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* Podcast 1: Archive 1948–1975<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p8ttc/episodes/downloads|title=Archive 1948-1975 - The Reith Lectures - Downloads - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* Podcast 1: Archive 1948–1975<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p8ttc/episodes/downloads|title=Archive 1948-1975 - The Reith Lectures - Downloads - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* Podcast 2: Archive 1976–2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p8xh7/episodes/downloads|title=Archive 1976-2012 - The Reith Lectures - Downloads - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* Podcast 2: Archive 1976–2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p8xh7/episodes/downloads|title=Archive 1976-2012 - The Reith Lectures - Downloads - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* Transcripts 1948–2010 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/the-reith-lectures/transcripts/|title=BBC - Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures Transcripts 2011}}</ref>
* Transcripts 1948–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/the-reith-lectures/transcripts/|title=BBC - Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures Transcripts 2011}}</ref>
* In pictures<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-13647943|title=In Pictures: The Reith Lectures| work=BBC News |date=2 December 2014}}</ref>
* In pictures<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-13647943|title=In Pictures: The Reith Lectures| work=BBC News |date=2 December 2014}}</ref>


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=== 1950s ===
=== 1950s ===
* 1950 [[John Zachary Young]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lxm Doubt and Certainty in Science]''
* 1950 [[John Zachary Young]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lxm Doubt and Certainty in Science]''
* 1951 [[Cyril Radcliffe|Lord Radcliffe]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lwd Power and the State]''
* 1951 [[Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe|Lord Radcliffe]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lwd Power and the State]''
* 1952 [[Arnold J. Toynbee]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lpw The World and the West]''
* 1952 [[Arnold J. Toynbee]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lpw The World and the West]''
* 1953 [[Robert Oppenheimer]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lm8 Science and the Common Understanding]''
* 1953 [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lm8 Science and the Common Understanding]''
* 1954 [[Oliver Franks]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lm3 Britain and the Tide of World Affairs]''
* 1954 [[Oliver Franks, Baron Franks|Oliver Franks]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lm3 Britain and the Tide of World Affairs]''
* 1955 [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9llv The Englishness of English Art]''
* 1955 [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9llv The Englishness of English Art]''
* 1956 [[Edward Victor Appleton]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lkv Science and the Nation]''
* 1956 [[Edward Victor Appleton]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lkv Science and the Nation]''
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* 1966 [[John Kenneth Galbraith|John K. Galbraith]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3y23 The New Industrial State]''
* 1966 [[John Kenneth Galbraith|John K. Galbraith]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3y23 The New Industrial State]''
* 1967 [[Edmund Leach]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xy8 A Runaway World]''
* 1967 [[Edmund Leach]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xy8 A Runaway World]''
* 1968 [[Lester Pearson]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xs2 In the Family of Man]''
* 1968 [[Lester B. Pearson]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xs2 In the Family of Man]''
* 1969 [[Frank Fraser Darling]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xk5 Wilderness and Plenty]''
* 1969 [[Frank Fraser Darling]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xk5 Wilderness and Plenty]''


=== 1970s ===
=== 1970s ===
* 1970 [[Donald Schon]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xfh Change and Industrial Society]''
* 1970 [[Donald Schön]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xfh Change and Industrial Society]''
* 1971 [[Richard Hoggart]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xbc Only Connect]''
* 1971 [[Richard Hoggart]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3xbc Only Connect]''
* 1972 [[Andrew Shonfield]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3x7f Europe: Journey to an Unknown Destination]''
* 1972 [[Andrew Shonfield]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3x7f Europe: Journey to an Unknown Destination]''
* 1973 [[Alastair Francis Buchan|Alastair Buchan]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3x5m Change Without War]''
* 1973 [[Alastair Francis Buchan|Alastair Buchan]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3x5m Change Without War]''
* 1974 [[Ralf Dahrendorf]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3x3t The New Liberty]''
* 1974 [[Ralf Dahrendorf]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3x3t The New Liberty]''
* 1975 [[Daniel Boorstin]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3wyv America and the World Experience]''
* 1975 [[Daniel J. Boorstin]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h3wyv America and the World Experience]''
* 1976 [[Colin Blakemore]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmw6w Mechanics of the Mind]''
* 1976 [[Colin Blakemore]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmw6w Mechanics of the Mind]''
* 1977 [[A. H. Halsey]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq29j Change in British Society]''
* 1977 [[A. H. Halsey]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq29j Change in British Society]''
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=== 1980s ===
=== 1980s ===
* 1980 [[Ian Kennedy (lawyer)|Professor Sir Ian Kennedy]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1z0 Unmasking Medicine]''
* 1980 [[Ian Kennedy (legal scholar)|Professor Sir Ian Kennedy]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1z0 Unmasking Medicine]''
* 1981 [[Laurence Martin]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1zd The Two Edged Sword]''
* 1981 [[Laurence Martin]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1zd The Two Edged Sword]''
* 1982 [[Denis Donoghue (academic)|Denis Donoghue]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1s3 The Arts Without Mystery]''
* 1982 [[Denis Donoghue (academic)|Denis Donoghue]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1s3 The Arts Without Mystery]''
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* 1984 [[John Searle]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1fk Minds, Brains and Science]''
* 1984 [[John Searle]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1fk Minds, Brains and Science]''
* 1985 [[David Henderson (economist)|David Henderson]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1cr Innocence and Design]''
* 1985 [[David Henderson (economist)|David Henderson]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1cr Innocence and Design]''
* 1986 [[Lord McCluskey]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq13t Law, Justice and Democracy]''
* 1986 [[John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey|Lord McCluskey]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq13t Law, Justice and Democracy]''
* 1987 [[Alexander Goehr]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq0sz The Survival of the Symphony]''
* 1987 [[Alexander Goehr]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq0sz The Survival of the Symphony]''
* 1988 [[Geoffrey Hosking]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq0p8 The Rediscovery of Politics]''
* 1988 [[Geoffrey Hosking]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq0p8 The Rediscovery of Politics]''
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=== 1990s ===
=== 1990s ===
* 1990 [[Jonathan Sacks]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq0dl The Persistence of Faith]''
* 1990 [[Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks|Jonathan Sacks]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq0dl The Persistence of Faith]''
* 1991 [[Steve Jones (biologist)|Steve Jones]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq073 The Language of Genes]''
* 1991 [[Steve Jones (biologist)|Steve Jones]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq073 The Language of Genes]''
* There was no lecture in 1992 because "the BBC simply couldn't find anyone to do them"<ref>BBC (2011) “Radio 4 opens The Reith Lectures archive to public”, 26 June. https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/06_june/26/reith.shtml</ref>
* There was no lecture in 1992 because "the BBC simply couldn't find anyone to do them"<ref>BBC (2011) “Radio 4 opens The Reith Lectures archive to public”, 26 June. https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/06_june/26/reith.shtml</ref>
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* 1995 [[Richard Rogers]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmvz4 Sustainable City]''
* 1995 [[Richard Rogers]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmvz4 Sustainable City]''
* 1996 [[Jean Aitchison]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmvwx The Language Web]''
* 1996 [[Jean Aitchison]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmvwx The Language Web]''
* 1997 [[Patricia Williams]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvkl The Genealogy of Race]''
* 1997 [[Patricia J. Williams]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvkl The Genealogy of Race]''
* 1998 [[John Keegan]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvjz War in Our World]''
* 1998 [[John Keegan]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvjz War in Our World]''
* 1999 [[Anthony Giddens]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvgj The Runaway World]''
* 1999 [[Anthony Giddens]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvgj The Runaway World]''


=== 2000s ===
=== 2000s ===
* 2000 [[Chris Patten]], [[John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley|Sir John Browne]], [[Thomas Lovejoy]], [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]], [[Vandana Shiva]], [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvff Respect for the Earth]''
* 2000 [[Chris Patten]], [[John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley|Sir John Browne]], [[Thomas Lovejoy]], [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]], [[Vandana Shiva]], [[Charles III|Charles, Prince of Wales]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvff Respect for the Earth]''
* 2001 [[Tom Kirkwood]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvdn The End of Age]''
* 2001 [[Tom Kirkwood]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvdn The End of Age]''
* 2002 [[Onora O'Neill]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvd8 A Question of Trust?]''
* 2002 [[Onora O'Neill]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvd8 A Question of Trust?]''
* 2003 [[Vilayanur S. Ramachandran]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvck The Emerging Mind]''
* 2003 [[V. S. Ramachandran]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvck The Emerging Mind]''
* 2004 [[Wole Soyinka]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvb7 Climate of Fear]''
* 2004 [[Wole Soyinka]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghvb7 Climate of Fear]''
* 2005 [[Lord Broers]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghv8z The Triumph of Technology]''
* 2005 [[Alec Broers, Baron Broers|Lord Broers]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghv8z The Triumph of Technology]''
* 2006 [[Daniel Barenboim]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghv8s In the Beginning was Sound]''
* 2006 [[Daniel Barenboim]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghv8s In the Beginning was Sound]''
* 2007 [[Jeffrey Sachs]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729fw Bursting at the Seams]''
* 2007 [[Jeffrey Sachs]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729fw Bursting at the Seams]''
* 2008 [[Jonathan Spence|Professor Jonathan Spence]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bx24h Chinese Vistas]''
* 2008 [[Jonathan D. Spence|Professor Jonathan Spence]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bx24h Chinese Vistas]''
* 2009 [[Michael Sandel]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kt7rg A New Citizenship]'' <ref name='sandellbbc'>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/02_february/05/reith.shtml |title=Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel to give Radio 4's Reith Lectures 2009 |access-date=2009-02-25 |date=2009-02-05 |publisher=BBC }}</ref>
* 2009 [[Michael Sandel]], ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kt7rg A New Citizenship]'' <ref name='sandellbbc'>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/02_february/05/reith.shtml |title=Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel to give Radio 4's Reith Lectures 2009 |access-date=2009-02-25 |date=2009-02-05 |publisher=BBC }}</ref>


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* 2010 [[Martin Rees]], ''Scientific Horizons''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sk5nc|title=Martin Rees: Scientific Horizons: 2010, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2010 [[Martin Rees]], ''Scientific Horizons''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sk5nc|title=Martin Rees: Scientific Horizons: 2010, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2011 [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] and [[Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller|Baroness Manningham-Buller]], ''Securing Freedom''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0126d29|title=Securing Freedom: 2011, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2011 [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] and [[Eliza Manningham-Buller|Baroness Manningham-Buller]], ''Securing Freedom''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0126d29|title=Securing Freedom: 2011, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2012 [[Niall Ferguson]], ''The Rule of Law and Its Enemies''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jms03|title=Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2012 [[Niall Ferguson]], ''The Rule of Law and Its Enemies''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jms03|title=Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2013 [[Grayson Perry]], ''Playing to the Gallery''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03969vt|title=Democracy Has Bad Taste, Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery: 2013, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2013 [[Grayson Perry]], ''Playing to the Gallery''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03969vt|title=Democracy Has Bad Taste, Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery: 2013, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2014 [[Atul Gawande]], ''The Future of Medicine''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bsgqn|title=Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/6F2X8TpsxrJpnsq82hggHW/dr-atul-gawande-2014-reith-lectures|title=Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine, The Reith Lectures - Dr Atul Gawande - 2014 Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2014 [[Atul Gawande]], ''The Future of Medicine''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bsgqn|title=Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/6F2X8TpsxrJpnsq82hggHW/dr-atul-gawande-2014-reith-lectures|title=Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine, The Reith Lectures - Dr Atul Gawande - 2014 Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2015 [[Stephen Hawking]]'s lecture was postponed because of illness<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/10/stephen-hawkings-bbc-reith-lectures-postponed-through-illness | title=Stephen Hawking's BBC Reith Lectures postponed through illness | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=10 November 2015 }}</ref>
* 2015 [[Stephen Hawking]]'s lecture was postponed because of illness<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/10/stephen-hawkings-bbc-reith-lectures-postponed-through-illness | title=Stephen Hawking's BBC Reith Lectures postponed through illness | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=10 November 2015 }}</ref>
* 2016 (March) Stephen Hawking, ''Do Black Holes Have No Hair?''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fx1hd|title=Stephen Hawking: Do Black Holes Have No Hair?, The Reith Lectures - BBC World Service|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2016 (March) Stephen Hawking, ''Do Black Holes Have No Hair?''<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Hawking: Do Black Holes Have No Hair?, The Reith Lectures - BBC World Service |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pttqf |website=BBC}}</ref>
*2016 (October) [[Kwame Anthony Appiah]], ''Mistaken Identities''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z43ds|title=Creed, Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
*2016 (October) [[Kwame Anthony Appiah]], ''Mistaken Identities''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z43ds|title=Creed, Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Hilary Mantel]], ''Resurrection: The Art And Craft''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vkm52|title=Hilary Mantel: Resurrection: The Art And Craft, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Hilary Mantel]], ''Resurrection: The Art And Craft''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vkm52|title=Hilary Mantel: Resurrection: The Art And Craft, The Reith Lectures - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
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*2020 [[Mark Carney]], ''How We Get What We Value - From Moral to Market Sentiments''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000py8t|title=2020: Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value - From Moral to Market Sentiments - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
*2020 [[Mark Carney]], ''How We Get What We Value - From Moral to Market Sentiments''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000py8t|title=2020: Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value - From Moral to Market Sentiments - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
*2021 [[Stuart J. Russell]], ''Living with Artificial Intelligence''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9|title=2021: Stuart Russell on living with Artificial Intelligence - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
*2021 [[Stuart J. Russell]], ''Living with Artificial Intelligence''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9|title=2021: Stuart Russell on living with Artificial Intelligence - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}</ref>
*2022 ''The Four Freedoms'': [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]], "Freedom of speech"; [[Rowan Williams]], "Freedom of worship"; [[Darren McGarvey]], "Freedom from want"; [[Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)|Fiona Hill]], "Freedom from fear"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/51PDSr0W90GLY9fxBl44Gqn/bbc-reith-lectures-2022-the-four-freedoms|title=BBC Reith Lectures 2022 – The Four Freedoms|website=BBC|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>
*2022 ''The Four Freedoms'': [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]], "Freedom of speech"; [[Rowan Williams]], "Freedom of worship"; [[Loki (rapper)|Darren McGarvey]], "Freedom from want"; [[Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)|Fiona Hill]], "Freedom from fear"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/51PDSr0W90GLY9fxBl44Gqn/bbc-reith-lectures-2022-the-four-freedoms|title=BBC Reith Lectures 2022 – The Four Freedoms|website=BBC|access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>
*2023 [[Ben Ansell]], ''Our Democratic Future''.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Reith Lectures 2023 – Our Democratic Future|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5sPfPYCxr6C999L5bDwrdkb/bbc-reith-lectures-2023-our-democratic-future|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>
*2023 [[Ben Ansell]], ''Our Democratic Future''<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Reith Lectures 2023 – Our Democratic Future|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5sPfPYCxr6C999L5bDwrdkb/bbc-reith-lectures-2023-our-democratic-future|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>
*2024 [[Gwen Adshead]], ''Four Questions About Violence''<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence, Is Violence Normal? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025cmg |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Can murders change - or are they born evil? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk1v20lrn2o |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Boyer Lectures]]
* [[Boyer Lectures]]
* [[Massey Lectures]]


==References==
==References==

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The Reith Lectures are named in honour of John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, the BBC's first director-general

The Reith Lectures is a series of annual BBC radio lectures given by leading figures of the day. They are commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on Radio 4 and the World Service. The lectures were inaugurated in 1948 to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Lord Reith, the corporation's first director-general.

Reith maintained that broadcasting should be a public service that aimed to enrich the intellectual and cultural life of the nation. It is in this spirit that the BBC each year invites a leading figure to deliver the lectures. The aim is to advance public understanding and debate about issues of contemporary interest.[1]

The first Reith lecturer was the philosopher and later Nobel laureate, Bertrand Russell. The first female lecturer was Dame Margery Perham in 1961.[2] The youngest Reith lecturer was Colin Blakemore, who was 32 in 1976 when he broadcast over six episodes on the brain and consciousness.[3]

The Reith Lectures archive

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In June 2011 BBC Radio 4 published its Reith Lectures archive.[4] This included two podcasts featuring over 240 lectures from 1948 to the present day as well as streamed online audio, and the complete written transcripts of the entire Reith Lectures archive:

  • Podcast 1: Archive 1948–1975[5]
  • Podcast 2: Archive 1976–2012[6]
  • Transcripts 1948–2010[7]
  • In pictures[8]

The BBC found that some of the audio archive of the Reith Lectures was missing from its library and appealed to the public for copies of the missing lectures.[4]

The Reith Lectures 1948–2020

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