Television presenter, journalist, political commentator
Years active
1962–present
Employer
BBC
Known for
BBC Question Time Presenter BBC UK General Election Night Anchor/Commentator BBC National Events Anchor/Commentator
Spouses
Josceline Gaskell
(m. 1967; div. 1993)
Belinda Giles
(m. 2000)
Children
4; including Henry and Kate
Parent(s)
Richard Dimbleby Dilys Thomas
Relatives
Dimbleby family
David Dimbleby's voice
Recorded February 2008 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
David Dimbleby (born 28 October 1938) is an English journalist and former presenter of current affairs and political programmes, best known for having presented the BBC topical debate programme Question Time. He is the son of broadcaster Richard Dimbleby and elder brother of Jonathan Dimbleby, of the Dimbleby family. Long involved in the coverage of national events, Dimbleby hosted the BBC Election Night coverage from 1979 to 2017, as well as United States presidential elections on the BBC until 2016.[1] He has also presented and narrated documentary series on architecture and history.
^Williams, Zoe (3 April 2010). "When Newsnight got a wife". The Guardian.
DavidDimbleby (born 28 October 1938) is an English journalist and former presenter of current affairs and political programmes, best known for having...
reporter DavidDimbleby (born 1938), elder son of Richard, journalist and host of BBC Election Night coverage from 1979 to 2017 Josceline Dimbleby (born...
historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television presenter DavidDimbleby. Dimbleby was educated at Charterhouse, a boys'...
broadcaster DavidDimbleby and of Josceline Dimbleby. Dimbleby was born to broadcaster DavidDimbleby and cookery writer Josceline Dimbleby in May 1970...
Frederick Richard Dimbleby CBE (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent...
her former husband, the broadcaster DavidDimbleby, including Henry Dimbleby and Kate Dimbleby. "Josceline Dimbleby – Home". Joscelinedimbleby.com. Retrieved...
Retrieved 8 May 2015. Selby, Jenn (8 May 2015). "General Election 2015: DavidDimbleby randomly shouts 'For God's Sake' live during the BBC's rolling coverage"...
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (also known as the Dimbleby Lecture) is an annual television lecture founded in memory of Richard Dimbleby (1913—1965), the...
election. The election was broadcast live on BBC One and presented by DavidDimbleby, Jeremy Paxman, Andrew Marr, Peter Snow, and Tony King. The 2001 general...
results were broadcast live on the BBC and presented by Peter Snow, DavidDimbleby, Tony King, Jeremy Paxman, and Andrew Marr. The governing Labour Party...
Kate Dimbleby (born 1973) is an English cabaret singer and songwriter. Kate Dimbleby was born in London, England, the daughter of the broadcaster David Dimbleby...
parliament. The election night was covered live on the BBC, presented by DavidDimbleby, Peter Snow and Robin Day. It was also broadcast on ITV, presented by...
The election night was broadcast live on the BBC and was presented by DavidDimbleby, Sir Robin Day and Peter Snow. It was also broadcast on ITV and presented...
Corbyn separately answering questions from voters on 2 June, chaired by DavidDimbleby. Sturgeon and Farron were expected to do the same on 4 June, but after...
news and analysis programme War in the Gulf is broadcast, presented by DavidDimbleby although as the War progresses, War in the Gulf is scaled back to allow...
In May 2013 Edwards took over BBC coverage of local elections from DavidDimbleby. He presented a special news report for the BBC following the death...
is a British documentary television series presented and written by DavidDimbleby that was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 November 2013. The series...
2012 election coverage on BBC One and the BBC News Channel alongside DavidDimbleby, when incumbent US President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were fighting...
The Great Debate was held at Wembley Arena on 21 June and hosted by DavidDimbleby, Mishal Husain and Emily Maitlis in front of an audience of 6,000. The...
6 April 2023. Monkey (12 November 2014). "One woman's fight to get DavidDimbleby to correctly pronounce Dominica". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August...
Baende, 1991. Media related to Celtic crosses at Wikimedia Commons DavidDimbleby. "Age of Conquest". Seven Ages of Britain. 29:16 minutes in. BBC 1....
Television Arts (BAFTA) was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell, Laurence...
creator of James Bond. Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), journalist DavidDimbleby (1938–), journalist Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett (1954–), barrister Sebastian...
series on British-American relations in the 20th century presented by DavidDimbleby. The series explores the relationship between the United Kingdom and...
out of 400,000 bricks". BBC News. 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-06-03. DavidDimbleby (2005), A Picture of Britain, Tate Publishing, ISBN 1-85437-566-0 James...
Global Information