The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (also known as the Dimbleby Lecture) is an annual television lecture founded in memory of Richard Dimbleby (1913—1965), the BBC broadcaster.

It has been delivered by an influential business, scientific or political figure almost every year since 1972 (with gaps in 1981, 1991, 1993, 2008 and 2020).

In alternate years, in more recent years, the lecture has been introduced by his sons David Dimbleby and Jonathan Dimbleby, both broadcasters for the BBC, and delivered in front of an invited audience of guests, often with a link to the specialism of the speaker.

YearTitleSpeakerSpeaker's positionListingVenue
202375th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arriving in this countryDavid HarewoodActorBBC Programme pageBattersea Arts Centre
2021Vaccine Vs Virus: This Race - and the Next OneDame Sarah GilbertCo-developer of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccineBBC Programme page, TranscriptBlavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
2019The World Wide Web - A Mid-Course CorrectionSir Tim Berners-LeeInventor of the World Wide WebBBC Programme pageDesign Museum
2018Don't Protect Me - Respect MeJeanette WintersonWriter and broadcasterBBC Programme pageHouse of Lords, Palace of Westminster
2017Staying Safe in a Turbulent WorldJohn O. BrennanDirector of the Central Intelligence Agency 2013 to 2017BBC Programme pageLSO St Luke's
2016Is Shakespeare Chinese?Gregory DoranArtistic Director, Royal Shakespeare CompanyBBC Programme pageUniversity of Warwick at The Shard
2015Dot Everyone - Power, the Internet and YouMartha Lane FoxCo-founder of Lastminute.com, digital entrepreneur and peerTranscriptScience Museum, London
2014A New Multilateralism for the 21st CenturyChristine LagardeManaging director of International Monetary FundIMF BBC Programme pageGuildhall, London
2013The Impatient OptimistBill GatesEntrepreneur and PhilanthropistBBC Programme pageRoyal Institution
2012The Wonder of ScienceSir Paul NurseGeneticist and Nobel laureateRoyal Society transcriptRoyal College of Physicians
2011Set Our Children FreeMichael MorpurgoChildren's author and campaignerBBC Programme pageKing's College London
2010Shaking Hands With DeathSir Terry PratchettAuthor & Person with Alzheimer's. Read by Tony Robinson on speaker's behalf owing to his conditionGuardian,TranscriptRoyal College of Physicians
2009Facing The FuturePrince CharlesPrince of WalesTranscriptSt James's Palace
2007A DNA-Driven WorldCraig VenterGene pioneerBBC Press Release
2006Defence of the Realm in the 21st CenturyGeneral Sir Mike JacksonFormer Chief of the General Staff, (video)The London Scottish Regiment Headquarters
2005What Kind of Police Service Do We Want?Sir Ian BlairMetropolitan Police CommissionerTranscript, Transcript
2004Engineering the DifferenceJames DysonVacuum cleaner tycoonTranscriptWilton's Music Hall
2003The path towards a new worldDominique de VillepinFrench foreign ministerTranscript, Transcript, Transcript
2002Nations, Markets and MoralsDr Rowan WilliamsArchbishop of CanterburyRadio Times listingTranscriptWestminster School
2001The Struggle For The Soul of The 21st CenturyBill ClintonFormer President of the United States of AmericaTranscript
2000Who's Afraid of Modern ArtSir Nicholas SerotaDirector of the Tate GalleryRadio Times listing
1999The Future Could be Too Much FunSusan GreenfieldProfessor of pharmacologyTranscript
1998Principles of PeaceGeorge J. MitchellFormer U.S. Senator and chair of the talks leading to the Belfast AgreementRadio Times listing
1997Public Life, Public ConfidenceLord NolanFormer law lordRadio Times listing
1996Science, Delusion and the Appetite for WonderRichard DawkinsProfessor of biologyRadio Times listing
1994Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?Stella RimingtonDirector-General of MI5Radio Times listingBanqueting House, Whitehall
1992The Judiciary in the NinetiesLord Taylor of GosforthLord Chief JusticeRadio Times listing
1990Europe in the NinetiesHelmut SchmidtFormer Chancellor of GermanyRadio Times listingBanqueting House, Whitehall
1989Living Off the LandPrince PhilipDuke of EdinburghRadio Times listingThe Brewery, Chiswell Street
1988Knowledge Itself is PowerSir George PorterProfessor of chemistryRadio Times listingRoyal Institution
1987British Television: Who are the Masters Now?Sir Denis FormanDeputy Chairman of the Granada GroupRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1986Does Industry Matter?Sir John Harvey-JonesFormer chairman of ICIRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1985Teacher, Teach ThyselfBaroness WarnockProfessor of philosophyRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1984The Other BritainRt Rev. David SheppardBishop of Liverpool and former cricketerRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1983Missing Our ConnectionsSir Peter ParkerFormer chairman of British Railways BoardRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1982Irish IdentitiesGarret FitzGeraldFormer (and later, again) Taoiseach of IrelandRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1980Misuse of PowerLord DenningMaster of the RollsRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1979Home Thoughts from AbroadRoy JenkinsPresident of the European CommissionTranscript, Radio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1978RiskLord RothschildZoologist and security adviserRadio Times listingRoyal Society of the Arts
1977The Human Face of LabourJack JonesFormer general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' UnionRadio Times listingClothworkers' Hall
1976Elective Dictatorship Lord HailshamFormer (and later, again) Lord ChancellorRadio Times listingBBC Television Centre
1975The British Experience in TelevisionSir Huw WheldonBroadcasterRadio Times listingBBC Television Centre
1974Housing - Who is to Blame?Lord GoodmanFormer chairman of the Arts CouncilRadio Times listingBBC Television Centre
1973Minority VerdictSir Robert MarkMetropolitan Police CommissionerRadio Times listingBBC Television Centre
1972What are Universities for, Anyway?Lord AnnanProvost of University College, LondonRadio Times listingBBC Television Centre
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