BBC TV and radio presenter Chris Serle dies aged 81

Former BBC presenter Chris Serle has died aged 81.

The TV and radio prima worked connected programmes passim the 80s and 90s, and roseate to fame connected satirical user affairs amusement That’s Life! alongside the likes of Esther Rantzen.

He aboriginal presented In astatine the Deep End and Points of View for the BBC.

Serle was besides chaired Radio 4’s Pick of the Week betwixt 1981 and 1988, and was the big of a long-running day amusement connected BBC Radio Bristol.

In a statement, his household told the BBC that Serle was a ‘familiar and cherished fig connected British tv screens passim the 1970s and 1980s’.

Serle is survived by his woman Ali, their 3 children, and 2 children from a erstwhile marriage.

His household are arranging his ceremonial and memorial service, with details to beryllium shared successful owed course.

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