David Dimbleby
Birthday: Born in 1938-10-28 in Surrey, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
David Dimbleby is a British journalist and former presenter of current affairs and political programmes, now best known for the BBC's long-running topical debate programme Question Time. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and elder brother of Jonathan Dimbleby.
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Top Gear
Character: Self
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff....
Nationwide
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Nationwide was a BBC News and current affairs television programme which ran from 9 September 1969 to 5 August 1983. It was broadcast on BBC One each weekday following the early evening news. It followed a magazine format, combining political analysis and discussion with consumer affairs, light entertainment and sports reporting. It began on 9 September 1969, running between Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.00pm, before being extended to five days a week in 1972. From 1976 until 1981 the start time w...
The One Show
Character: Self
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One....
The Goodies
Character: David Dimbumblum
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy....
A Picture of Britain
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Series in which David Dimbleby journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists through the centuries...
Seven Ages of Britain
Character: Self - Presenter
Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series which is written and presented by David Dimbleby. The seven part series was first aired on Sunday nights at 9:00pm on BBC One starting on 31 January 2010. The series covers the history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over the past 2000 years. Each episode covers a different period in British history. In Australia, all seven episodes aired on ABC1 each Tuesday at 8:30pm from 7 September 2010....
Question Time
Character: Self - Chair
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience....
How We Built Britain
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David Dimbleby tells the dramatic and heroic story of Britain's architecture - the extraordinary buildings which grew out of the experiences and beliefs of the British people and define the nation. From magnificent cathedrals to Glasgow tenements, from the medieval castle to the hi-tech corporate HQ and from the splendours of the most palatial stately home to the urban terraced house; from the invention of our industrial cities to the cosy postwar prefab - not forgetting railways, bridges, cana...
An Ocean Apart
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When the 20th century opened, Britain dominated world affairs, and America stood on the sidelines. Now their positions are reversed. This is the story of how it happened....
Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby
Character: Presenter
David Dimbleby goes behind the scenes to investigate major controversies that have affected the BBC and its viewers over the last sixty years....
Britain and the Sea
Character: Himself - Presenter
David Dimbleby takes to his wooden sailing boat to explore Britain's rich maritime heritage....
Panorama
Character: Himself - Presenter
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects....
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Presenter
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme....
Rebellion!
Character: Self - Reporter
As a young reporter, David Dimbleby made three Panorama films on Rhodesia between 1967 and 1968, following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence. This three-part series tells the inside story of white Rhodesia's revolt against the British crown and the long battle to bring full democracy to an independent Zimbabwe....
Newscast
Character: Self
In a televised version of the popular podcast, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, and guests chat about the stories behind the news....
How the BBC Began
Character: Self
The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years. The corporation's pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather than design....
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The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Character: Self - Presenter
Coverage of the State Funeral of HM the Queen, including the service from Westminster Abbey and the procession of Her Majesty’s coffin through London, the journey of The Queen’s coffin to Windsor, the procession to St. George’s Chapel and the Committal Service....