Sir David Jason says TV is too violent before the watershed Veteran star has attacked the amount of violence screed before 9pm Sir David, 73, also criticised the graphic language used by comedy stars Actor says trailers for EastEnders are filled with aggression and shouting Entertainer: Sir David Jason attacked the amount of violence in shows screened before 9pm which have been deemed suitable for family viewing He has made his name through almost five decades of comedy and drama that have never caused offence. Sadly Sir David Jason cannot say the same for shows shown before the watershed on television today. The veteran star - whose Del Boy Trotter and Pa Larkin characters are two of television's best loved - has attacked the amount of violence in shows screened before 9pm which have been deemed suitable for family viewing. Sir David said the trailers for many of these shows, such as EastEnders, give the impression they contain child-friendly content but the reality once the show begins is different. In a wide-ranging interview, Sir David, 73, also criticised the graphic language used by comedy stars today and complained that the lewd behaviour displayed by star Miley Cyrus "epitomises what we have allowed" as a society. Sir David, who has a 12-year-old daughter Sophie, also opened up about the challenges of being an older father and revealed how a trip to Disneyland some years ago left him so exhausted after Sophie insisted he join her on a number of rides. The actor has admitted that as a result he is giving an upcoming trip to Disneyland Paris a miss, adding: "She does miss out a little bit with a father of senior years. She does get the short end of the stick. Sir David will be back on our TV screens on Boxing Day at 7.45pm with a half-an-hour Open All Hours special making it suitable to watch with the family. However the star is aware the same cannot be said for many of the other soaps and comedies screened before the 9pm watershed and singled out trailers for Eastenders as an example to illustrate his point. Asked if he thought pre-watershed television is suitable for children, he replied: "No, I don't think so. It's not working. How they get round it is brilliant, because if you are watching at half past five/ six o'clock, they will show you a trailer of EastEnders. It doesn't have to be swearing and it doesn't have to have sexual content, so they don't show that, but what they do show is violence in another way, which is aggression, which is people being very unkind and shouting at each other, and being rude to each other. Anger: Sir David said that trailers for EasEnders were often full of aggression and people 'being unkind' Excuse me, but the only thing you're not doing is swearing and jumping in bed, but you can show them shouting and getting hold of people, well, if that's not the wrong time, I don't know what is. So that's how they get round it, and it's cheating. The watershed is a bit of a misnomer, by the trailers. The actor also lambasted comedians for the foul language they use in their shows which filters through on to TV and subsequently becomes commonplace in public life. Sir David said: "It slowly drip feeds, erodes, standards of politeness, manners and morality. It just drips and it takes us further and further down and instead of inspiring us to look up, we are all looking down. Return: Sir David will be back on our TV screens on Boxing Day at 7.45pm with a half-an-hour Open All Hours special making it suitable to watch with the family Look at Miley Cyrus. She epitomises what we have allowed. In other words, she does it, or has done it to break the mould. We have given her the oxygen of publicity and encouraged it, so young girls particularly will think it is the right way to attract men, if you like. We've lost our standards. Sir David became a father for the first time at 61 when his partner Gill Hinchcliffe gave birth to Sophie. He married Miss Hinchcliffe in 2005. Although he said he had no regrets about embracing fatherhood so late in life as it allowed him to remain footloose and fancy free for decades, he admitted his daughter, who will be 13 in February, makes him feel old. Loved: The veteran star's Del Boy Trotter character, pictured right, is one of television's best loved Asked if having Sophie makes him feel young, he said: " No, she makes me old! She should but she doesn't bless her. Five or six years ago we went to America on holiday, and she wanted to go to Disneyland, so we went and as soon as I got there I just thought, "Oh Gordon Bennett!" She wanted me to go on all the rides and take her on the things...which I did, but I was soon cured. I was exhausted. "She's going to Disneyland in Paris, and she said, "are you coming daddy?," but no, I'm not going. She is going with her friend and Jill and Jill's friend. So, bless her socks. She does miss out a little bit with a father of senior years, but no not for me. So she does get the short end of the stick.