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The BBC's chief content officer Charlotte Moore said Challis was "a wonderful actor who will forever be remembered for playing Boycie in Only Fools and Horses - a character so well loved by millions". This unwavering confidence had given rise to his oft-proclaimed ambition "This time next year, we'll be millionaires!
Once Del's immunity was guaranteed, he confessed that he was the thief, confidently showing a shocked Slater his immunity papers. Del is also visibly disgusted to hear that Joan is pregnant with what he incorrectly believes to be Reg's second child.The smile is wiped off his face by Del's four aces, which he tells Boycie "came from the same place as your four kings". Boycie's grudging commentary when helping Del and Rodney escape the Mafia in Miami: "We were having a lovely holiday and then they turn up. In the episode Del mentions visiting a friend's Christening party and seeing his friend's family had come to join in the celebration, at which point Del felt so upset that he left early. He was played by David Jason in the original series and was portrayed as a teenager by James Buckley in the prequel.
Del, having previously refused to name the thief, makes a deal with Slater to guarantee their release, with immunity from prosecution for doing so. It is clear that they love each other, but they are sometimes at odds, particularly regarding Reg's slacker lifestyle and when Reg verbally abuses Joan, when Del threatens to harm him if he does it again. This leaves the teenage Del as the family's sole provider, looking after his grandfather and Rodney, his half-brother who was born around thirteen years after him (the age gap is stated as thirteen years in one episode, but Rodney's year of birth is anywhere between 1958 and 1963 according to different episodes). The book also covers what happened between and after the events of " Sleepless in Peckham" and " Beckham in Peckham".
He lives with Rodney, Cassandra, Raquel and their son Damien at door 368 on the twelfth floor of the fictional Nelson Mandela House in the Dockside Estate, Peckham, London.
In " Fatal Extraction", it is revealed that Del is also frightened of dentists, avoiding visiting them whenever possible (his previous dentist died on the night of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977) and only reluctantly visiting due to bad toothache. He takes great pride in having raised Rodney after their mother's premature death and has never forgiven his father for running away when Rodney was an infant.While not always successful, his general optimism and confidence often persuade people to believe in him. Del is courageous and, although not intellectual, he is quick-witted but inadvertently gets Rodney into trouble.
He is also shown to be quite duplicitous, once described by corrupt policeman and former school peer Roy Slater as "A man who could talk himself out of a room with no doors". Styled to look like Del Boy's sheepskin coat this bath robe will have you feeling like the 'crème de la menth'.Del Boy is often regarded as one of the greatest comedy characters in the history of British television, and is regarded as an iconic character in British culture. He pays no tax, claiming that, since he and his family do not benefit from the welfare state, they should not have to contribute to it.
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