Editing Michael Dobbs (section)

==Business and media==
Dobbs held various positions at [[Saatchi & Saatchi]] (1979–1990), including Deputy Chairman and Director of Worldwide Corporate Communications. He has written for many newspapers, including ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' (1972–1975) and he was a columnist for ''The Mail on Sunday'' (1991–1998). 

He hosted the current affairs programme ''[[Despatch Box]]'' on [[BBC Two]] (1998–2001).

He has been a regular contributor to [[BBC Radio 4]]. He has written and presented documentaries about the school days of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, ''[[The Archers]]'' radio drama series and the [[Brighton Bomb]]. In 2023 he was guest editor of ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]'', devoting the programme to an interview with [[HM Queen Camilla]] (then Princess of Wales), and [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bd7rzl | title=BBC Radio 4 - Best of Today, Michael Dobbs' Today Programme | date=27 December 2021 }}</ref> In December 2024 he presented a three-part satirical review of the year on Broadcasting House in the voice of [[Larry (cat)|Larry]], the Downing Street Cat.