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First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland
Leading geneticist and Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse explores the wonder of science and how it enhances our culture and civilisation. Show more
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Author and Alzheimer's sufferer Sir Terry Pratchett gives the 34th Dimbleby Lecture, on how modern society needs to redefine how it deals with death. Show more
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Children's author and campaigner Michael Morpurgo gives the 35th Dimbleby Lecture, exploring the issue of children's rights and the wrongs that many young people have to endure. Show more
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In the 2013 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, one of the world's greatest entrepreneurs and leading philanthropists, Bill Gates, explains his optimism for a world free of polio. Show more
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In the 2014 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, explains her thinking on the challenges facing the global economy. Show more
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Digital pioneer Martha Lane Fox delivers 2015's Richard Dimbleby Lecture on understanding the internet more deeply. Show more
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John O Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, delivers the 2017 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. Introduced by Jonathan Dimbleby. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HD
British inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about his aspirations for the future of the World Wide Web, now in its 30th anniversary year. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales gives The Richard Dimbleby Lecture from St James's Palace in London, setting out the serious challenges facing the world. Show more
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General Sir Mike Jackson gives the 31st Richard Dimbleby Lecture, as he examines The Defence of the Realm in the 21st Century. Show more
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Gene pioneer Dr J Craig Venter gives the 32nd Dimbleby Lecture. One of the principal scientists who decoded the human genome discusses DNA and the future. Show more
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The Chairman of the BBC, Sir Michael Swann, introduces the Richard Dimbleby Lecture, in which Lord Rothschild discusses the assessment and acceptibility of risks.
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First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales
David Dimbleby introduces Lord Hailsham's lecture, in which he proposes a written constitution for the UK to limit powers of parliament and provide a system of checks and balances. Show more
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Jonathan Dimbleby introduces the 20th annual lecture as Stella Rimington, the Director General of the Security Service, sheds light on the workings and basic remit of MI5.
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First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales
Former managing director of BBC television, Sir Huw Wheldon, gives a lecture before a specially invited audience at BBC Television Centre.
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Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert delivers an account of the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, which has now been used in more than 170 countries. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD
Award-winning writer and author Jeanette Winterson delivers the 2018 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, examining both the contemporary and historical fight for the equality of women. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
Gregory Doran, artistic director of the RSC, who has been described as one of the 'great Shakespearians of his generation', delivers the 2016 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. Show more
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Actor David Harewood OBE delivers the 2023 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, exploring the challenges overcome by his parents' generation and his own personal journey of self-identity. Show more
