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Cecil McGivern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (588 words) |
 | Cecil McGivern CBE (born May 22, 1907 in Newcastle, UK; died January 30, 1963 in Buckinghamshire, UK) was a British broadcasting executive, who initially worked for BBC Radio before transferring to BBC Television in the late 1940s. |
| The son of Irish immigrants, McGivern was educated at St Cuthbert's Grammar School and later attended Durham University. |
| McGivern's period in Control of the channel's output saw an explosion in popularity of the television service, helped greatly by the 20 million audience for the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. |
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