BBC’s That’s Life! star Chris Serle dies aged 81 as family pays tribute to ‘familiar and cherished figure’ --[Reported by Umva mag]

FORMER BBC radio and TV presenter Chris Serle has died aged 81. The Bristol-born star worked on BBC programmes throughout the 80s and 90s rising to fame on satirical consumer affairs show That’s Life! alongside stars including Dame Esther Rantzen. TV presenter Chris Serle has died aged 81Rex That’s Life! team (L-R) Paul Heiney, Cyril Fletcher, Serle, Richard Stilgoe and Esther Rantzen pictured in 1980Rex PAJohn Cleese watches as Serle meets Colin the red ruffed lemur during a visit to Bristol Zoo Gardens[/caption] “I am so very sad to hear that Chris Serle, one of our best loved That’s Life! reporters, has died,” Dame Esther said. “He was as nice off camera as he was in the studio on camera – funny, clever, charming, a very versatile presenter. “When I first met him he was a producer, but it was clear that he had all the attributes of the best reporters. “Viewers and listeners of That’s Life! and the many other radio and television programmes he presented will be equally sad.” Dame Esther sent her “deepest sympathy” to his friends and family. It comes after BBC News reported Serle’s death, sharing a statement from his family. It described him as a “familiar and cherished figure on British television screens throughout the 1970s and 1980s”. During his career, the star chaired Radio 4’s Pick Of The Week and was the host of a long-running afternoon show on BBC Radio Bristol. He also presented In At The Deep End and Points Of View for the BBC. Details for his funeral and memorial service are being arranged and will be shared in due course, BBC News reported. Serle is survived by his wife Ali and their three children, alongside two children from a previous marriage.

FORMER BBC radio and TV presenter Chris Serle has died aged 81.

The Bristol-born star worked on BBC programmes throughout the 80s and 90s rising to fame on satirical consumer affairs show That’s Life! alongside stars including Dame Esther Rantzen.

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John Cleese watches as Serle meets Colin the red ruffed lemur during a visit to Bristol Zoo Gardens[/caption]

“I am so very sad to hear that Chris Serle, one of our best loved That’s Life! reporters, has died,” Dame Esther said.

“He was as nice off camera as he was in the studio on camera – funny, clever, charming, a very versatile presenter.

“When I first met him he was a producer, but it was clear that he had all the attributes of the best reporters.

“Viewers and listeners of That’s Life! and the many other radio and television programmes he presented will be equally sad.”

Dame Esther sent her “deepest sympathy” to his friends and family.

It comes after BBC News reported Serle’s death, sharing a statement from his family.

It described him as a “familiar and cherished figure on British television screens throughout the 1970s and 1980s”.

During his career, the star chaired Radio 4’s Pick Of The Week and was the host of a long-running afternoon show on BBC Radio Bristol.

He also presented In At The Deep End and Points Of View for the BBC.

Details for his funeral and memorial service are being arranged and will be shared in due course, BBC News reported.

Serle is survived by his wife Ali and their three children, alongside two children from a previous marriage.

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