Nelson Gabriel
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| Nelson Gabriel | |||||||||||
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| The Archers character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Jack May | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 1952 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 1997 | ||||||||||
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Nelson Gabriel is a fictional character from the British BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers and was portrayed by Jack May.[1]
May was approached by producer Tony Shryane to join The Archers as Nelson in 1952.[2] May remained with the show until he was forced to leave in January 1997 due to his declining health.[2] He died later that year.[2]
Storylines
Nelson was the son of Walter Gabriel (Chris Gittins), the village carrier and self-appointed "character". He was charged with the Borchester mail-van robbery in 1967 but was eventually acquitted. After spells in London and Spain, in 1980, 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.
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