Nelson Gabriel is a fictional character from the British BBC Radio 4
soap opera The Archers. He was portrayed by Jack May.May was
approached by producer Tony Shryane to join The Archers as Nelson in
1952. May remained with the show until January 1997, when he was
forced to leave due to his declining health. He died later that
year.The son of Walter Gabriel (Chris Gittins), the village carrier
and self-appointed "character", Nelson was for many years the most
disreputable character in the village. He was charged with the
Borchester mail-van robbery in 1967, but was eventually acquitted.
After spells in London and Spain, in the 1980s he ran a wine bar and
later an antique shop with Kenton Archer. Finally he disappeared to
South America, where he died in strange circumstances.Listeners voted
Nelson the "greatest rogue" in Archers history, while a writer for
SOAP magazine named him one of the "10 Great Archers Characters". They
said "Son of the late, lamented Walter Gabriel whose eloquence and
erudition cloak a shady past involving criminal activity and a
suspicious absence of any love interest anywhere along the way, though
he mysteriously acquired a daughter somewhere down the line."
soap opera The Archers. He was portrayed by Jack May.May was
approached by producer Tony Shryane to join The Archers as Nelson in
1952. May remained with the show until January 1997, when he was
forced to leave due to his declining health. He died later that
year.The son of Walter Gabriel (Chris Gittins), the village carrier
and self-appointed "character", Nelson was for many years the most
disreputable character in the village. He was charged with the
Borchester mail-van robbery in 1967, but was eventually acquitted.
After spells in London and Spain, in the 1980s he ran a wine bar and
later an antique shop with Kenton Archer. Finally he disappeared to
South America, where he died in strange circumstances.Listeners voted
Nelson the "greatest rogue" in Archers history, while a writer for
SOAP magazine named him one of the "10 Great Archers Characters". They
said "Son of the late, lamented Walter Gabriel whose eloquence and
erudition cloak a shady past involving criminal activity and a
suspicious absence of any love interest anywhere along the way, though
he mysteriously acquired a daughter somewhere down the line."
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