Broadcasting's past, present and future - with David Dimbleby
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
David Dimbleby is one of the biggest names in the history of broadcasting. From election nights, to iconic political panel shows, to huge Royal occasions - he's been at the forefront of TV and radio news and politics for decades. He's also had a front seat for the shift in the industry's relationship with both politicians and the audience.
In an end-of-summer special extended interview, David Dimbleby reflects on the biggest moments from his phenomenal career and talks to Lewis about his memoir: Keep Talking.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.9 | Well, it's the end of our birthday week on the newsagents and the end of the summer. |
| 0:17.0 | So before Parliament, and more importantly for the affairs of the nation, |
| 0:19.8 | Maitless returns next week, |
| 0:21.3 | we thought we'd take advantage of this liminal bit of the calendar. This is a show about the news, |
| 0:26.1 | but it's also about three people who, to their fingertips, love the art of the broadcast. How it's |
| 0:31.3 | done, how it's changed and changing, how it could be better. This week, I interviewed a titan |
| 0:36.9 | of our craft, David Doubleby, |
| 0:39.1 | a man who by his own admission has probably done more broadcasting for longer than almost |
| 0:44.3 | anybody else who has really been around for nearly as long as political television has existed |
| 0:51.0 | in this country and been a huge part of it. |
| 0:59.9 | He in so many ways set the terms of trade, dictated how we do political news. |
| 1:05.2 | So we thought we'd bring you our conversation between a youngish broadcaster just about and one of a much finer pedigree at length on broadcasting the future of the BBC and politics. We hope you enjoy it. It's Lewis here. |
| 1:13.2 | Welcome to the news agents. |
| 1:18.1 | The Newsagents. So we're joined now by David Dumberby, Broadcasting Titan. Actually, I mean, |
| 1:24.5 | this sounds really, but actually one of my broadcasting heroes, really. |
| 1:28.7 | I mean, when I was in, well, I used to watch you, David, when I was a kid, you know, politics-obsessed teenager in Birmingham, watching question time and so on. |
| 1:34.4 | Well, I'm flattered. |
| 1:35.3 | Well, you should be flattered. |
| 1:37.1 | But we'll see where we go. |
| 1:38.2 | You might be flattered by the end of it. |
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