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The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

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.

2021
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.
Episodes 2019
British inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about his aspirations for the future of the World Wide Web, now in its 30th anniversary year.
Episodes 2018
June 6, 2018 of the TV-show The Richard Dimbleby Lecture was broadcast by BBC1 on Wednesday 6 June 2018 at 23:12.
Episodes 2017
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John O Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, delivers the 2017 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. During his directorship, he was responsible for leading and managing intelligence collection, analysis, covert action and counterintelligence. He uses his extensive experience to assess the future prospects of se...
Episodes 2016
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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. Four hundred years after Shakespeare's death, Gregory reflects on the impact and resonance Shakespeare still has in the contemporary world.
Episodes 2015
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Martha Lane Fox, founder of lastminute.com, digital pioneer, baroness and chancellor of the Open University, delivers this year's Richard Dimbleby Lecture. She will challenge us all - leaders, legislators, and users - to understand the internet more deeply and to be curious and critical in our digital lives in order to tac...
Episodes 2014
Christine Lagarde explains her thinking on the challenges facing the global economy.
Episodes 2013
Philanthropist Bill Gates explains his optimism for a world free of polio.
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