Ep. 43 - John Challis
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Best known for playing Boycie in Only Fools and Horses and its spin-off The Green Green Grass but has also been in Benidorm, Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney, Doctor Who, Citizen Smith and many others. On stage he's performed in the West End and at the RSC, he's written two volumes of autobiography, Being Boycie and Boycie & Beyond and toured his own stage show, Only Fools and Boycie. John Challis is guest number 43 on My Time Capsule. He chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
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| 0:00.0 | On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me, rip up the charades, forget about the |
| 0:06.9 | telly, let's play scratch cards, coins are to stretching, everybody laughing, better not be cheating, |
| 0:15.4 | and the chance to win a pound or three. Add some play to Christmas with scratch cards from the National Lottery. |
| 0:22.7 | Please gift responsibly, rules and procedures apply. |
| 0:24.7 | Players and gifters must be 18 or over. |
| 0:26.2 | And the trust to win a pound or three. |
| 0:32.1 | This episode of My Time Capsule is brought to you by the Woodland Trust. |
| 0:36.0 | Merry Christmas, John. |
| 0:37.0 | A bit early, isn't it, Dad? No, I've already got my gifts sorted thanks by the Woodland Trust. Merry Christmas, John. A bit early, isn't it, Dad? |
| 0:38.1 | No, I've already got my gifts sorted thanks to the Woodland Trust. |
| 0:41.3 | Really? What did you get? |
| 0:42.6 | Well, I don't want to spoil the surprise. |
| 0:44.5 | Oh, okay, then. |
| 0:45.2 | But I will. I dedicated a tree in your name. |
| 0:47.5 | Wow. |
| 0:47.9 | In fact, a whole area of woodland for all the family. And we can visit whenever we like as the Woodland Trust Woods are open 365 days a year |
| 0:55.3 | with no admission fee. That's good. The Woodland Trust is the UK's largest woodland conservation |
| 1:00.4 | charity. Yeah, I know. And by dedicating a tree or an area of woodland, you directly support |
| 1:05.7 | their work, protecting and planting trees and woods across the UK. Plus, they send you a special dedication pack, |
| 1:11.9 | which contains a personalised certificate, an information leaflet, and a map of the wood where you've |
| 1:16.6 | dedicated. It's unbelievably generous of you, Dad. Yeah, well, you know me. Yes, that's why I find it |
| 1:21.9 | unbelievable. Yeah, well, to be honest, it's not that expensive. They suggest a donation of just |
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