Peter Dimmock
Peter Harold Dimmock,
Early life and career
Born in London, Dimmock attended
Television career
He was involved in the television coverage of the 1948 London Olympics. The following year he was the commentator on the University Boat Race. As head of outside broadcasts, Dimmock was in charge of events such as the Queen's Coronation in 1953 and the first televised Grand National in 1960. He continued to be Head of Outside Broadcasts until leaving the BBC in 1972.
Dimmock launched a televisual coverage from April 1954 in front of the cameras as the host of a new sport news programme Sportsview (which became
Personal life
Dimmock married BBC continuity announcer and
Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (1961)[5]
- Commander of the Victorian Order (CVO) (1968)[6]
- Freeman of the City of London (1977)
- Elected a Freeman of the Royal Television Society (1978)
- Royal Television Society RTS Sports Awards – Special Judges Award 2004[7]
References
- ^ BBC sports programmes and hosts
- ^ Glasgow Herald on-line archive 16 July 1987, retrieved 24 July 2012
- ^ Polly Elwes profile Archived 17 July 2012 at archive.today
- ^ BBC obituary
- ^ "No. 42231". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1960. p. 8900.
- ^ Peerage record for Peter Dimmock
- ^ "RTS Awards 2004". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.