Richard Dimbleby Lecture

The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (also known as the Dimbleby Lecture) was founded in memory of Richard Dimbleby, the BBC broadcaster. It has been delivered by an influential business or political figure almost every year since 1972 (with gaps in 1981, 1991, 1993 and 2008).

YearTitleSpeakerSpeaker's positionTranscript
2018Don't Protect Me - Respect MeJeanette WintersonWriter and broadcasterhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b61v25
2017Staying Safe in a Turbulent WorldJohn O. BrennanDirector of the Central Intelligence Agency 2013 to 2017http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ll1c8
2016Is Shakespeare Chinese?Gregory DoranArtistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company
2015Dot Everyone - Power, the Internet and YouMartha Lane FoxCo-founder of Lastminute.com, digital entrepreneur and peer
2014A New Multilateralism for the 21st CenturyChristine LagardeManaging Director of International Monetary Fund
2013The Impatient OptimistBill GatesEntrepreneur and Philanthropist (BBC Programmes link)
2012The Wonder of ScienceSir Paul NurseGeneticist and Nobel laureate

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2011Set Our Children FreeMichael MorpurgoChildren's author and campaigner
2010Shaking Hands With DeathSir Terry PratchettAuthor & Person with Alzheimer's. Read by Tony Robinson on speaker's behalf owing to his condition

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2009Facing The FuturePrince CharlesPrince of Wales

2007A DNA-Driven WorldCraig VenterGene pioneer

2006Defence of the Realm in the 21st CenturyGeneral Sir Mike JacksonFormer Chief of the General Staff

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2005What Kind of Police Service Do We Want?Sir Ian BlairMetropolitan Police Commissioner,
2004Engineering the DifferenceJames DysonVacuum cleaner tycoon
2003The path towards a new worldDominique de VillepinFrench foreign minister, ,
2002Nations, Markets and MoralsDr Rowan WilliamsArchbishop of Canterbury
2001The Struggle For The Soul of The 21st CenturyBill ClintonFormer President of the United States of America
2000Who's Afraid of Modern ArtSir Nicholas SerotaDirector of the Tate Gallery
1999The Future Could be Too Much FunSusan GreenfieldProfessor of pharmacology
1998Principles of PeaceGeorge J. MitchellFormer U.S. Senator and chair of the talks leading to the Belfast Agreement
1997Public Life, Public ConfidenceLord NolanFormer law lord
1996Science, Delusion and the Appetite for WonderRichard DawkinsProfessor of biology
1994Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?Stella RimingtonDirector-General of MI5
1992The Judiciary in the NinetiesLord Taylor of GosforthLord Chief Justice
1990Europe in the NinetiesHelmut SchmidtFormer Chancellor of Germany
1989Living Off the LandPrince PhilipDuke of Edinburgh
1988Knowledge Itself is PowerSir George PorterProfessor of chemistry
1987British Television: Who are the Masters Now?Sir Denis FormanDeputy Chairman of the Granada Group
1986Does Industry Matter?Sir John Harvey-JonesFormer chairman of ICI
1985Teacher, Teach ThyselfBaroness WarnockProfessor of philosophy
1984The Other BritainDavid SheppardBishop of Liverpool and former cricketer
1983Missing Our ConnectionsSir Peter ParkerFormer chairman of British Railways Board
1982Irish IdentitiesGarret FitzGeraldFormer (and later, again) Taoiseach of Ireland
1980Misuse of PowerLord DenningMaster of the Rolls
1979Home Thoughts from AbroadRoy JenkinsPresident of the European Commission
1978RiskLord RothschildZoologist and security adviser
1977The Human Face of LabourJack JonesFormer general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
1976Elective Dictatorship Lord HailshamFormer (and later, again) Lord Chancellor
1975The British Experience in TelevisionSir Huw WheldonBroadcaster
1974Housing - Who is to Blame?Lord GoodmanFormer chairman of the Arts Council
1973Minority VerdictSir Robert MarkMetropolitan Police Commissioner
1972What are Universities for, Anyway?Lord AnnanProvost of University College, London
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