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.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1972 | Episode 1 | What Are Universities for, Anyway? | 1972-10-31 | 45 min |
Season 1976 | Episode 1 | Sir Huw Wheldon: The British Experience in Television | 1976-02-26 | 45 min |
Season 1976 | Episode 2 | Lord Hailsham: Elective Dictatorship | 1976-10-14 | 45 min |
Season 1978 | Episode 1 | Lord Rothschild: Risk | 1978-11-23 | 45 min |
Season 1994 | Episode 1 | Stella Rimington: Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict? | 1994-06-12 | 45 min |
Season 1996 | Episode 1 | Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder | 1996-11-12 | 45 min |
Season 2006 | Episode 1 | General Sir Mike Jackson: Defence of the Realm in the 21st Century | 2006-12-06 | 45 min |
Season 2007 | Episode 1 | Dr J Craig Venter: A DNA-Driven World | 2007-12-04 | 45 min |
Season 2009 | Episode 1 | His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales: Facing the Future | 2009-07-08 | 45 min |
Season 2010 | Episode 1 | Sir Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands with Death | 2010-02-01 | 45 min |
Season 2011 | Episode 1 | Michael Morpurgo: Set Our Children Free | 2011-02-15 | 45 min |
Season 2012 | Episode 1 | Sir Paul Nurse: The Wonder of Science | 2012-02-28 | 45 min |
Season 2013 | Episode 1 | Bill Gates: The Impatient Optimist | 2013-01-29 | 45 min |
Season 2014 | Episode 1 | Christine Lagarde: A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century | 2014-02-05 | 45 min |
Season 2015 | Episode 1 | Martha Lane Fox: Make It Digital - Inspiring Digital Creativity | 2015-03-30 | 45 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 1 | Gregory Doran: Is Shakespeare Chinese? | 2016-03-16 | 45 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 1 | John O Brennan | 2017-04-04 | 45 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 1 | Jeanette Winterson | 2018-06-06 | 45 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 1 | Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The World Wide Web - A Mid-Course Correction | 2019-11-17 | 60 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 1 | Dame Sarah Gilbert | 2021-12-06 | 55 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 1 | The Richard Dimbleby Lectures at 50 | 2022-12-06 | 60 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 1 | David Harewood | 2023-06-20 | 60 min |