transpired to have helped raise Joseph ever since he partnered up with Zoe years after Chris' death. Reception Chris' on-screen death on 18 September 2003 was watched by 10.25 million viewers. The character was nominated for Best Villain at the 2004 British Soap Awards. In 2014, Huffington Post UK named Chris as one of the 15 soap opera villains "we love to hate the most". He came in third in CBS Drama's 2018 list of the Top 5 Soap Opera Villains, with the author noting that: "Chris was originally a decent chap but after a plane crash rendered him paralysed from waist down he turned into a bitter person and even in his dying breaths whilst committing suicide he framed his wife for murder." See also List of soap opera villains References General references External links Character profile at itv.com Emmerdale characters Fictional businesspeople Fictional characters with cancer Fictional characters with disabilities Fictional characters with paraplegia Fictional suicides Male characters in television Male villains Television characters introduced in 1989