Editing David Dimbleby (section)

{{short description|British commentator and presenter (born 1938)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = David Dimbleby
| image        = David Dimbleby 01.jpg
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| caption      = Dimbleby in 2007
| birth_name   =
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1938|10|28|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[East Sheen]], [[Surrey]], England
| nationality  =
| other_names  =
| education    = [[Charterhouse School]]
| alma_mater   = [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
| occupation   = Television presenter, journalist, political commentator
| years_active = 1962–present
| employer     = BBC
| known_for    = BBC ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'' Presenter<br />BBC UK General Election Night Anchor/Commentator<br />BBC National Events Anchor/Commentator
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Josceline Dimbleby|Josceline Gaskell]]|1967|1993|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Belinda Giles|2000}}
}}
| partner      =
| children     = 4; including [[Henry Dimbleby|Henry]] and [[Kate Dimbleby|Kate]] 
| parents      = [[Richard Dimbleby]]<br />Dilys Thomas
| relatives    = [[Dimbleby family]]
| agent        = Rosemary Scoular at United Agents
| module       = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=David Dimbleby BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 24 Feb 2008 b0090g5l.flac|title={{center|David Dimbleby's voice}}|type=speech|description={{center|[[:File:David Dimbleby BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 24 Feb 2008 b0090g5l.flac|Recorded February 2008]] from the BBC Radio 4 programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''}}}}
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'''David Dimbleby''' (born 28 October 1938) is an English journalist and former presenter of [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] and political programmes, best known for having presented the BBC topical debate programme ''[[Question Time (TV 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 United Kingdom general election|1979]] to [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]], as well as United States presidential elections on the BBC until 2016.<ref name="Williams">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/03/today-programme-women-presenters-bbc|title=When Newsnight got a wife|first=Zoe|last=Williams|work=The Guardian|date=3 April 2010}}</ref> He has also presented and narrated documentary series on architecture and history.