The Reith Lectures: Archive 1948-1975

by BBC Radio 4

Series of annual radio lectures on significant contemporary issues, delivered by leading figures from the relevant fields. Please note that relatively few recordings survive from this period.

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  • The Birth of Exploration
    Nov 12, 1975 – 29:18
  • On Difference
    Dec 4, 1974 – 29:18
  • Justice Without Bondage
    Nov 27, 1974 – 29:33
  • The Liberal Option
    Nov 20, 1974 – 29:29
  • From Expansion to Improvement
    Nov 13, 1974 – 29:10
  • The Search For A New Order
    Dec 19, 1973 – 28:48
  • The Troubled Giant
    Nov 28, 1973 – 28:33
  • Wanted: An Instrument For Crisis Management
    Dec 12, 1972 – 28:28
  • From Technocracy to Democracy
    Dec 5, 1972 – 28:31
  • European Foreign Policy Towards Asia & the Soviet Bloc
    Nov 28, 1972 – 28:42
  • The American Connection
    Nov 21, 1972 – 28:16
  • The French Spirit and the British Intruder
    Nov 14, 1972 – 28:34
  • Melting Pot or Bag of Marbles?
    Nov 7, 1972 – 28:26
  • A Common Ground
    Dec 21, 1971 – 28:41
  • The Loss of the Stable State
    Nov 15, 1970 – 43:19
  • Where Does Responsibility Lie?
    Dec 14, 1969 – 28:55
  • The Forward Look in Conservation
    Dec 7, 1969 – 28:50
  • Global Changes - Actual and Possible
    Nov 30, 1969 – 28:00
  • The Technological Exponential
    Nov 23, 1969 – 29:01
  • Impact of Man on His Environment
    Nov 16, 1969 – 28:58
  • Man and Nature
    Nov 9, 1969 – 29:08
  • The United States of the World
    Dec 1, 1968 – 29:51
  • 'Only Connect...'
    Dec 17, 1967 – 30:23
  • Ourselves and Others
    Nov 26, 1967 – 31:07
  • The Role of the State
    Dec 4, 1966 – 29:10
  • Economic Meetings
    Nov 28, 1965 – 28:46
  • Contemporary Racial Moods
    Nov 21, 1965 – 29:37
  • Industrial And Economic Consequences
    Dec 13, 1964 – 24:22
  • The Fulfilment of Lives
    Dec 1, 1963 – 28:51
  • Vicissitudes of Adolescence
    Nov 25, 1962 – 28:27
  • The Problem of White Settlement
    Dec 7, 1961 – 29:19
  • African Nationalism
    Nov 23, 1961 – 29:19
  • The Mechanization of Art
    Dec 11, 1960 – 28:49
  • The Fear of Knowledge
    Dec 4, 1960 – 29:06
  • Future of Man
    Dec 20, 1959 – 29:16
  • The Origin of the Universe 2
    Dec 14, 1958 – 32:07
  • The Origin of the Universe 1
    Nov 7, 1958 – 29:18
  • The Military Problem
    Dec 1, 1957 – 29:09
  • The Problem of Eastern and Central Europe
    Nov 24, 1957 – 30:14
  • Science and Education
    Dec 16, 1956 – 28:37
  • Industrial Science
    Dec 9, 1956 – 15:17
  • Architecture and Planning: The Functional Approach
    Nov 27, 1955 – 29:20
  • Constable and the Pursuit of Nature
    Nov 20, 1955 – 28:32
  • Blake and the Planing Line
    Nov 13, 1955 – 28:34
  • Perpendicular England
    Nov 6, 1955 – 29:08
  • Reynolds and Detachment
    Oct 30, 1955 – 28:48
  • Hogarth and Observed Life
    Oct 23, 1955 – 29:02
  • The Geography of Art
    Oct 16, 1955 – 28:11
  • The Atlantic Bridge
    Nov 21, 1954 – 30:25
  • The Sciences and Man's Community
    Dec 20, 1953 – 30:30
Recent Reviews
  • Ed L
    Epitome of the genius of podcasting
    Nice to have access to.
  • Flash Sheridan
    Some excellent lectures, some missing
    There are some magnificent lectures in this series, but sadly some are missing, e.g., the first four of Toynbee’s and the first three of Galbraith’s
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