'He's a bit of a ghost!' David Jason reveals what 'upsets' him about Only Fools and Horses

Sir David Jason feels "upset" that most people only remember him for playing legendary 'Only Fools and Horses' character Del Boy Trotter.

The 84-year-old star has confessed his loveable market trader alter-ego is like a "ghost" that "haunts" him, because people rarely speak to him about other roles he has portrayed over the years.

David told 'BBC Breakfast': "That Derek Trotter thing, he's a bit of a ghost that comes along behind me like A Christmas Carol.

"Haunted is perhaps too ... no. He's with me all the time, whether you call it haunted or not.

"I do say he's on my back all the time, because wherever I go people recognise me as the character and you always get people who say, 'Lovely jubbly!' and all of that.

"Which only hangs me back, only upsets me slightly is because that seems to be the only thing that people remember me for.

"I’m delighted in one way that it’s reached so many people and they’ve enjoyed what I’ve done with the character, but I’ve done so many other things that everybody seems to have forgotten about. It’s like I’ve only ever played Derek Trotter."

David also starred in the likes of 'The Darling Buds of May', 'A Touch of Frost', 'Porridge', and 'Open All Hours', among many other shows.

And the actor has told how he and the cast of 'Still Open All Hours' - the sitcom sequel to 'Open All Hours' - are "still waiting" to hear if another series will be made.

He explained: "A lot of storylines were left a bit open. It was cancelled originally because of Covid and they thought it would be lovely to wind it all up.

"We all gave it the green light and it went off to the BBC and we're still waiting.

"So, if anybody is at the BBC and wanted a series that the audiences like, we've got it ready! Ready to go and it's off and running, it'll be great."

What's more, David has a career "regret" - that he wasn't part of "big productions" in the National Theatre.

He said: "My real disappointment or regret, if you like, is I always wanted to be a National Theatre player.

"I always wanted to be on the stage of the national theatre.

"It was just that romantic image of playing those big productions with all those big, wonderful actors. That never happened."