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<h2 id="list-of-lectures">List of lectures</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Theme</th><th>Speakers</th></tr><tr><td>1959</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/Edward_Victor_Appleton/7FfJIqz5">Edward Appleton</a>, <a href="/facts/Eric_Ashby/PQ1unJUR">Eric Ashby</a>, <a href="/facts/Edward_Murrow/z0lRYLjF">Edward Murrow</a></td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/Edgar_Adrian,_1st_Baron_Adrian/Nhd9DsJx">Edgar Adrian</a>, <a href="/facts/George_Wells_Beadle/lqvgR2cm">George W. Beadle</a>, <a href="/facts/Hans_Eysenck/J1zMs8Up">Hans Eysenck</a></td></tr><tr><td>1961</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/Hermann_Bondi/8GNFLyIH">Hermann Bondi</a>, <a href="/facts/James_Gray_(zoologist)/sXKgSq5b">James Gray</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Wolfenden/pdXCcBxf">John Wolfenden</a></td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/John_Kenneth_Galbraith/zQv21v7F">John Kenneth Galbraith</a>, Yoshinori Maeda, <a href="/facts/Yigael_Yadin/2YPYu9Bh">Yigael Yadin</a></td></tr><tr><td>1963</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/A._J._Ayer/sRo5jQsp">A. J. Ayer</a>, <a href="/facts/Patrick_Blackett,_Baron_Blackett/qlkRLal2">Patrick Blackett</a>, J. Zacharias</td></tr><tr><td>1964</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/William_Holford/xlv5Eqha">William Holford</a>, <a href="/facts/George_Armitage_Miller/NtgY61MN">George Miller</a>, <a href="/facts/Stein_Rokkan/UVlhPnaU">Stein Rokkan</a></td></tr><tr><td>1965</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/Alistair_Cooke/SpqnpSjB">Alistair Cooke</a>, <a href="/facts/J._B._Rhine/hGEstxy1">J. B. Rhine</a>, <a href="/facts/Hyman_G._Rickover/0dmgztHv">Hyman G. Rickover</a></td></tr><tr><td>1966</td><td>Telecommunications: The Next Ten Years</td><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_Clark/wk7QsM8r">Kenneth Clark</a>, <a href="/facts/Sebastian_De_Ferranti/s0GfX4LW">Sebastian De Ferranti</a>, <a href="/facts/Francis_McLean_(engineer)/SW6XcJIX">Francis McLean</a></td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Only Connect</td><td><a href="/facts/Asa_Briggs/ykTpN2fD">Asa Briggs</a>, <a href="/facts/Hugh_Cudlipp/nER58LVG">Hugh Cudlipp</a>, <a href="/facts/Fred_Friendly/BTq2E34n">Fred Friendly</a></td></tr><tr><td>1968</td><td>Communication in the Modern World</td><td><a href="/facts/Lawrence_Alloway/URnkrmHI">Lawrence Alloway</a>, Paul Chambers, <a href="/facts/Richard_Crossman/RpLsQEIt">Richard Crossman</a></td></tr><tr><td>1969</td><td>Universities: Boundaries of Change</td><td><a href="/facts/Paul_M._Doty/uKQ3RmX1">Paul Doty</a>, <a href="/facts/Jack_Straw/jk0LVnUn">Jack Straw</a>, <a href="/facts/Albert_Sloman/nYrkmAXQ">Albert Sloman</a></td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>The Future of Broadcasting in Britain</td><td><a href="/facts/Hugh_Greene/8gDpDzV5">Hugh Greene</a></td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>The Freedom of the Press</td><td><a href="/facts/Harold_Evans/YPm3Iv1H">Harold Evans</a>, <a href="/facts/Katharine_Graham/vDKWbP00">Katharine Graham</a>, <a href="/facts/David_Hennessy,_3rd_Baron_Windlesham/ylb9cNI2">David Windlesham</a></td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>Government, Broadcasting and the Press</td><td><a href="/facts/Roy_Jenkins/5VP1IcQe">Roy Jenkins</a></td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Television Today and Tomorrow</td><td><a href="/facts/Noel_Annan,_Baron_Annan/LznVoHwe">Noel Annan</a>, <a href="/facts/Charles_Curran_(broadcaster)/8hQNVYGk">Charles Curran</a>, Brian Young</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>The Role of the Trade Unions</td><td><a href="/facts/Tony_Benn/0tWCy8d3">Tony Benn</a>, <a href="/facts/Len_Murray/M3n091rB">Len Murray</a>, <a href="/facts/James_Prior,_Baron_Prior/DfISdjGb">Jim Prior</a></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>The Liberty of the Citizen</td><td><a href="/facts/John_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt/Xd6Fl2ob">John Hunt</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Mortimer/fAdxHUc5">John Mortimer</a>, <a href="/facts/Franklin_A._Thomas/b97J64tS">Franklin A. Thomas</a></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>The Right to Know</td><td><a href="/facts/Floyd_Abrams/m4gvp4Ho">Floyd Abrams</a>, <a href="/facts/Michael_Kirby_(judge)/JWBYNfcH">Michael Kirby</a>, <a href="/facts/Leslie_Scarman,_Baron_Scarman/naNXcQym">Leslie Scarman</a></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Will Cabinet Government Survive?</td><td><a href="/facts/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone/ePyH8JeG">Quintin Hogg</a></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Europe: Our Sort of Community</td><td><a href="/facts/Leon_Brittan/RtHXWlbr">Leon Brittan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Asa Briggs, The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Vol. 5, p.457 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Charles Curran et al, Television Today and Tomorrow, p.5 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>