Death of Chris Gittins

Title

Death of Chris Gittins

Genre

News report; Interview; Obituary

TX Date

21 Aug 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:27

Description

Chriss Gittins, who played Walter Gabriel in the Radio 4 soap opera, The Archers, died yesterday, aged 86. Report includes an archive recording of Gittins outside Buckingham Palace in 1984, after collecting his MBE. Richard Godfrey reports.

Contributors

Richard Godfrey; Chriss Gittins

Keywords

Deaths; Actors; London; Honours; Knighthoods; Radio drama; Radio; Buckingham Palace; Chriss Gittins; The Archers; Walter Gabriel (dramatic character); BBC Radio 4

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