The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

1972: Lord Annan - What are Universities for, Anyway?

1973: Sir Robert Mark - Minority Verdict

Sir Robert Mark, Britain's top policeman, tonight critically examines our system of justice. He takes a fresh look at the role of the police in our society, and outspokenly declares his own beliefs about the state of law and order today. Introduced by David Dimbleby

Lord Goodman - Housing - Who is to Blame?

1975: Sir Huw Wheldon - The British Experience in Television

Former managing director of BBC television, Sir Huw Wheldon, gives a lecture before a specially invited audience at BBC Television Centre.

1976: Lord Hailsham - Elective Dictatorship

David Dimbleby introduces Lord Hailsham's lecture, in which he proposes a written constitution for the UK to limit the powers of parliament and provide a system of checks and balances.

Jack Jones - The Human Face of Labour

1978: Lord Rothschild - Risk

The Chairman of the BBC, Sir Michael Swann, introduces the Richard Dimbleby Lecture, in which Lord Rothschild discusses the assessment and acceptibility of risks.

Roy Jenkins - Home Thoughts from Abroad

The Rt Hon Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission and formerly Home Secretary, and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, gives the eighth in this annual series of lectures. 'As a forum of national debate, the House of Commons has declined. The great clashes of party principle and the conflicting convictions of major personalities have mostly given way to a sterile exchange of unconvincing slogans and mutual recrimination, to a background of unedifying noise. Roy Jenkins examines the present state of the British political system. He questions whether our traditional stability has now turned into rigidity, and asks how we could improve the form and content of our politics.