David Jason: My Life (58 page)

Steafel, Sheila, 182

Stone, Richard, 188–9, 190–1, 196–8, 213
see also
Richard Stone Partnership

Stone, Tim, 213–14

Stott, Mike, 240

Strand Theatre, London, 134, 143, 197, 199, 312

Stratford, England, 140

Strindberg, August,
Easter
, 44–5

Strong, Gwyneth, 332

Suchet, David, 239

Sullivan, John, 256, 335, 379;
Micawber
, 222;
Citizen Smith
, 248;
Only Fools and Horses
, 222, 295, 296–7, 299, 307–9, 310, 316–19, 323–4, 331–3, 333, 347, 369, 372; death of, 372

Sullivan, Sharon, 335, 347, 379

Sunday Night at the London Palladium
, 109

Swanage Pavilion, 152–3

Talog, Gwyl, 365–6

Talog, Myfanwy, 101, 246, 268–9, 271, 361; DJ meets for the first time, 225–6; sings theme tune for
Danger Mouse
, 264; moves in with DJ in Buckinghamshire, 310–13; throws 50th birthday party for DJ, 335–6; dies of breast cancer, 362–6

Tate, David, 182–3

Taylor, Annie, 379

Taylor, Elizabeth, 220–2

Taylor, Gwen, 338

Taylor, Malcolm, 94–5, 96–7, 123, 150, 154–5, 172, 196, 211, 220, 379

Taylor, Ronnie, 256, 258–9

Teahouse of the August Moon, The
(Patrick), 87

television, DJ’s first viewing of, 23–4

Terry and June
(TV series), 113, 216, 299, 309

Tetley UK, 148

Tewson, Josephine, 208, 229

Thames Television (
formerly
Rediffusion), 177, 179

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 143, 325

Thomas, Aeronwy, 220

Thomas, Dylan,
Under Milk Wood
, 93–6, 97–8, 220–4

Thornton Heath, London, 117, 153, 207

Thunderbirds
(TV series), 61

Thurley, Martin, 223

Times, The
, 314

Todd, Bob, 260–3

Top of the Pops
, 199

Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs, The
(TV series), 212, 234–7, 249

Topaz Productions, 97

Touch of Frost, A
(TV series), 51, 110, 337, 350–60

Treasure Island
(play), 115–16

Trinder, Tommy, 109

Tubb, Joy (Ronnie Barker’s wife), 241, 244–5, 292–3, 335

Tudor, Johnny, 225

Turner, Lawrence, 353–4, 357

TV Times
(magazine), 235–6, 376

Twickenham Studios, 215

Two D’s and a Dog
(TV series), 179–81

Two Ronnies, The
, 184, 227–8, 232

Under Milk Wood
(Thomas), 93–6, 97–8, 190, 220–4

Unvarnished Truth, The
(Ryton), 272, 281–2

Upstairs Downstairs
(TV series), 202

Usher, The
(uncommissioned TV programme), 360

Vanbrugh Theatre, 94–5, 98, 220

Varney, Reg, 250

Vaughan, Norman, 109

Vernon, Doremy, 153

Villiers, James, 210

Virgin Islands, 1–5

Virgin Soldiers, The
(film), 210

Wales: DJ’s childhood visits, 25–30, 95; filming for
Under Milk Wood
, 221–4; and Myfanwy Talog, 225–6, 268, 363

Wallis, Bill, 182

Waterman, Denis, 321

Watford Palace Theatre, 171

Wayside War
(school play), 34–6

We Have Ways of Making You Laugh
(TV series), 167

Weatherhead, Doug, 39–40, 42–3

Webb, Chris, 45

Weedon, Micky, 32, 34, 39–42, 41–2, 47, 58–9, 63

Week Ending
(radio show), 183–4, 190

Wendover, Buckinghamshire, 311–12, 335–6

West Middlesex Hospital, 347

West Side Story
, 61

Weston-super-Mare, Playhouse theatre, 191

White, Arthur (DJ’s brother), 23, 87, 94, 117, 249, 335, 367, 378, 379; childhood, 7, 9, 15–16; completes national service and takes up acting, 48; attends RADA and begins acting career, 77–8; helps DJ get his first professional acting job, 87; ventriloquism act with DJ, 149–50; is Ernie Trigg
in A Touch of Frost
, 358

White, Arthur (DJ’s father), 10–11, 49, 113

White, David
see
Jason, David

White, Joy (DJ’s sister-in-law), 117, 335, 367, 378

White, June (DJ’s sister), 9, 113, 141, 335, 345, 367, 378, 379

White, Olwen (née Jones, DJ’s mother), 7, 9–10, 12–13, 25, 52, 113, 259, 345–6

White, Sophie (DJ’s daughter), 289, 374–5, 376, 378–9

White Cargo
(film), 218–20

Whitfield, June, 250

Wilde, Brian, 122

Williams, Ray ‘Taffy’, 2

Williams, Simon, 202, 203–4, 206

Williams, Tennessee,
The Glass Menagerie
, 45

Wilson, Harold, 123

Wilson, Mary, 123

Wilson, Richard, 257

Wind in the Willows
(animation), 264–6

Windsor, Frank, 272, 281–2

Wingfield, R. D.,
A Touch of Frost
, 51, 350

Winter, Mr (schoolteacher), 32

Wood Green Civil Defence Association, 147

Woodside Park station, 59

Wright, Billy, 62

Wycombe Air Park, 343

Wynn Owen, Meg, 222

Yes Minister
(TV series), 314

York, Susannah, 95

Yorkshire Television, 337–8, 350–1, 353, 367

Young Vic Theatre, 159

Z-Cars
(TV series), 121

Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 341, 344–5

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