David Dimbleby has made a rare public appearance at an Eastbourne art gallery six years after stepping down as the host of BBCs Question Time.
The veteran journalist, 85, was in good spirits as he opened the art exhibition Drawing the Unspeakable, which he has curated with with his 56-year-old daughter Liza.
Dimbleby has kept a low profile since retiring from Question Time after fronting the programe for 25 years.
This year, he also stepped down as chair of Towner Eastbourne Art Gallery this year after ten years in the role.
The new exhibition is inspired by the broadcasters exchanges with his daughter during the Covid pandemic in which they would send each other drawings as opposed to letters.
David Dimbleby has made a rare public appearance at an Eastbourne art gallery
Dimbleby has kept a low profile since retiring from Question Time after fronting the programe for 25 years
The veteran journalist, 85, was in good spirits as he opened the art exhibition Drawing the Unspeakable with his daughter Liza
In his 25 years of fronting Question Time, Dimbleby became a firm favourite of the British public
Explaining the idea to the Guardian, Dimbleby said: Drawing is really immediate. It’s direct, quick and straight from the heart or mind.
It has a vividness and power that we liked.
Since stepping back from the limelight, Dimbleby has kept his interventions at the BBC to a minimum.
Last year, the legandary broadcaster announced he had ruled himself out of becoming the corporations new chairman after twice running in the past for the role.
He told BBC Radio 4s Today program: I am now focusing on broadcasting, which has always been my greatest pleasure. So I shall carry on doing that.
No, I wont apply. If asked to do it I will say, No, thank you very much, not this time around.
In 2022, Dimbleby provided commentary over Quen Elizabeth IIs committal service alongside Kirsty Young, the former presenter of Desert Island Discs.
It came 69 years after Dimblebys own father, Richard Dimbleby, provided the commentary for the Queens Coronation in 1953.
In his 25 years of fronting Question Time, Dimbleby became a firm favourite of the British public and many of his exchanges on the programme have become some of the UKs most memorable TV moments.
After his final programme finished in 2018, he was given a standing ovation by the audience and panel.