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http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl >> Notices, obituaries and tributes >> Peter Dimmock http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1448115213 Message started by Administrator on Nov 21^st, 2015, 2:14pm

Title: Peter Dimmock
Post by Administrator on Nov 21^st, 2015, 2:14pm

Former Head Of Outside Broadcasts, Peter Dimmock, has died. He was 94.

A BBC tribute to him is here.

"One of the last surviving pioneers of British Television".

Title: Re: Peter Dimmock
Post by Simon Vaughan- APTS Archivist on Nov 22^nd, 2015, 1:13pm

Will the details of Peter's funeral be made available on the forum once they are known?

Title: Re: Peter Dimmock
Post by Administrator on Nov 22^nd, 2015, 1:35pm

Simon, if we find any details, it will be posted here.

Admin.

Title: Re: Peter Dimmock
Post by Administrator on Nov 22^nd, 2015, 1:47pm

"If there was a title of Mr Outside Broadcast UK it would have to go to Peter Dimmock."

"TV OB History" interviewed Peter some years ago,

Their web-site has it here.

The introduction .....

"In November 2011 I travelled up to the home of Peter Dimmock in Norfolk to talk to him about the pioneering Television Outside Broadcasts he oversaw in the nineteen fifties and sixties. I first met Peter Dimmock in 1969 in his office at Kensington House , Shepherds Bush. At that time he was in charge of one of the biggest departments in the BBC. Television Outside Broadcasts had three divisions, Sport, Events and Features. I had just left school and Peter Dimmock gave me some good advice about my chosen career and twelve years later I was back at Kensington House as a producer in Documentary Features."

Nick Gilbey would seem to be the interviewer.

The interview covers much of the history of BBC TV outside broadcasts.

"It was such fun. But you see that’s how it was being in outside broadcasts. You know, we had quite a bit of fun as well as work. It was lovely."

Title: Re: Peter Dimmock
Post by Simon Vaughan- APTS Archivist on Nov 22^nd, 2015, 7:02pm

Administrator wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2015, 1:35pm:

Simon, if we find any details, it will be posted here.

Admin.

Many thanks.

Title: Re: Peter Dimmock
Post by Administrator on Nov 22^nd, 2015, 9:22pm

There are obituaries to Peter in "The Daily Telegraph", "The Guardian", and in "The Independent".