Jonathan Dimbleby

Acting

Jonathan Dimbleby

Born

1944-07-31 (82)

Place of birth

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

Jonathan Dimbleby is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television presenter David Dimbleby.

Known for

World in Action poster
7.0

World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.

World in Action

1963

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster
2.8

The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

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First Tuesday or This World is a monthly television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on the ITV network and was produced by Yorkshire Television. The subject matter was mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world. It ran from 5 April 1983 to 2 November 1993, with programme being shown on the first Tuesday of the month, hence the title. In 1993, Network First was a part replacement for First Tuesday.

First Tuesday

1983

The BBC at War poster
7.0

An enthralling series exploring how the BBC fought not only Hitler but also the British government to become the institution it is today.

The BBC at War

2015

The Trial of Tony Blair poster
6.0

Biting political satire starring Robert Lindsay as a beleaguered Tony Blair, who stubbornly refuses to see the danger he faces from a Special Tribunal on Iraq that has been set up to investigate war crimes

The Trial of Tony Blair

2007

Endgame poster
5.9

The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.

Endgame

2009

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2000s · 3 titles

1970s · 2 titles

Series credits

World in Action poster
7.0

World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.

World in Action

1963

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster
2.8

The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

No artwork available
NR

First Tuesday or This World is a monthly television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on the ITV network and was produced by Yorkshire Television. The subject matter was mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world. It ran from 5 April 1983 to 2 November 1993, with programme being shown on the first Tuesday of the month, hence the title. In 1993, Network First was a part replacement for First Tuesday.

First Tuesday

1983

The BBC at War poster
7.0

An enthralling series exploring how the BBC fought not only Hitler but also the British government to become the institution it is today.

The BBC at War

2015

No artwork available
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In three fifty minute films,this series reveals the deals and the betrayals,the polite letters from palace press secretaries and the bollockings from tabloid editors,the telephone calls to the BBC Governors and the intercepted mobile phone calls from royal paramours which form the recent history of the relationship between the Royal Family,politicians and the media.

Royals and Reptiles

1997

An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby poster
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After four decades of reporting from the continent, Jonathan Dimbleby returns to Africa on a 7,000-mile journey to discover how it is changing.

An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby

2010

Heseltine: A Life in the Political Jungle poster
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After Michael Heseltine announced his retirement from the House of Commons and to tie in with the publication of his memoirs 'Life in the Jungle' in September 2000, LWT made a two part documentary telling his story.

Heseltine: A Life in the Political Jungle

2000

A South American Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby poster
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Jonathan Dimbleby travels to South America to report on dramatic changes in one of the world's least understood continents

A South American Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby

2011

Behind the camera