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The Reith Lectures

Series of annual radio lectures on significant contemporary issues, delivered by leading figures from the relevant fields

Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (246)
Previous programmes:
by series (63)
by year (363)

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    Securing Freedom: 2011 Eliza Manningham-Buller: Freedom

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    Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.

    5/5. Ex M15 boss Eliza Manningham-Buller discusses foreign policy in her third Reith Lecture.

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    1. Securing Freedom: 2011 Eliza Manningham-Buller: Security

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      Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.

      4/5. Assessing the role of security and intelligence services in a democracy.

    2. Securing Freedom: 2011 Eliza Manningham-Buller: Terror

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      3/5. Eliza Manningham-Buller reflects on 9/11 in the first of her Reith Lectures 2011.

    3. Securing Freedom: 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi: Dissent

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      Available since Tue, 12 Jul 2011.

      2/5. Aung San Suu Kyi examines what drives people to dissent in the second Reith Lecture 2011.

    4. Securing Freedom: 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi: Liberty

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      Available since Tue, 5 Jul 2011.

      1/5. Aung San Suu Kyi explores what freedom means in the first of the 2011 Reith Lectures.

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In Pictures: The BBC Reith Lectures

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ARCHIVE HOUR: REITH AT 60

Laurie Taylor trawls the BBC's archives to explore the history of the Reith Lectures to mark the 60th anniversary of the series, which was first broadcast in 1948.

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