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David Dimbleby

July 2024

  • David Dimbleby

    Election exit polls are ‘worst invention ever’, says David Dimbleby

    Broadcaster who hosted BBC’s election night coverage for 40 years says increasing accuracy of exit polls ‘takes the fun away’

April 2023

  • Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in London.

    BBC needs new rules for chair in wake of Richard Sharp affair, says David Dimbleby

    Current system gives too much power to prime ministers says broadcaster – but rules himself out of running

September 2022

  • David Dimbleby

    David Dimbleby echoes father to lead BBC coverage of Queen’s committal

    Richard Dimbleby commentated on the Queen’s coronation 69 years ago and the funeral of George VI in 1952

August 2022

  • Bernard Ingham in Days That Shook the BBC With David Dimbleby

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: David Dimbleby confronts a history of BBC scandals

  • David Dimbleby

    David Dimbleby criticises Emily Maitlis over Cummings ‘polemic’

June 2022

  • Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George, Prince William and Princess Charlotte on the balcony at Buckingham Palace

    BBC platinum jubilee review: Queen’s partial absence poses tricky challenges

    Finding the right tone was not always easy, but the TV marathon was a triumphant return for Kirsty Young

January 2022

  • David Dimbleby at the National Television Awards in 2019

    David Dimbleby suggests BBC licence fee could be linked to council tax

    Former Question Time host says he believes in licence fee but it would be fairer to remove flat rate

October 2020

  • David Dimbleby says Boris Johnson wants to bring the BBC ‘to heel’.

    David Dimbleby considering bid to become next BBC chair

  • George W Bush and Tony Blair at the Foreign Office press conference, November 2003.

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in audio: The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq; The Heist – review

December 2019

  • Huw Edwards

    Huw Edwards on his new BBC election role: I'm not complacent

  • Huw Edwards will helm the BBC coverage.

    Gravitas, surprises and John Bercow: TV election night coverage

November 2019

  • David Dimbleby photographed at home in London this month.

    David Dimbleby: ‘I feel liberated. Going back to reporting, it’s what life is about’

    After quitting Question Time and BBC election coverage, the 81-year-old shows no sign of slowing down
  • Huw Edwards takes over the general election duties from David Dimbleby.

    Huw Edwards to host BBC election night coverage

    Newsreader gets nod for key broadcast after being linked with job for five years
  • David Dimbleby

    Dimbleby’s next question: what is Murdoch’s legacy?

    Broadcaster turns to podcasts to examine facts and fiction surrounding life of Rupert Murdoch

September 2019

  • Fiona Bruce

    Fiona Bruce on 40 years of Question Time: 'It's where the reality confronts the rhetoric'

    The BBC panel show now causes as much debate as it hosts, accused of bias by all sides. Presenter Fiona Bruce still has hope for the future

March 2019

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    Have I Got News for You: David Dimbleby to host satirical TV show

    Former Question Time presenter says return to BBC One is ‘an intriguing invitation’

February 2019

  • Fiona Bruce and Diane Abbott on Question Time

    Question time over Fiona Bruce and the BBC

    Letters: Readers discuss the treatment of Diane Abbott on Question Time, audience balance and the need for impartiality

December 2018

  • 'That's a ridiculous question': David Dimbleby hits back at John Humphrys for 'posh' jibe – video

    David Dimbleby responded sharply during a Radio 4 interview when John Humphrys described the former Question Time presenter as  being 'quite posh' 

  • David Dimbleby: twice tried to become BBC director-general.

    David Dimbleby chides John Humphrys over 'posh' jibe in interview

    Former Question Time host rebukes Today presenter for ‘typical sneer’ in interview
  • Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman in Care.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Care; The Good Place; Billy Connolly’s Ultimate World Tour; Dynasties – review

    Jimmy McGovern adds to current miseries with a brilliantly acted social care drama. The Good Place, and Billy Connolly, counter with sheer joy
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