DIMBLEBY HOOFED OUT BY A BULLOCK.Byline: MARK JEFFERIES QUESTION Time host David Dimbleby missed the show for the first time in 15 years last night - after being knocked unconscious by a bullock. The BBC presenter, who chaired BNP BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide Physiology A 32-residue peptide hormone produced predominantly in the ventricles, secreted in response to fluid overload–eg, CHF. See Atrial natriuretic peptide. leader Nick Griffin's controversial appearance last month, was sent flying when the animal reared as he put it on to a trailer on Wednesday. Dimbleby, 71, who lives with wife Belinda Giles, 49, on a smallholding smallholding Noun a piece of agricultural land smaller than a farm smallholder n Noun 1. smallholding - a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation in East Sussex, had stitches put in a head wound and was being kept in hospital for observation with mild concussion, ruling him out of Question Time. Speaking from his hospital bed in good spirits Adv. 1. in good spirits - without losing equilibrium; "she took all his criticism in stride" in stride , he said: "I haven't missed a Question Time in over 15 years. "Trust my wife's bullock to take me out. I'll be giving bullocks a wide berth in future." John Humphrys, presenter of Radio 4's Today programme, chaired last night's political panel show from Weston-super-Mare. But a BBC source said Dimbleby would "almost definitely" return next week. CAPTION(S): HOSPITAL BBC host David |
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