The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (1972-2025)

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The Richard Dimbleby Lecture was founded in the memory of Richard Dimbleby, the BBC broadcaster. It has been delivered by an influential business or political figure almost every year since 1972.

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1972: Lord Annan - What are Universities for, Anyway?

1972-10-31
E02 45m

1973: Sir Robert Mark - Minority Verdict

1973-11-06
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E03 45m

Lord Goodman - Housing - Who is to Blame?

1974-10-22
E04 45m

1975: Sir Huw Wheldon - The British Experience in Television

1976-02-26
E05 45m

1976: Lord Hailsham - Elective Dictatorship

1976-10-14
E06 45m

Jack Jones - The Human Face of Labour

1977-12-06
E07 45m

1978: Lord Rothschild - Risk

1978-11-23
E08 45m

Roy Jenkins - Home Thoughts from Abroad

1979-11-22
E09 45m

1980: Lord Denning - Misuse of Power

E10 45m

1982: Garret FitzGerald - Irish Identities

E11 45m

1983: Sir Peter Parker - Missing Our Connections

E12 45m

1984: David Sheppard - The Other Britain

E13 45m

1985: Baroness Warnock - Teacher, Teach Thyself

E14 45m

1986: Sir John Harvey-Jones - Does Industry Matter?

E15 45m

1987: Sir Denis Forman - British Television: Who are the Masters Now?

E16 45m

1988: Sir George Porter - Knowledge Itself is Power

E17 45m

1989: Prince Philip - Living Off the Land

E18 45m

1990: Helmut Schmidt - Europe in the Nineties

E19 45m

1992: Lord Taylor of Gosforth - The Judiciary in the Nineties

E20 45m

1994: Stella Rimington - Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?

1994-06-12
E21 45m

1996: Richard Dawkins - Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

1996-11-12
E22 45m

1997: Lord Nolan - Public Life, Public Confidence

E23 45m

1998: George J. Mitchell - Principles of Peace

E24 45m

1999: Susan Greenfield - The Future Could be Too Much Fun

E25 45m

2000: Sir Nicholas Serota - Who's Afraid of Modern Art

E26 45m

2001: Bill Clinton - The Struggle For The Soul of The 21st Century

E27 45m

2002: Dr Rowan Williams - Nations, Markets and Morals

E28 45m

2003: Dominique de Villepin - The path towards a new world

E29 45m

James Dyson: Engineering the Difference

E30 45m

Stella Rimington: Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?

E31 45m

General Sir Mike Jackson: Defence of the Realm in the 21st Century

2006-12-06
E32 45m

Dr J Craig Venter: A DNA-Driven World

2007-12-04
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales: Facing the Future
E33 45m

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales: Facing the Future

2009-07-08
Sir Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands with Death
E34 45m

Sir Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands with Death

2010-02-01
Michael Morpurgo: Set Our Children Free
E35 45m

Michael Morpurgo: Set Our Children Free

2011-02-15
Sir Paul Nurse: The Wonder of Science
E36 45m

Sir Paul Nurse: The Wonder of Science

2012-02-28
Bill Gates: The Impatient Optimist
E37 45m

Bill Gates: The Impatient Optimist

2013-01-29
Christine Lagarde: A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century
E38 45m

Christine Lagarde: A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century

2014-02-04
Martha Lane Fox: Dot Everyone - Power, the Internet and You
E39 45m

Martha Lane Fox: Dot Everyone - Power, the Internet and You

2015-03-30
Gregory Doran: Is Shakespeare Chinese?
E40 45m

Gregory Doran: Is Shakespeare Chinese?

2016-03-16
E41 45m

John O. Brennan: Staying Safe in a Turbulent World

2017-04-04
Jeanette Winterson
E42 45m

Jeanette Winterson

2018-06-06
E43 45m

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The World Wide Web - A Mid-Course Correction

2019-11-17
E44 45m

Dame Sarah Gilbert: Vaccine Vs Virus: This Race - and the Next One

2021-12-06
E45

David Harewood: 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arriving in this country

2023-06-20
E46

Sir Gareth Southgate: The Beautiful Game: Building Belief and Resilience in a Younger Generation

2025-03-19

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