It remains to be seen whether King Charles will continue in this regard, Dimbleby adds, but says, I was impressed by the way that Charles took over immediately. Of course it no doubt helped that his father, Richard Dimbleby, was a famous broadcaster. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? The truth about my father's death, by David Dimbleby Brother of Jonathan Dimbleby and Private. Broadcaster David Dimbleby yesterday ruled himself out of the running to become the new chairman of the BBC following the resignation of Richard Sharp. The veteran broadcaster returned to the BBC last month to He is the son of broadcaster Richard Dimbleby and elder brother of Jonathan Dimbleby, of the Dimbleby family. Radio was the main source of entertainment, information, and political propaganda, and jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music, became immensely popular. He is best known for being one of the former presenters of the BBCs Question Time and worked previously as a host on current affairs and political programmes. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, By Laurence Boyce at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12671868, Frederick Richard Dimbleby, Dilys Violet Constance Dimbleby (born Thomas), Frederick Richard Dimbelby, Dilys Violet Constance Dimbelby (born Thomas), Henry Dimbleby, Liza Dimbleby, Kate Dimbleby, Dimbleby, Dimbleby, Dimbleby, Frederick Thomas J Dimbleby, Frederick Richard Dimbleby, Dilys Dimbleby, By WyrdLight.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38815881, The BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation, British Radio and Television Personalities, England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005. It also attempts to examine Murdoch's personal motivations and his political influence. 2023 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. And I felt I should go before I was pushed, that was important.. Dimbleby, who is 82 years old, fronted the BBC's coverage of every general election from 1979 to 2017, as His main home is a farm on the Sussex Downs near Lewes, but he and his wife Belinda come to London for work she works as a counselling psychologist and she was just setting off to work when I arrived. I mean if youre a politician and youve got more than one interviewer its easy because you can play them off against each other, but if youve got, say, Andrew Neil quizzing you face to face that is really testing, and its also really important., Dimbleby is probably best known for chairing Question Time, which he did for 25 years.