Sir David Jason loved getting the chance to work with Jay Blades.
Sir David Jason (right) has teamed up with Repair Shop star Jay Blades for a new role
The 83-year-old actor - who is best known for starring as Del Boy in the classic sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses - has teamed up with 'Repair Shop' star Jay, 53, for new series 'David and Jay's Touring Toolshed' for the BBC and explained it was "great" working on the show as he was reminded of the days when he used to work as an electrician.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Seriously, though, it was great working with Jay. He’s a super character. Lovely fella. Very, very easy to work with. He’s the sort of person where what you see is what you get.
"Going back into history, when I first started work, I was an apprentice electrician. When you are an apprentice to any trade, you have to absorb all sorts of traits – you’re bumping into people who are bricklayers, plasterers, pipe benders, plumbers.
"And if you’re interested in making things, it leaves its mark. You get interested in how a plumber bends a piece of pipe and that sort of thing is still with me, I still love bending pipes. Well, now the pipe I bend is round Jay’s neck, but...!"
Meanwhile, Jay explained he doesn't even need to "hope" that the programme will inspire viewers to start doing DIY themselves because he is confident that it will.
He said: "I don't use the word hope.
"I know it’s going to, plain and simple. This show, you’ve got a legend such as Sir David, and someone who knows about making and is as enthusiastic about it as me, and that enthusiasm comes over on screen and people will be inspired to continue making, tinkering and pushing it forward."
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