63 Quotes by Jonathan Dimbleby

I am going to vote for Ken Clarke. For years the wider electorate has told us that Ken Clarke should be the leader of our party and prime minister of our country,

I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes that this tax is paying for.

Why it took a few days to get it out in the public arena, during which time there was wonderful speculation that maybe there was going to be an illegal wedding, I don't know.

The moment seemed right to me for a full and, if possible, authoritative portrait of the life and character of the Prince of Wales.

That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter.

Although it would have been within his gift to do so, I think he took the view that there would be too many distressed communicants inside the Anglican Church for it to be a good idea,

Formally, there is no doubt that Camilla will become Queen.

Apart from anything else, it was beautifully done and tastefully executed - and I actually enjoyed watching it,

Ever more people are alert to the challenge of global poverty and global warming. We know that solutions are at hand. We will not sleepwalk into catastrophe. We have the capacity to forsee and forestall, and I believe we will find the will to act