TV David is still the Real Deal for saucy OAP fans
TV favourite on his appeal
DAVID Dickinson has revealed he receives “saucy” mail from his fans – who range from “pensioners to young people”.
“It’s a real bloody mixture,” he said of his loyal fan base.
Dickinson added: “I do get saucy fan mail. Over the years, I have always had something like that.
“You just take it as part and parcel of what you do. I am the kind of 70-something guy.
“I am very grateful I am still on TV and entertaining people and making people happy.
“I have been very fortunate to get some long-running fans with me of all ages.
“I think it is because of being me. Just being me.”
Speaking about his dayglow tan – which he describes as “olive” in colour – Dickinson said: “This is my colour and like my friend on Celebrity Juice says, ‘I like a f ***** g good holiday’.”
Following the axing of BBC One’s Flog It!, David – whose BY TOM BRYANT catchphrases include “What a bobby dazzler” – admits he is concerned about the future of David Dickinson’s Real Deal after the number of episodes was reduced from 80 per year to just 50.
He said of ITV: “They have got so many shows now in the afternoon.
“The worst thing is that even the repeats are doing very well.
“That is never a good thing. I think once a station has made their decision to change their daytime formula, they do it.
“You know what this business is like. It’s like, ‘You have been great for us David. P*** off. We have had enough of you’.
“When that happens, you just go on and on to something else but that is the way this business is.
“It is down to your ratings. If they are good and you are winning your slot, then good but if you are not, that is the way it is.”