{"product_id":"keep-talking-9781399702423","title":"Keep Talking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  , David Dimbleby has interviewed prime ministers and presidents, made award-winning documentaries, chaired Question Time for 25 years, and anchored the BBC's live coverage of historic national and world events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e KEEP TALKING is David's wry look at his own extraordinary career, and the people, events and controversies he has encountered along the way. As a broadcaster for the BBC, David had an obligation to appear a neutral observer. Now finally 'off the leash' he writes without inhibition but with his characteristic wit, clarity and insight, about monarchy, politics, and the state of Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His book is enlivened with honest accounts of broadcasting from the inside - from commentating on Diana's funeral to anchoring ten successive General Election night results programmes. The faux pas, the secrets of the craft and what he was really thinking are shared for the first time. He reveals his own battles with politicians; queries the purpos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thoughtful, very readable and  nostalgia-inducing memoirs... We have been lucky, lucky, lucky to have him' * Andrew Billen, The Times *\u003cbr\u003ePithy and amusing... There is something else that Dimbleby has that all the best journalists do: a sense of mischief running in tandem with a dislike of hierarchy. It's the twinkle in the eye of his cover photo, and it pervades the memoir\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e * Rosamund Urwin, Sunday Times *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738909946199,"sku":"9781399702423","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399702423.jpg?v=1720050560","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/keep-talking-9781399702423","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}