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1. What Are Universities for, Anyway?
Aired: Oct 30, 19721972 - PresentNR45m7
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.
1. What Are Universities for, Anyway?
Aired: Oct 30, 1972Sir Robert Mark, Britain's top policeman, tonight critically examines our sys...
4. The British Experience in Television
Aired: Feb 25, 1976Former managing director of BBC television, Sir Huw Wheldon, gives a lecture ...
David Dimbleby introduces Lord Hailsham's lecture, in which he proposes a wri...
The Chairman of the BBC, Sir Michael Swann, introduces the Richard Dimbleby L...
The Rt Hon Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission and formerly Hom...
15. British Television: Who Are the Masters Now?
Aired: Nov 29, -119. The Judiciary in the Nineties
Aired: Nov 29, -120. Security and Democracy: Is There a Conflict?
Aired: Jun 12, 1994Jonathan Dimbleby introduces the 20th annual lecture as Stella Rimington, the...
21. Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
Aired: Nov 11, 1996In his role as the Charles Simonyi Professor For The Understanding Of Science...
22. Public Life, Public Confidence
Aired: Nov 29, -124. The Future Could be Too Much Fun
Aired: Nov 29, -125. Who's Afraid of Modern Art
Aired: Nov 29, -126. The Struggle for the Soul of the 21st Century
Aired: Nov 29, -127. Nations, Markets and Morals
Aired: Nov 29, -128. The Path Towards a New World
Aired: Nov 29, -129. Engineering the Difference
Aired: Nov 29, -130. What Kind of Police Service Do We Want?
Aired: Nov 29, -1Jonathan Dimbleby introduces the 20th annual lecture as Stella Rimington, the...
31. Defence of the Realm in the 21st Century
Aired: Dec 5, 2006General Sir Mike Jackson gives the 31st Richard Dimbleby Lecture. The man who...
Gene pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter gives the 32nd Richard Dimbleby Lecture. One...
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales gives The Richard Dimbleby Lecture fro...
Terry Pratchett's lecture "Shaking Hands with Death", about assisted death, w...
In this year's Richard Dimbleby Lecture, Michael Morpurgo explores the increa...
Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate, explores the wonder of science and how it enh...
In the 2013 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, one of the world's greatest entrepreneu...
38. A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century
Aired: Feb 3, 2014Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund, d...
39. Martha Lane Fox: Dot Everyone - Power, the Internet and You
Aired: Mar 30, 2015Martha Lane Fox, founder of lastminute.com, digital pioneer, baroness and cha...
40. Gregory Doran: Is Shakespeare Chinese?
Aired: Mar 16, 2016Gregory Doran, artistic director of the RSC, who has been described as one of...
41. John O. Brennan: Staying Safe in a Turbulent World
Aired: Apr 4, 2017John O Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, delivers ...
Jeanette Winterson, award-winning writer and acclaimed author of Oranges Are ...
43. Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The World Wide Web - A Mid-Course Correction
Aired: Nov 16, 2019British inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about his aspirations for the futu...
44. Dame Sarah Gilbert: Vaccine Vs Virus: This Race - and the Next One
Aired: Dec 5, 2021Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert delivers the 44th Richard Dimbleby lecture from ...
Appearances
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: BBC One
Production Country: United Kingdom
Genres:Documentary