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Peter Dimmock

British sports broadcaster (1920–2015)

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About Peter Dimmock

Peter Harold Moss Dimmock was a British sports broadcaster, television producer and television executive for the BBC. He began his career as a racing correspondent for the Press Association before joining the BBC as a producer and commentator at their Outside Broadcasts television department, working on almost 2,000 outside broadcasts. Dimmock was the first host of the BBC's long-running Grandstand and of the BBC Sports Review of the Year awards and the weekly live sports programme Sportsview from 1954 to 1964. He was assistant head of outside broadcasts from 1949 before becoming its head in 1954 until 1972, securing broadcast agreements for boxing, cricket, ice hockey, rugby, swimming and tennis and major state events. Dimmock worked at the American network American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as the vice-president of Worldwide Syndication and Marketing for ABC Sports and later as the director of the cable and satellite sports channel ESPN from 1984 to 1990. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and Commander of the Victorian Order (CVO).

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Occupation: military personnel, sports commentator, television executive
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: December 6, 1920, 1921
Died: November 20, 2015

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