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Wed, 28 September 2022

7:15 pm - 8:30 pm GMT

David Dimbleby – Live on Stage in London

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For seventy years David Dimbleby has been one of Britain’s most loved and respected broadcasters. He joins us to reveal the people, events and controversies he encountered along the way.

David Dimbleby began his career in television aged 12 and went on to interview prime ministers and presidents, make award-winning documentaries, chair Question Time for 25 years, and anchor the BBC’s live coverage of historic national and world events.

As a broadcaster for the BBC, David had an obligation to appear a neutral observer. Now finally ‘off the leash’, he joins to share what he really thinks about politics and the state of Britain with his characteristic wit, clarity and insight.

Offering an honest accounts of broadcasting from the inside, from commentating on Diana’s funeral to anchoring ten successive General Election night results programmes, David will share the faux pas and the secrets of the craft from a lifetime at the heart of British broadcasting.

He will reveal his own battles with politicians; query the purpose and effect of political interviews; and consider the power of broadcasting to explore and amplify the public voice an increasingly polarised world.

David Dimbleby has been there for us at nearly every major national event of the last fifty years. Serious, outspoken, and leavened with humour, this event confirms David has seen it all – and is now telling it as he sees it.

This live event is presented in partnership with FANE.

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David Dimbleby

Journalist and Presenter

David Dimbleby 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.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.

Miranda Sawyer

Journalist and broadcaster

Miranda Sawyer is an English journalist and broadcaster. Besides her features and radio criticism for the ‘Observer’, her writing has appeared in ‘GQ’, ‘Vogue’ and the ‘Guardian’. She is a regular arts critic in print, on television and on radio. Her book, Out of Time, was published by Fourth Estate/HarperCollins. She is currently writing her third book, entitled Long Term about long term relationships, to be published in 2023. She broadcasts on Radio 4 and for The Culture Show (BBC TV). She is on the board of Tate Members, the South London Gallery and Sound Women.

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