Chris Serle (born July 13, 1943, Bristol, England) is a former BBC TV presenter, reporter and actor. 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 That's Life! and later presented and appeared in In at the Deep End, a series in which he and former That's Life! presenter Paul Heiney were pitched into professional situations with no prior knowledge. July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Bristol (IPA: brÄstÉl) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area â Total Ranked... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... Categories: Wikipedia articles needing factual verification | People stubs ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Thats Life! was a BBC television series, which began in 1973 and ran until 1994. ... Paul Heiney (born April 20, 1949 in Sheffield, Yorkshire) has been a television reporter in the United Kingdom for over twenty years, starting with Thats Life!. He has worked on In at the Deep End, The Travel Show, Food and Drink and, on BBC Radio 4, You and Yours. ...
In the 1980s he presented Windmill (situated in Windmill Road in west London), in which clips from the BBC Archives on particular themes were shown. He later presented the viewer-response show Points of View and The Computer Programme. Points of View is a long-running television show shown in the United Kingdom on BBC One, featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and purportedly witty observations on the television of recent weeks. ...
Serle will be participating in the longest and toughest leg of the race - from Buenos Aires to Wellington, New Zealand.
Chris accepted the challenge from Roger Justice of Britannia Sailing to learn yacht racing in a season, and skipper a boat in the Fastnet Race.
ChrisSerle, broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and presenter of "In at the Deep End", has been selected by Compaq as a crew legger on the Compaq yacht in the BT Global Challenge 2000/01.
Oval, the expanding UK insurance broking and financial services group backed by Caledonia Investments, has appointed ChrisSerle to head sales at their financial services division based in Leeds.
Commenting on his move Chris said: “I am delighted to be joining Oval Financial Services at this exciting stage in their development and look forward to contributing to their growth strategy.”
Chris will make a vital contribution to our continued growth in Yorkshire.