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He lived at at 29 Leigham Hall, High Road and attended Dulwich College and married BBC continuity announcer and What's My Line panellist 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