After the war, Dimbleby switched to television, eventually becoming the BBC's leading news commentator. He is perhaps best remembered as the commentator on a number of major public occasions, including the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and the funerals of George VI, John F. Kennedy and Winston Churchill. He wrote a book about the coronation, "Elizabeth Our Queen", which was given free to many schoolchildren at the time. He also wrote a London crime novel "Storm at the Hook", published in 1948.