Sir David: TV's too vulgar.We need to go back to the BBC's standards of 1940s

DEL Boy legend David Jason has lashed out at constant swearing and crudity in modern TV shows - saying he wished Britain could go back to the rules of the 1940s.

- Mark Jefferies

Referring to a 1947 BBC "Green Book" that he found in his house, he said: "What it was was a rule book for writers, directors, actors - you name it - from the hierarchy of the BBC telling you what you're not allowed to say because you might offend people.

"Blimey, if they were around today!

"The rationale is we've gone the other way. We've superseded it.

"In order to be a working-class person in television today you use the expletives constantly, all the time.