---
name: "Chris Wimble"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-wimble"
fi1m_id: "chris-wimble"
imdb_id: "nm0934440"
tmdb_id: 1318836
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T11:40:39.645261+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Wimble

## Identity

Chris Wimble

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-wimble
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-wimble
- **IMDb ID:** nm0934440
- **TMDB ID:** 1318836
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318836

Editor. Born in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1963–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Clare Douglas](https://film.one/person/clare-douglas.md), [Alec Guinness](https://film.one/person/alec-guinness.md), [Anthony Bate](https://film.one/person/anthony-bate.md), [Bill Paterson](https://film.one/person/bill-paterson.md), [Bob Baker](https://film.one/person/bob-baker.md), [Chris Boucher](https://film.one/person/chris-boucher.md), [Dennis Spooner](https://film.one/person/dennis-spooner.md), [Gerry Mill](https://film.one/person/gerry-mill.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 1970s 88 (1), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318836

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chris Wimble is a British television and film editor. Born in 1942 in Worthing, Sussex, he served as film editor on several *Doctor Who* stories in the 1970s.

His credits include the 1979 miniseries *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* and the 1982 follow-up *Smiley's People*. Other work encompasses *84 Charing Cross Road* (1987), *The 10th Kingdom* (2000) and episodes of *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990) and *Kingdom* (2007–2009). He received one BAFTA award and two nominations for his editing.

*Sources: imdb.com, guide.doctorwhonews.net.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Smiley's People* (1982), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md)
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kingdom* (2007), series, Editor
- *State of Mind* (2003), Editor
- *The 10th Kingdom* (2000), series, Editor
- *Firelight* (1998), Editor
- *Bright Hair* (1997), Editor
- *Feast of July* (1995), Editor
- *Innocent Lies* (1995), Editor
- *The Cinder Path* (1994), series, Editor
- *A Year in Provence* (1993), series, Editor
- *Double Vision* (1992), Editor
- *Defenseless* (1991), Editor
- *Chernobyl: The Final Warning* (1991), Editor
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, Editor
- *Criminal Law* (1989), Editor
- *Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story* (1989), Editor
- *And a Nightingale Sang* (1989), Editor
- *Pack of Lies* (1987), Editor
- *84 Charing Cross Road* (1987), Editor
- *Wetherby* (1985), Editor
- *Charlie* (1984), series, Editor
- *The Gathering Seed* (1983), series, Editor
- *Smiley's People* (1982), series, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md)
- *United Kingdom* (1981), Editor
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, Editor
- *Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive* (1980), Editor
- *'Tis Pity She's a Whore* (1980), Editor
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1980), series, Editor
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)
- *Langrishe, Go Down* (1978), Editor
- *Nicholas Nickleby* (1977), series, Editor
- *Doctor Who: The Dæmons* (1971), Editor
- *Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death* (1970), Editor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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