Famous quote by Jonathan Dimbleby

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Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last weeks winner of Have I Got News
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"Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last week's winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong"

- Jonathan Dimbleby

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The quote is a comment on the fact that not every television program that deals with vital global concerns requires to have a preferred celebrity as its host. However, the speaker suggests that there may be some debate against this point of view.

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United Kingdom Flag This quote is written / told by Jonathan Dimbleby somewhere between July 31, 1944 and today. He/she was a famous Writer from United Kingdom. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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