David Dimbleby

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David Dimbleby

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Name David Dimbleby (born 28 October, 1938)
Nicknames Dimbles (everyone), Dimbledore (fandom), the Dimbleby Whale (Malcolm Tucker), David Bumblebee (Robin Cook, after Dimbleby accidentally called him "Robin Cock")
Hackery
Company The BBC
Positions • Question Time presenter (1994 - Present)
• Election night anchor (1979 - Present)
Likes Interesting ties, saying "spectacles", politicians who actually answer the questions put to them
Dislikes Politicians who try to make stump speeches on his show
Friends Jack Straw
Enemies ?
Relationships
Partners Belinda Giles (2000 - Present)

Josceline Dimbleby (? - ?)

Children Liza (?), Henry (?), Kate (?) from his first wife, Fred (?) from his second
Personal Attributes
Nationality English
Party If known
Religion ?
Sexuality Straight
Height ?
Eye Colour Grey
Handedness ?
Accent Received Pronunciation
Languages ?

David Dimbleby is an august institution of the British political commentariat. He was the news anchor for every election for the BBC since 1979, and he's chaired Question Time since 1994. With immense patience, superhuman alertness and perfect impartiality, he has narrated all the great political battles of the past quarter century. Opinions differ on his effectiveness as a Question Time moderator, but we can all agree he wears amazing ties. When he finally retires Britain will probably collapse into despotism simply because no one can conceive of how to run a democracy without him.

Life and Career[edit | edit source]

A baby Dimbleby, dimbling away. Even at such a tender age his tie was amazing.

Presenter of Question Time, a cutting edge politics programme inviting a group of more or less terrified politicos/journalists/vaguely VIPs to face the wrath of the masses. A well-known edition was the one with BNP Leader Nick Griffin, in which Griffin defended a colleague's links with the KKK and kindly told a British Asian member of the audience that he "could stay in Britain". Dimbles was his usual HBIC self throughout, and managed to deal with Griffin without visibly vomiting, which is yet another display of his Unearthly Powers.

He has never been seen to sleep; it is suspected by the fandom that he lacks this capacity.

The difference between me and you? I make this look GOOD.

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