Jonathan Dimbleby is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, a political commentator and a writer. Starting his career as a reporter for Radio Bristol, he moved on to Radio 4 to present The World at One and The World This Weekend. He then became a reporter for Thames Television’s This Week. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he worked prodigiously, reporting from around the world, and writing and presenting many major documentary series. He presented BBC Radio 4’s flagship programme of topical debate Any Questions? and its twin phone-in programme Any Answers? until 2019.
He has written a number of best-selling books: Richard Dimbleby; The Palestinians; The Prince of Wales; The Last Governor and Russia and Destiny in the Desert: The Story Behind El Alamein in 2012. Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War was published in April 2021. He combines his media career with running his organic farm and shop in Somerset in the UK.