David Dimbleby
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| Born |
28 October 1938 Surrey, England |
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| Residence | Polegate, East Sussex, England | ||
| Education |
Charterhouse School Christ Church, Oxford |
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| Occupation | Television presenter, journalist, political commentator | ||
| Years active | 1965–present | ||
| Employer | BBC | ||
| Known for | BBC Question Time Presenter BBC UK General Election Night Anchor/Commentator BBC National Events Anchor/Commentator |
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| Spouse(s) |
Josceline Dimbleby (divorced) Belinda Giles (2000–present) |
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| Children | Liza Dimbleby Henry Dimbleby Kate Dimbleby Fred Dimbleby |
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| Parent(s) |
Richard Dimbleby (father) Dilys Thomas (mother) |
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| Family |
Jonathan Dimbleby (brother) Nicholas Dimbleby (brother) Sally Dimbleby (sister) |
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David Dimbleby (born 28 October 1938) is a British journalist and a presenter of current affairs and political programmes, now best known for the BBC's long running Question Time television series. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and elder brother of Jonathan Dimbleby. Long involved in the coverage of national events, Dimbleby has anchored the BBC's coverage of every general election since 1979 and United States elections. He has also presented and narrated documentary series on architecture and history.
Dimbleby was born in Surrey, the son of the journalist and Second World War war correspondent Richard Dimbleby, by his marriage to Dilys Thomas, from Wales. His younger brother is Jonathan Dimbleby, also a television current affairs presenter. David Dimbleby was educated at two independent schools, the Glengorse School in Battle, East Sussex, and Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey, where he was a contemporary of the journalist Adam Raphael. The two younger Dimblebys both made their television débuts in the 1950s in the BBC's first holiday programme Passport, at a time when the whole family would visit resorts in Switzerland or Brittany. A holiday programme for the home countries, called No Passport, was also broadcast.
After learning French in Paris and Italian in Perugia, Dimbleby read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated with a third-class honours degree. While at Oxford he was President of the Christ Church JCR, a member of the Bullingdon Club – a socially exclusive student dining and drinking society – and also editor of the student magazine Isis.
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