1. What Are Universities for, Anyway?
Aired: Oct 30, 19722. Minority Verdict
Aired: Nov 5, 1973Sir Robert Mark, Britain's top policeman, tonight critically examines our sys...
3. Housing: Who Is to Blame?
Aired: Oct 22, 19744. The British Experience in Television
Aired: Feb 25, 1976Former managing director of BBC television, Sir Huw Wheldon, gives a lecture ...
5. Elective Dictatorship
Aired: Oct 14, 1976David Dimbleby introduces Lord Hailsham's lecture, in which he proposes a wri...
6. The Human Face of Labour
Aired: Dec 5, 19777. Risk
Aired: Nov 22, 1978The Chairman of the BBC, Sir Michael Swann, introduces the Richard Dimbleby L...
8. Home Thoughts from Abroad
Aired: Nov 21, 1979The Rt Hon Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission and formerly Hom...
9. Misuse of Power
Aired: Nov 29, -110. Irish Identities
Aired: Nov 29, -111. Missing Our Connections
Aired: Nov 29, -112. The Other Britain
Aired: Nov 29, -113. Teacher, Teach Thyself
Aired: Nov 29, -114. Does Industry Matter?
Aired: Nov 29, -115. British Television: Who Are the Masters Now?
Aired: Nov 29, -116. Knowledge Itself Is Power
Aired: Nov 29, -117. Living Off the Land
Aired: Nov 29, -118. Europe in the Nineties
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, -123. Principles of Peace
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...
32. A DNA-Driven World
Aired: Dec 3, 2007Gene pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter gives the 32nd Richard Dimbleby Lecture. One...
33. Facing the Future
Aired: Jul 8, 2009His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales gives The Richard Dimbleby Lecture fro...
34. Shaking Hands with Death
Aired: Jan 31, 2010Terry Pratchett's lecture "Shaking Hands with Death", about assisted death, w...
35. Set Our Children Free
Aired: Feb 14, 2011In this year's Richard Dimbleby Lecture, Michael Morpurgo explores the increa...
36. The New Enlightenment
Aired: Feb 27, 2012Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate, explores the wonder of science and how it enh...
37. The Impatient Optimist
Aired: Jan 28, 2013In 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 ...
42. Jeanette Winterson
Aired: Jun 6, 2018Jeanette 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 ...