Overview
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.
Details
Status
Returning Series
Network
BBC One
Type
Talk Show
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
GB
Spoken Languages
English
Seasons
EP 11972: Lord Annan - What are Universities for, Anyway?EP 21973: Sir Robert Mark - Minority VerdictEP 3Lord Goodman - Housing - Who is to Blame?EP 41975: Sir Huw Wheldon - The British Experience in TelevisionEP 51976: Lord Hailsham - Elective DictatorshipEP 6Jack Jones - The Human Face of LabourEP 71978: Lord Rothschild - RiskEP 8Roy Jenkins - Home Thoughts from AbroadEP 91980: Lord Denning - Misuse of PowerEP 101982: Garret FitzGerald - Irish IdentitiesEP 111983: Sir Peter Parker - Missing Our ConnectionsEP 121984: David Sheppard - The Other BritainEP 131985: Baroness Warnock - Teacher, Teach ThyselfEP 141986: Sir John Harvey-Jones - Does Industry Matter?EP 151987: Sir Denis Forman - British Television: Who are the Masters Now?EP 161988: Sir George Porter - Knowledge Itself is PowerEP 171989: Prince Philip - Living Off the LandEP 181990: Helmut Schmidt - Europe in the NinetiesEP 191992: Lord Taylor of Gosforth - The Judiciary in the NinetiesEP 201994: Stella Rimington - Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?EP 211996: Richard Dawkins - Science, Delusion and the Appetite for WonderEP 221997: Lord Nolan - Public Life, Public ConfidenceEP 231998: George J. Mitchell - Principles of PeaceEP 241999: Susan Greenfield - The Future Could be Too Much FunEP 252000: Sir Nicholas Serota - Who's Afraid of Modern ArtEP 262001: Bill Clinton - The Struggle For The Soul of The 21st CenturyEP 272002: Dr Rowan Williams - Nations, Markets and MoralsEP 282003: Dominique de Villepin - The path towards a new worldEP 29James Dyson: Engineering the DifferenceEP 30Stella Rimington: Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?EP 31General Sir Mike Jackson: Defence of the Realm in the 21st CenturyEP 32Dr J Craig Venter: A DNA-Driven WorldEP 33His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales: Facing the FutureEP 34Sir Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands with DeathEP 35Michael Morpurgo: Set Our Children FreeEP 36Sir Paul Nurse: The Wonder of ScienceEP 37Bill Gates: The Impatient OptimistEP 38Christine Lagarde: A New Multilateralism for the 21st CenturyEP 39Martha Lane Fox: Dot Everyone - Power, the Internet and YouEP 40Gregory Doran: Is Shakespeare Chinese?EP 41John O. Brennan: Staying Safe in a Turbulent WorldEP 42Jeanette WintersonEP 43Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The World Wide Web - A Mid-Course CorrectionEP 44Dame Sarah Gilbert: Vaccine Vs Virus: This Race - and the Next OneEP 45David Harewood: 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arriving in this countryEP 46Sir Gareth Southgate: The Beautiful Game: Building Belief and Resilience in a Younger Generation