Editing David Dimbleby (section)

===2010s===
Dimbleby hosted the third of three [[2010 United Kingdom general election debates|televised election debates]] featuring the leaders of the three main political parties held in the run-up to the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Brown to face three televised election debates | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 21 December 2009 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8425280.stm | access-date = 21 December 2009}}</ref> On the night of the 2010 general election, Dimbleby hosted the BBC coverage, along with [[Jeremy Vine]], [[Jeremy Paxman]], [[Nick Robinson (journalist)|Nick Robinson]], and [[Emily Maitlis]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8662141.stm | title=BBC News Article – BBC Election Coverage 2010 | date=6 May 2010}}</ref> Presenting from [[BBC Television Centre]] Studio 1, he was an anchor, and involved in commentary contributions, guest interviews and introducing live outside broadcasts. In 2013, Dimbleby presented ''[[Britain and the Sea]]'' and a year later, he presented ''[[The European Union: In or Out]]''. In 2015, Dimbleby hosted the first [[BBC]] [[2015 United Kingdom general election|general election]] debate, in spite of the fact that neither [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[David Cameron]] nor [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Nick Clegg]] took part.

Dimbleby hosted the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU referendum]] results show on [[BBC One]], [[BBC News]] and [[BBC World News]] overnight on 23–24 June 2016, when the UK became the first and only country to vote to leave the [[European Union]]. In this programme, he made the following quote to the country when the BBC released its forecast for a Leave win at 04:40 [[British Summer Time|BST]]:

{{cquote|Well, at twenty minutes to five we can now say the decision taken in 1975 by this country to join the Common Market has been reversed by this referendum to leave the EU. We are absolutely clear now that there is no way that the Remain side can win. It looks as if the gap is going to be something like 52 to 48...so a four point lead for leaving the EU, and that is the result of this referendum which has been preceded by weeks and months of argument and dispute and all the rest of it. The British people have spoken and the answer is: we're out!}}

On 20 April 2017, the BBC announced that Dimbleby would host their coverage of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], despite having previously said that the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] would be his last.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39657843|title=General election 2017: David Dimbleby to host programme|work=BBC News |date=20 April 2017}}</ref> On 17 June 2018, the BBC announced that Dimbleby would leave ''Question Time'' after 25 years at the end of that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44513442|title=David Dimbleby to leave Question Time|work=BBC News |date=17 June 2018}}</ref> On 7 December 2018, the BBC announced that [[Fiona Bruce]] would take over presenting duties from January 2019. Since his retirement from ''Question Time'', Dimbleby has presented occasional documentaries for the BBC.