David Jason has opened up about his experience with Covid - saying the virus was so severe it made him collapse.
The Only Fools and Horses legend, 82, revealed he was so weak he couldn't get up, admitting it was "seriously bad".
Speaking on BBC Breakfast, David said: "Because all the muscles weren't working, I collapsed and I fell against the radiator... I was so weak, I couldn't get up.
"I crawled to the bed. The muscles weren't working and I used the bed to try and stand up so that I could go to where I wanted to get, and also get back into bed, and I couldn't…
"I tried for about a quarter of an hour, trying all sorts of things to stand up so I could walk about."
David tried to get to the door to call to his wife, but explained: "My arms wouldn't work and my legs wouldn't work, so being a very creative and inventive person, I thought, how will I get from here to the door?"
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The star ended up using his head to drag him to the door, revealing: "So just as I got to the door, the door opened... and it was my good lady wife and she managed to help me get back into bed. But later on the next day, I got carpet burns all down on my forehead and across the top of my nose."
The veteran actor has now thankfully recovered and is bringing out a book this week called The Twelve Dels of Christmas, including stories from the making of the Only Fools and Horses festive specials.
The much-loved sitcom ended on Christmas Day 2003, but that didn't stop Del's beloved van making an appearance during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June.
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David said he was touched seeing the iconic yellow three-wheeler alongside the the nation's traditional pageantry.
"You've got the great [royal] coach coming down, you got all the soldiers and the horses, and the pageantry. And then you look it up The Mall, and down there comes a funny Trotters van. [I thought] I don't believe this, why is the Trotters van there?," he mused.
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"But it was because it was part of the national identity, if you like, and it did make me laugh and bring a smile to my face.
"There amongst all of this wonderful stuff that the Brits do so brilliantly, those soldiers with their breastplates all polished and their plumes, there's the Trotters' van, and an arm sticking out going, 'All right pal?"