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David Dimbleby (born 28 October 1938) is a British BBC TV commentator and a presenter of current affairs and political programmes, most notably the BBC's flagship political show Question Time, and more recently, art, architectural history and history series. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and elder brother of Jonathan Dimbleby. In 2010 he received nationwide recognition and respect for hosting the BBC's election coverage for 18 hours straight.
Dimbleby was born in Surrey and educated at two independent schools, the then Glengorse School in Battle, East Sussex, and Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey (where he was a contemporary of Adam Raphael). After learning French in Paris and Italian in Perugia, he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated with a third-class honours degree. While at Oxford he was President of the Christ Church JCR, a member of the Bullingdon Club - a socially exclusive student dining and binge drinking society - and editor of the student magazine, Isis.