Here is a link to an interview with Jon challis who had role in last of the summer wine as the safe cracker gave an interview recently about his new one man show and a difficult period in the 80s when he was suffering with private matters such as divorce and his father's Alzheimer's he mentions about how only fools and horses took his mind off it
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John 'Boycie' Challis: People often tell me how Only Fools And Horses helped them through difficult times
JOHN Challis is happy to accept he'll always be best known for playing Only Fools And Horses' cigar-chomping wide boy Boycie.