David Jason recalls on-set disagreement with Jay Blades. (Image: BBC)
legend partnered up with last year in the BBC series, Jay and David’s Touring Tool Shed, in which they explored various restoration projects.
Writing in his memoir about his experience on the show, David said it was the “best way” to spend his summer, but noted one difference he found with Jay.
He recollected in : “I’m very fond of the little routines that Jay and I came up with…they don’t redefine the boundaries of comedy, but they’re not supposed to. They’re just there to raise a smile and gently move the show along.
“And then there are the ones where I simply told Jay wince-inducing jokes…What’s certainly true is that some of them were so old that they were in black and white.
“In my opinion there are jokes which are so dusty that they are funny again on account of all the dust. Well, I hope so, anyway. That’s certainly the way they seem to me. Jay frequently begged to differ.”
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David has confirmed that there will be no follow-up series. (Image: Getty)
Since the show aired, Blades has been charged with controlling and coercive behaviour against his ex-wife, which he has denied and is set to face a trial before a Crown Court jury.
Sir David has also , adding that he is “open to offers” for new TV projects.
Jay appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court in September after being charged with one count of engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship.
According to court documents, the charge relates to his fitness instructor wife Lisa Zbozen, who announced on her page on May 2 that their relationship was over.
The couple married in the grounds of a beachfront villa in Barbados on November 22, 2022.
Blades, who was made an MBE for services to craft in 2022, found fame on The Repair Shop, the restoration programme he has presented since 2017, which sees members of the public take worn-out family heirlooms to be restored by a team of experts.
In May 2023 he won a daytime BAFTA TV award along with other members of The Repair Shop for a special featuring King Charles, who was at the time the Prince of Wales.
The programme also won the daytime prize at the National Television Awards the same year.