Jonathan Dimbleby

I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I hate flying. My stomach churns at the mere thought of it.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Travelling to make television programmes means I have some unusual food memories. In Pasto, Colombia, I was taken to a restaurant where…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Rolling my trousers down to expose the upper part of my buttocks and having a knife pressed up and down my spine…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

My only real claim to fame is that I was southern England show-jumping champion in 1966. The day after my father died,…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

My two great treats in life are baked beans and vanilla ice-cream.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

It is easy enough to hold an opinion, but rather more testing to act on it.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

At home in Devon, my wife Jessica does a huge proportion of the cooking - I do the basics. My timing is…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

You have to be damn certain you're putting something better in its place.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

In the world in which we live, truth is an ancillary virtue, but it shouldn't be.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Food is about communal togetherness. Our family does sit at the table. I think it's a great tragedy if a family doesn't…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

As it is, the grotesque distortions of the global market mean that for every dollar the West dispatches to Africa in the…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I used to hunt as a child but gave up the chase in my 'Ho Ho Ho Chi-Minh, we shall fight and…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Recently, I had a hip resurfaced. It's different from a hip replacement because it's done with titanium. I like to think that…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I've never been a depressive, but I felt quite close to the edge at times. But you never know what's around the…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won't be using long words.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Ever more people are alert to the challenge of global poverty and global warming. We know that solutions are at hand. We…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look…

— Jonathan Dimbleby