Editing David Dimbleby (section)

==Personal life==
Although the brothers presented election coverage on competing channels, when asked in an interview about rival [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s plans to include a riverboat party with the likes of [[Kevin Spacey]] and [[Richard Branson]] in their 2005 election broadcast, Dimbleby commented, "They've got Jonathan Dimbleby, what do they need Kevin Spacey for?".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidrowan.com/2005/04/interview-david-dimbleby-bbc-question.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029222557/http://www.davidrowan.com/2005/04/interview-david-dimbleby-bbc-question.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2006|title=David Rowan: Interview: David Dimbleby, BBC Question Time (Evening Standard)|date=29 October 2006}}</ref>

Dimbleby has three children with his first wife, [[Josceline Dimbleby]], a cookery writer: Liza, an artist; [[Henry Dimbleby|Henry]], a chef and co-founder of the fast-food chain [[Leon Restaurants|Leon]]; and [[Kate Dimbleby|Kate]], a jazz and folk singer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-08-23|title=Observations' One To Watch: Kate Dimbleby, Singer, 39|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/observations-one-to-watch-kate-dimbleby-singer-39-8076600.html|access-date=2021-11-23|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>

In 2000, Dimbleby married Belinda Giles, a granddaughter of [[Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr]],<ref>Mosley, Charles (ed.) ''[[Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage]], 107th edition.'' (volume 1) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Pages 1076&ndash;1077.</ref> with whom he had a son, Fred, in February 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/david-dimbleby-profile-britains-tv-master-of-ceremonies-on-election-night-10219831.html|title=David Dimbleby profile: Britain's TV master of ceremonies on election night|first=James|last=Ashton|date=1 May 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-18|title=David Dimbleby's son set to follow in father's footsteps at Oxford|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/david-dimbleby-s-son-set-to-follow-in-fathers-footsteps-at-oxford-a3323591.html|access-date=2020-10-07|website=Evening Standard|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dimbleby|first=David|title=The Truth Shall Set You Free, Episode 1|url=https://www.podplay.com/en/podcast/454819/the-fault-line-bush-blair-and-iraq/episode/44325906/1-the-truth-shall-set-you-free|access-date=2020-10-07|website=The Fault Line podcast|language=en|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011010841/https://www.podplay.com/en/podcast/454819/the-fault-line-bush-blair-and-iraq/episode/44325906/1-the-truth-shall-set-you-free|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dimbleby lives in [[Folkington]], near [[Polegate]], [[East Sussex]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/05_may/18/britain_six.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – How We Built Britain: Programme Six Modern South|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and [[Pimlico]], [[London]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barber |first=Lynn |date=2022-09-23 |title=David Dimbleby: 'Liz Truss's behaviour was unbelievable' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/biography-books/david-dimbleby-liz-trusss-behaviour-unbelievable/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> He previously had a home in [[Dittisham]], near [[Dartmouth, Devon]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Stamp, Rory|title=Anchor man|journal=The Lifeboat|volume=587|pages=46–7|date=Spring 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-22 |title=John Suchet on his love of his Devon home |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/devon/24796230.john-suchet-10-oclock-news-anchor-now/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Great British Life |language=en}}</ref> He is a supporter of [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3524808.stm|title=Which Dimbleby?|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2004|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Twitter 9 March 2013">{{cite web | title= Willing @tranmererovers, my team since I was ten, to gain promotion to the championship |url= https://mobile.twitter.com/daviddimble/status/310524585709805568| last= Dimbleby| first= David| date= 9 March 2013| website= mobile.twitter.com |publisher= [[Twitter]]| access-date= 26 June 2018 }}</ref>