After chairing his last ever episode of Question Time, David Dimbleby today guest-edited the Today programme. While there were a range of interviews and special guests, it was Dimbleby’s own appearance which piqued Mr S’s interest. The BBC broadcaster managed to come to verbal blows with regular host John Humphrys after Humphrys suggested Dimbleby was quite posh during a discussion on the monarchy.
How does David Dimbleby react when John Humphrys calls him "posh"? #r4today pic.twitter.com/DQ3X4vKJnY
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Dimbleby’s reply?
DD: I’m sorry, there was a total sneer in that question – ‘you’re quite posh’. I’m about as posh as you are. I come from Wales as you do. I’m not posh, I happen to have been a broadcaster for a long time.
JH: You had a very distinguished father?
DD: Well, that doesn’t make me posh! I had a distinguished father.
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