The Richard Dimbleby Lecture
Season 1, Episode 34: Sir Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands with Death
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One of the world's most popular authors gives the 34th Richard Dimbleby Lecture from the Royal College of Physicians in London. Sir Terry Pratchett announced in 2007 that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. In his keynote lecture, Shaking Hands with Death, he explores how modern society, confronted with an increasingly older population, many of whom will suffer from incurable illnesses, needs to redefine how it deals with death. The acclaimed creator of the bestselling Discworld series, he is the first novelist to give the Richard Dimbleby Lecture. His books have sold more than 65 million copies and have been translated into 37 languages.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
1972: Lord Annan - What are Universities for, Anyway?
Episode 2
1973: Sir Robert Mark - Minority Verdict
Episode 3
Lord Goodman - Housing - Who is to Blame?
Episode 4
1975: Sir Huw Wheldon - The British Experience in Television
Episode 5
1976: Lord Hailsham - Elective Dictatorship
Episode 6
Jack Jones - The Human Face of Labour
Episode 7
1978: Lord Rothschild - Risk
Episode 8
Roy Jenkins - Home Thoughts from Abroad
Episode 9
1980: Lord Denning - Misuse of Power
Episode 10
1982: Garret FitzGerald - Irish Identities
Episode 11
1983: Sir Peter Parker - Missing Our Connections
Episode 12
1984: David Sheppard - The Other Britain
Episode 13
1985: Baroness Warnock - Teacher, Teach Thyself
Episode 14
1986: Sir John Harvey-Jones - Does Industry Matter?
Episode 15
1987: Sir Denis Forman - British Television: Who are the Masters Now?
Episode 16
1988: Sir George Porter - Knowledge Itself is Power
Episode 17
1989: Prince Philip - Living Off the Land
Episode 18
1990: Helmut Schmidt - Europe in the Nineties
Episode 19
1992: Lord Taylor of Gosforth - The Judiciary in the Nineties
Episode 20
1994: Stella Rimington - Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?
Episode 21
1996: Richard Dawkins - Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
Episode 22
1997: Lord Nolan - Public Life, Public Confidence
Episode 23
1998: George J. Mitchell - Principles of Peace
Episode 24
1999: Susan Greenfield - The Future Could be Too Much Fun
Episode 25
2000: Sir Nicholas Serota - Who's Afraid of Modern Art
Episode 26
2001: Bill Clinton - The Struggle For The Soul of The 21st Century
Episode 27
2002: Dr Rowan Williams - Nations, Markets and Morals
Episode 28
2003: Dominique de Villepin - The path towards a new world
Episode 29
James Dyson: Engineering the Difference
Episode 30
Stella Rimington: Security and Democracy - Is There a Conflict?
Episode 31
General Sir Mike Jackson: Defence of the Realm in the 21st Century
Episode 32
Dr J Craig Venter: A DNA-Driven World
Episode 33
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales: Facing the Future
Episode 34
Sir Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands with Death
Episode 35
Michael Morpurgo: Set Our Children Free
Episode 36
Sir Paul Nurse: The Wonder of Science
Episode 37
Bill Gates: The Impatient Optimist
Episode 38
Christine Lagarde: A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century
Episode 39
Martha Lane Fox: Dot Everyone - Power, the Internet and You
Episode 40
Gregory Doran: Is Shakespeare Chinese?
Episode 41
John O. Brennan: Staying Safe in a Turbulent World
Episode 42
Jeanette Winterson
Episode 43
Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The World Wide Web - A Mid-Course Correction
Episode 44
Dame Sarah Gilbert: Vaccine Vs Virus: This Race - and the Next One
Episode 45
David Harewood: 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arriving in this country
Episode 46
Sir Gareth Southgate: The Beautiful Game: Building Belief and Resilience in a Younger Generation