Between 1984 and 1985 (until his expulsion from the USSR in 1985[9]) he was BBC's correspondent for Moscow in 1984 and then for Washington from 1986 to 1989.[11]
Sebastian is a frequent moderator of major conferences, seminars and forums across the globe.
He was the chairman of The Doha Debates, a Qatar Foundation programme that was broadcast monthly on BBC World News where it was the highest-rated weekend programme. The Debates were founded by Sebastian in 2004 and their fifth series began in September 2008.
Following the political and social unrest in Egypt and Tunisia in early 2011, Tim Sebastian founded The New Arab Debates,[19] which have been held in Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan and were broadcast on Deutsche Welle English[20] as well as regional television channels. The debates are also held in Arabic and hosted by Egyptian TV presenter Mai El Sherbiny.
Awards
In 1982, Sebastian was awarded the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Richard Dimbleby Award and was named Television Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society. Additionally he has twice won the Royal Television Society's Interviewer of the Year Award for his HARDtalk interviews.
^ abShivdasani, Menka (17 April 2000), "Behind Those Interviews", Business Line, Madras, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 14 September 2011
^Rymanowski, Bogdan (2022). Dopaść Morawieckiego. Życie doczesne i wieczne Kornela Buntownika (in Polish). Wrocław: Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo. p. 289. ISBN9788382026986.