…Walter Gabriel (Robert Mawdesley and Chris Gittins), originally a smallholder, was a friend of the Archers' and provided comic relief in the years before the Grundy family were moved to greater prominence. Walter continually tried to romance Mrs. Perkins, Peggy's mother, who he referred to a...
Chris Gittins (1902 - 1988) was an actor who played the role of Walter Gabriel in the long running BBC radio series The Archers from 1953 to 1988. Notes
Gittins married Gwendolen Ellis and they had four children. Among these was Christopher Gittins who became a ceramic artist. Among Gittins' students were