63 Quotes by Jonathan Dimbleby

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

Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince’s archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters.

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 a place in the market.

It’s absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I’m not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night.

I’m not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.

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

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

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

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