The History of the Reith Lectures Find out more about lectures which the BBC began in 1948.
2007 Bursting at the Seams
The internationally-renowned economist, Professor Jeffrey Sachs
2005 The Triumph of Technology
The distinguished engineer, Lord Broers.
2006 In the Beginning was Sound
The musician and conductor, Daniel Barenboim.
2003 The Emerging Mind
Neuroscientist, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran.
2004 Climate of Fear
Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright Wole Soyinka.
2001 The End of Age
Professor of Biological Gerontology, Tom Kirkwood.
2002 A Question of Trust
Philosopher, Onora O'Neill.
1999 Runaway World
Professor Anthony Giddens.
2000 Respect for the Earth
Chris Patten, Tom Lovejoy, John Browne, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Vandana Shiva and the Prince of Wales.
