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PM should not appoint BBC chair, says David Dimbleby

The Prime Minister should not decide who becomes the next chairman of the BBC, veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby said.

Evening Standard

BBC needs new rules for chair in wake of Richard Sharp affair, says David Dimbleby

Current system gives too much power to prime ministers says broadcaster – but rules himself out of running

The Guardian - UK

Hexham Book Festival is under way with big name authors and children's Storyland to come

Guests to annual literary festival, running until April 30, include Robert Hardman, Susannah Constantine, David Dimbleby, Simon Armitage and Alexander McCall Smith

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BBC Coronation presenting line-up in full - including Jordan Banjo in huge shake-up

Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards and Clare Balding are some of the big names forming the BBC's presenting team for King Charles' Coronation - but David Dimbleby misses out

Daily Mirror

Royal news – latest: Meghan Markle snubs King’s coronation as Prince Harry to attend

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Harry will be attending the coronation ceremony without his wife Meghan

The Independent UK

David Dimbleby ‘turns down’ offer to cover King’s coronation

Broadcaster reportedly did not want to play ‘second fiddle’ in corporation’s coverage

The Independent UK

'Very happy indeed': Scottish presenter to lead coronation coverage

Kirsty Young and Huw Edwards have been named among the BBC’s presenting team for next month’s coronation celebrations.

The National (Scotland)

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Kirsty Young and Huw Edwards among presenters of BBC’s coronation coverage

The broadcast will cover the lead up to the Westminster Abbey service, the ceremony itself and the return procession to Buckingham Palace.

The Independent UK

Pulled! A timeline of TV taken off air

Move over Match of the Day … here’s a look at the most contentious shows that have had to be cancelled, featuring giant pickled penises, melting eyeballs – and footage Thatcher forced the police to seize

The Guardian - UK

‘Multiply problematic’ – should the BBC’s Jimmy Savile drama ever air?

Steve Coogan has long been slated to play Savile in The Reckoning. But why the delays – and what has it got to do with the King?

The Guardian - UK

CEO who helped save the Co-op from collapse lands new role

Richard Pennycook is a former chairman of THG

Birmingham Post

BBC's David Dimbleby makes subtle Boris Johnson dig during Remembrance Day coverage

BBC viewers claim presenter David Dimbleby got Boris Johnson's name wrong on purpose while the former Prime Minister appeared at the Cenotaph in London – and suggested it could be down to him being a secret rock fan

Daily Mirror

‘It’s really hardcore’: Nadine Dorries gives I’m a Celeb advice to Matt Hancock

Fellow political I’m a Celebrity contestant Nadine Dorries has told Matt Hancock there is one upside to eating creepy crawlies and other animal bits in the jungle before his first appearance this week.

Evening Standard

Fiona Bruce on why she won't be presenting Question Time as long as her predecessor

Fiona Bruce called Question Time the most challenging job she's ever done and admitted she won't be the show's host for as long as David Dimbleby was

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

David Dimbleby says BBC ‘absolutely vital’ in today’s landscape

The 83-year-old said the broadcaster should look forwards, not back, on its 100th anniversary.

The National (Scotland)

Anger as David Dimbleby claims Gaelic TV funding robs BBC 'by stealth'

A HEBRIDEAN MSP has fired back over claims from a senior BBC broadcaster that funding for Gaelic programmes is robbing the BBC “by stealth”.

Evening Standard

Michaela Coel planning to build a house in Ghana

She’s an iconic Londoner, but now Michaela Coel is broadening her horizons. Coel, pictured, recently lived in Ghana for six months and the trial run seems to have gone well. Now she tells Vogue of her plans to build a house in a village there where her father lives. She…

The Independent UK

David Dimbleby says BBC is too scared to ‘properly examine’ royal family’s power

‘It’s just interesting how tightly controlled monarchy is,’ broadcaster said

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The Independent UK

‘Chaotic’ Conservative party is ‘disintegrating before our eyes’, says David Dimbleby

‘I’ve never seen quite such chaos,’ said the former ‘Question Time’ presenter

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the secret British plan to keep Italy’s communists from power

Newly declassified files expose the Foreign Office’s dirty tricks campaign to influence the knife-edge 1976 election result

The National (Scotland)

BBC veteran David Dimbleby hits out at Tory 'sh**storm' in rare on-air expletive

VETERAN broadcaster David Dimbleby made a rare outspoken remark while on air as he discussed the UK’s economic turmoil of recent days with…

Daily Mirror

Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby blasts Tory tax cuts with rare on-air expletive

Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby retired as Question Time host in 2018 but appeared on the BBC's Newscast podcast to label the Government's mini-budget 'a complete s**tstorm'

Wales Online

David Dimbleby criticises tax cuts with rare on-air expletive

The former Question Time host was discussing the UK’s economic turmoil

Wales Online

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones' cheeky boyband remark to co-presenter

The Welsh presenter couldn't help a subtle swipe at co-host Ronan Keating as Take That's Mark Owen joined the show

The Guardian - UK

David Dimbleby echoes father to lead BBC coverage of Queen’s committal

Richard Dimbleby commentated on the Queen’s coronation 69 years ago and the funeral of George VI in 1952

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