1913-1965
The great breakthrough came with the televising of the Coronation in 1953. From then until his death in 1965, Richard Dimbleby covered state Occasions, satellite ' firsts ' from Brussels, Moscow and New York. General Elections, and the weekly Panorama programme.
In the second of two programmes Jonathan Dimbleby follows his father's life and work as a master of the television medium, using extracts from those momentous programmes which proved his mastery. Friends, relatives and colleagues including PATRICIA HAINES , PETER DIMMOCK , GRACE WYNDHAM GOLDIE ,ROBIN DAY , PAUL FOX , JOAN MARSDEN , RICHARD FRANCIS and STEPHEN MCCORMACK reveal the Richard Dimbleby they remember.
Producer HELEN FRY