Original sentence: However, it was more than I got in my very first job when I worked at an estate agents in Surrey.I earned £12 for 23 shows, which was really not enough but it was a long time ago.I earned £9 a week and was bored out of my mind.My first wage as an actor was for a touring children's theatre company
Edited sentence: An early television role was in the controversial gangster drama Big Breadwinner Hog in 1969.Challis attended the independent Ottershaw School near Woking, Surrey.Challis currently resides near the village of Wigmore on the Shropshire, Herefordshire and Powys.Challis was born in Bristol, though brought up in South-East London.Four series were aired on BBC 1 from 2005-2009.He appeared on spoof news program Brass Eye, where he was tricked into believing Clive Anderson had been shot by Noel Edmonds.He is probably best known for his role as Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running comedy show Only Fools and Horses, and its 2005 spin-off, The Green Green Grass.His father was a Civil Servant.His other television appearances include Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney, Doctor Who (The Seeds of Doom), Coronation Street, Bloomers, Citizen Smith, Ever Decreasing Circles, Chance in a Million, The Bill, One Foot in the Grave, Open All Hours, The New Statesman, Don't Wait Up, Soldier Soldier, Brass Eye, My Family and Heartbeat.In the 2008 series of Last of the Summer Wine he guest starred as a fake jewel thief, trying to impress the ladies.John Challis (born 16 August 1942) is an English actor and comedian.John has had a number of stage roles.On BBC radio, John played an interrogator in the play Rules of Asylum, by James Follett, broadcast on Radio 4 in 1973.The outdoor scenes of the Green Green Grass were filmed at his home, surrounding fields and local villages.Upon leaving school in 1960 at the age of 18 he worked as a trainee estate agent before becoming a professional actor.and he made regular appearances in Z Cars as Sergeant Culshaw between 1971-1975