Peter Harold Dimmock, CVO, CBE was born On This Day 6 December 1920 at 29 Leigham Hall, High Road Streatham.
The son of Paula (nee Hudd) and Frederick, a radio manufacturer who later headed the BBC’s equipment department
He attended Dulwich College and married BBC What's My Line panellist and Today presenter Polly Ewes.
A British sports broadcaster and senior television executive during the formative years of the medium in the 1950s. He was the first host of the BBC's long-running Grandstand and of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
He directed the BBC coverage of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation in 1953
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The son of Paula (nee Hudd) and Frederick, a radio manufacturer who later headed the BBC’s equipment department
He attended Dulwich College and married BBC What's My Line panellist and Today presenter Polly Ewes.
A British sports broadcaster and senior television executive during the formative years of the medium in the 1950s. He was the first host of the BBC's long-running Grandstand and of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
He directed the BBC coverage of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation in 1953
NPG x13350 © National Portrait Gallery, London
