to adjust itself so that it does represent all opinion in the uk. and that s unlike any other broadcaster. interesting you say that because i wonder if you feel, if you were setting out on your broadcasting career today, whether you d find it as easy to become the top dog at the bbc in the way that you did? no, i m sure not. but, in a funny sort of way, it s worth exploring your own past cos it s quite telling about bbc past and present. you were the son of the bbc s, perhaps, most famous presenter of the time, a man who d been a war correspondent during world war ii. he then, i think, was presenter at the coronation of queen elizabeth. he was, in many ways, the voice and the face of the bbc, as, i said earlier, you were to become. it feels a bit nepotistic that you ended up doing pretty much the same job that your dad did. what s nepotism? how do you define it? nepotism is when your family sort of pulls strings. what, my dead father? my father, who died in 1965, was pulling strings yo
other broadcaster. interesting you say that because i wonder if you feel, if you were setting out on your broadcasting career today, whether you d find it as easy to become the top dog at the bbc in the way that you did? no, i m sure not. but, in a funny sort of way, it s worth exploring your own past cos it s quite telling about bbc past and present. you were the son of the bbc s, perhaps, most famous presenter of the time, a man who d been a war correspondent during world war ii. he then, i think, was presenter at the coronation of queen elizabeth. he was, in many ways, the voice and the face of the bbc, as, i said earlier, you were to become. it feels a bit nepotistic that you ended up doing pretty much the same job that your dad did. what s nepotism? how do you define it? nepotism is when your family sort of pulls strings. what, my dead father? my father, who died in 1965, was pulling strings for me in 2020? you must bejoking.
what s nepotism? how do you define it? nepotism is when your family sort of pulls strings. what, my dead father? my father, who died in 1965, was pulling strings for me in 2020? you must bejoking. no, no, not literally up to 2020. well, you asked the question. i did, and it s a serious question. no, i tell you exactly what i think. i came into broadcasting. actually, you got the date wrong. i came in when i was 12 years old to the bbc. i don t think you were being professionally employed at that point! i don t know whether i was paid or not, but i did family favourites and i did work in the bbc pretty well all my life. i went to university and then i started as a reporter in bristol. and the name dimbleby is a funny name. it sounds odd and there aren t many of us in the country. so, you know, sackur is quite a strange name, too. but if i d been called smith, nobody would have said it was nepotism. i m sure at the very beginning, at the very, very beginning, people thought, and the bbc
to adjust itself so that it does represent all opinion in the uk. and that s unlike any other broadcaster. interesting you say that because i wonder if you feel, if you were setting out on your broadcasting career today, whether you d find it as easy to become the top dog at the bbc in the way that you did? no, i m sure not. but, in a funny sort of way, it s worth exploring your own past cos it s quite telling about bbc past and present. you were the son of the bbc s, perhaps, most famous presenter of the time, a man who d been a war correspondent during world war ii. he then, i think, was presenter at the coronation of queen elizabeth. he was, in many ways, the voice and the face of the bbc, as, i said earlier, you were to become. it feels a bit nepotistic that you ended up doing pretty much the same job that your dad did. what s nepotism? how do you define it? nepotism is when your family sort of pulls strings. what, my dead father? my father, who died in 1965, was pulling strings
sort of pulls strings. what, my dead father? my father, who died in 1965, was pulling strings for me in 2020? you must bejoking. no, no, not literally up to 2020. well, you asked the question. i did, and it s a serious question. no, i tell you exactly what i think. i came into broadcasting. actually, you got the date wrong. i came in when i was 12 years old to the bbc. i don t think you were being professionally employed at that point! i don t know whether i was paid or not, but i did family favourites and i did work in the bbc pretty well all my life. i went to university and then i started as a reporter in bristol. and the name dimbleby is a funny name. it sounds odd and there aren t many of us in the country. so, you know, sackur is quite a strange name, too. but if i d been called smith, nobody would have said it was nepotism. i m sure at the very beginning, at the very, very beginning, people thought, and the bbc was a small organisation then, well, let s give this bloke a try an