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Evan Davis

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At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do.


— Evan Davis


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Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine.


— Evan Davis


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But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on, I decided to have a go at stand-up comedy.


— Evan Davis


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Even the 'Today' programme involves a balance between the worthy-but-heavy items with the worthless-but-entertainingly-light ones.


— Evan Davis


#between #even #involves #items #ones

For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.


— Evan Davis


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Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget.


— Evan Davis


#been #british #budget #delivered #engineering

I actually profoundly think the world's a better place when economics is fairly boring... The more boring the better.


— Evan Davis


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I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it.


— Evan Davis


#being #big #big thing #bit #gay

I don't want to sound like 'chirpy Evan' who's just bouncing around with his unrealistic views and doesn't understand what's going on.


— Evan Davis


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I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view.


— Evan Davis


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This included examining the impact of the M25 on the town of Ashtead Surrey where Davis grew up. Background
Davis grew up in Ashtead Surrey. He says that one of the best things about presenting on the radio is that "you can look things up on Wikipedia while on air".

In October 2001 Davis took over from Peter Jay as the BBC's economics editor. Evan Davis is also the presenter for the BBC venture-capitalist programme Dragons' Den as well as The Bottom Line a business conversation show also on BBC Radio 4.

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