Christopher Richard Serle (born 13 July 1943 in

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) is a former BBC TV presenter, reporter and actor.

Biography

Serle was educated at

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and

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

, where he studied modern languages. He appeared as a foil for Irish comedian Dave Allen in his series ''Dave Allen at Large'' in 1971, but gained greater UK public recognition as one of the presenters on the TV series ''

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''. He later presented and appeared in ''

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'', a series in which he, and fellow former ''That's Life!'' presenter

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, were pitched into professional situations with no prior knowledge. In the 1980s, he presented ''

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'' in which clips from the BBC archives on particular themes were shown (so called as the then base for BBC archives was in Windmill Road,

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). He also presented the viewer-response show '' Points of View'', '' The Computer Programme'', and '' Monkey Business''. On radio, he was the regular host of '' Pick of the Week'' between 1991 and 1998, and a frequent guest presenter until 2006. He also was the interviewer and host of the BBC series ''Greek Language and People'' with

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. As of 2005, he serves as the honorary president of the Bristol Hospital Broadcasting Service, a registered charity which provides a radio service to the hospitals of Bristol. Serle featured on an episode of the BBC

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, ''

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'', with

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and

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on 16 February 1984. He also presented BBC's Radio Bristol ''The Afternoon Show'' for several years.

Personal life

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References

External links

Chris Serle, Esq's Biography

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