David Dimbleby discloses his "secret longing" for a tattoo, suggesting he would like a small scorpion to represent his star sign
David Dimbleby Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY
He is best-known for his distinguished broadcasting career and unrivalled
election coverage, but it appears 75-year-old David Dimbleby may have a
wildside waiting to be unleashed.
He has disclosed he has a “secret longing” to have a tattoo, suggesting he has
considered a small scorpion to represent his star sign.
Dimbleby, who now presents Question Time for the BBC, said he had explored the
art of tattooing as part of his new programme Britain and the Sea.
Speaking on The One Show, he disclosed he had considered going under the
needle himself, saying he “couldn’t make up” his mind despite a “secret
longing” to have one done.
When asked whether he had taken part in the segment of the show, he said:
“Well I was very intrigued by the tattoo. You’ll have to wait and see.
“I couldn’t make up my mind, that’s the truth. I couldn’t make up my mind at
the time.
“I have had a slight secret longing that I might have one done.”
When told he “didn’t look the type” by presenter Alex Jones, he added: “What,
to have a tattoo? I’m not going to tell you where I’d have it. I’m not
Cheryl Cole.”
The first of the Britain and the Sea series, to be broadcast on November 17,
sees him visit a tattoo parlour to see how the Polynesian art of tribal
tattoos, discovered by Captain James Cook in the 18th century, remain
popular today.
In it, he tells a tattooed member of the public he would “have my own star
sign, which is a scorpion”.
He adds he is “too old now” to undertake the inking, saying: “The only person
who will see my tattoo is the undertaker.”
The disclosure comes several months after fellow BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman
caused an unlikely media furore after appearing
on Newsnight with a post-holiday beard.
If Dimbleby goes ahead with the idea, he will be following in the footsteps of
Lady Steel, who adorned her shoulder with a pink spotted jaguar tattoo for
her 70th birthday, saying it proved “you’re never too old enough to do mad
things”.
'Britain and the Sea’, made in partnership with the National Maritime
Museum, is broadcast BBC One later this month
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