The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

BBC One • 1972–present·Documentary

The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

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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.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

46 episodes • 1972

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E01

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

45m · 1972-10-31

E02

1973: Sir Robert Mark - Minority Verdict

45m · 1973-11-06

E03

Lord Goodman - Housing - Who is to Blame?

45m · 1974-10-22

E04

1975: Sir Huw Wheldon - The British Experience in Television

45m · 1976-02-26

E05

1976: Lord Hailsham - Elective Dictatorship

45m · 1976-10-14

E06

Jack Jones - The Human Face of Labour

45m · 1977-12-06

E07

1978: Lord Rothschild - Risk

45m · 1978-11-23

E08

Roy Jenkins - Home Thoughts from Abroad

45m · 1979-11-22

E09

1980: Lord Denning - Misuse of Power

45m

E10

1982: Garret FitzGerald - Irish Identities

45m

E11

1983: Sir Peter Parker - Missing Our Connections

45m

E12

1984: David Sheppard - The Other Britain

45m

E13

1985: Baroness Warnock - Teacher, Teach Thyself

45m

E14

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

45m

E15

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

45m

E16

1988: Sir George Porter - Knowledge Itself is Power

45m

E17

1989: Prince Philip - Living Off the Land

45m

E18

1990: Helmut Schmidt - Europe in the Nineties

45m

E19

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

45m

E20

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

45m · 1994-06-12

E21

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

45m · 1996-11-12

E22

1997: Lord Nolan - Public Life, Public Confidence

45m

E23

1998: George J. Mitchell - Principles of Peace

45m

E24

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

45m

E25

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

45m

E26

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

45m

E27

2002: Dr Rowan Williams - Nations, Markets and Morals

45m

E28

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

45m

E29

James Dyson: Engineering the Difference

45m

E30

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

45m

E31

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

45m · 2006-12-06

E32

Dr J Craig Venter: A DNA-Driven World

45m · 2007-12-04

E33

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales: Facing the Future

45m · 2009-07-08

E34

Sir Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands with Death

45m · 2010-02-01

E35

Michael Morpurgo: Set Our Children Free

45m · 2011-02-15

E36

Sir Paul Nurse: The Wonder of Science

45m · 2012-02-28

E37

Bill Gates: The Impatient Optimist

45m · 2013-01-29

E38

Christine Lagarde: A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century

45m · 2014-02-04

E39

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

45m · 2015-03-30

E40

Gregory Doran: Is Shakespeare Chinese?

45m · 2016-03-16

E41

John O. Brennan: Staying Safe in a Turbulent World

45m · 2017-04-04

E42

Jeanette Winterson

45m · 2018-06-06

E43

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

45m · 2019-11-17

E44

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

45m · 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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TypeTalk ShowStatusReturning SeriesFirst Aired1972-10-31Episode Runtime45 minLanguageENNetworkBBC One

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