Dick Hibberd

Dick Hibberd began his career in 1949 as a trainee film director with an Edinburgh-based production company before joining Ferranti, and later Decca Radar, in film production roles. In 1952 he progressed to BBC Lime Grove as a technical operations cameraman, moving to ATV in 1955 to do multicamera studio and OB work. In 1962 he joined Alpha TV in Birmingham and in 1964 TWW (later HTV) in Cardiff, ultimately as head of cameras. He later moved to Thames TV, working as a technical supervisor, sometimes filling in as a lighting director, then studio supervisor, and finally production manager.