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Peter Dimmock
Nov 21st, 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".
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Reply #1 - Nov 22nd, 2015, 1:13pm
 
Will the details of Peter's funeral be made available on the forum once they are known?
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Reply #2 - Nov 22nd, 2015, 1:35pm
 
Simon, if we find any details, it will be posted here.

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Reply #3 - Nov 22nd, 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."
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Reply #4 - Nov 22nd, 2015, 7:02pm
 
Administrator wrote on Nov 22nd, 2015, 1:35pm:
Simon, if we find any details, it will be posted here.

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Reply #5 - Nov 22nd, 2015, 9:22pm
 
There are obituaries to Peter in "The Daily Telegraph", "The Guardian", and in "The Independent".

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