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Frederick Henry Grisewood OBE (11 April 1888 – 15 November 1972) was a British broadcaster, who had a long and varied career with the

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. He was perhaps best known for being the host of ''

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'' from its inception in 1948 until 1968.

Biography

Grisewood was born in Daylesford,

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. He was educated at

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, and later at

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. He served with the

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during

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, eventually rising to the rank of

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. He first worked for the BBC as an announcer in 1929. In 1932, the '' Daily Express'' published his name, along with those of several of his fellow announcers; before that date the BBC had required them to maintain on-air anonymity. In 1937, he was the commentator for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the first-ever

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live outside television broadcast. The BBC had only taken delivery of its first

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unit which consisted of several vans two days before the Coronation. Although no one had any experience of operating it, it was placed at the top of Constitution Hill to catch the Royal Carriage as it went past. A message was sent to the King asking him to give a special wave for the camera. Grisewood was the commentator though as the number of television sets in homes was still very small, probably less than 1,000, his audience would be minute. He would recount how just as the Royal carriage appeared in the distance, all the equipment failed. The engineer in charge swore, gave it a hefty kick and it all came to life again so the day was saved. He commentated on the first televised broadcast of a

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match at Wimbledon, on 21 June 1937. In 1938, he hosted the first UK

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, the 15-minute '' Spelling Bee''. Grisewood was a good

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er, and played one first-class match: for

against

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at The University Parks in June 1908. Although Worcestershire won the game by the wide margin of 332 runs, Grisewood made no significant personal contribution to his side's victory: he scored 1 and 6

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, and neither bowled nor held a catch. Despite having played ''against'' his university at first-class level, he never appeared ''for'' it. He continued to work as a freelance broadcaster well into the 1960s. He was chairman of ''

'' from 1948 to 1967. Grisewood died aged 84 in

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from CricketArchive 1888 births 1972 deaths Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I British broadcasters English cricketers Military personnel from Worcestershire Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry officers People educated at Radley College People from Worcestershire (before 1974) People from Grayshott Worcestershire cricketers {{UK-radio-bio-stub