and star of Only Fools and Horses, Sir David Jason has recently opened up about the hit sitcom and one joke in particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show, originally aired on BBC One, first aired in 1981 and lasted seven series with a final episode airing on Christmas Day in 2003.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sir David appeared as Del Boy alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney Trotter and the late Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert who passed away in 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Only Fools and Horses attracted millions of viewers, has often been described as one of the best British TV shows, and has even inspired a stage musical based on the characters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But despite the nation&#8217;s love for comedy, Sir David recently shared that one joke featured in Only Fools and Horses would never be aired now.<\/p>\n<p>Sir David Jason admits the one Only Fools and Horses joke that would not be aired now<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Writing in his recent autobiography, This Time Next Year, Sir David shares: \u201cYou are quite hard-pressed to find a joke in Only Fools and Horses that feels date-stamped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019ve given this some thought and there\u2019s just one laugh line that I\u2019ve managed to isolate which could currently be felt to be sitting uncomfortably below time\u2019s unsparing axe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The joke Sir David discusses was featured in the 1989 Christmas special, The Jolly Boys Outing, reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-radio\/1992643\/david-jason-only-fools-horses-joke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Express;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The festive special saw Del Boy play Trivial Pursuit with Cassandra\u2019s boss, Stephen, who asked about the name of a female swan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Del Boy is unsure of the answer and prompts Rodney to give him a hint, which he gives in the form of tapping a pen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reacting to the hint, Del Boy shouts: \u201cGot it! It\u2019s a Bic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, Sir David now thinks that joke would be missed with current audiences, sharing: \u201cNever mind the word \u2018pl***er\u2019: for how much longer will the word \u2018Bic\u2019 automatically mean \u2019pen\u2019 for younger generations, who may actually be struggling to recognise the word \u2018pen\u2019 not too far from now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo, this time next year&#8230;well, maybe nobody\u2019s finding that funny.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor and star of Only Fools and Horses, Sir David Jason has recently opened up about the hit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[160183,160182,96,160181,50689,160180,80685,160179,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-439837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-buster-merryfield","tag-del-boy","tag-entertainment","tag-nicholas-lyndhurst","tag-only-fools-and-horses","tag-rodney-trotter","tag-sir-david","tag-sir-david-jason","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}