Speaker's House - Episode Guide

Season 2015

Lord Hurd Lecture

Episode: 2015-03-28 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2015

Lord Hurd Lecture
Lord Hurd delivers a lecture on Benjamin Disraeli in the State Apartments of the Palace of Westminster, from Tuesday 24 March.

Sir Peter Tapsell Lecture

Episode: 2015-04-12 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2015

Sir Peter Tapsell Lecture
Recorded highlights of a lecture by Sir Peter Tapsell on the life of MP FE Smith, from 2011.

William Hague Lecture

Episode: 2015-04-17 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2015

William Hague Lecture
William Hague delivers a lecture on William Pitt in the State Apartments of the Palace of Westminster, from Tuesday 13 January.

Charles Stewart Parnell Lecture

Episode: 2015-05-23 | Airdate: May 23, 2015

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Lord Bew delivers a lecture on Charles Stewart Parnell in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 19 May.

Lord Palmerston Lecture

Episode: 2015-06-13 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2015

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Kwasi Kwarteng delivers a lecture on Lord Palmerston in Speaker's House, from Tuesday 9 June.

Earl of Shaftesbury Lecture

Episode: 2015-07-04 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2015

Earl of Shaftesbury Lecture
Lord Lexden delivers a lecture on the Earl of Shaftesbury in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 30 June.

Harold Macmillan Lecture

Episode: 2015-07-18 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2015

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Lord Williams of Elvel delivers a lecture on Harold Macmillan in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 14 July.

John Bright

Episode: 2015-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2015

John Bright
Recorded coverage of the lecture delivered by Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash on John Bright (1811-1889), the British radical and liberal statesman who promoted free law and fought the corn laws.

Edmund Burke Lecture

Episode: 2015-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2015

Edmund Burke Lecture
Jesse Norman MP delivers a lecture on Edmund Burke in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 27 October.

Eleanor Rathbone Lecture

Episode: 2015-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2015

Eleanor Rathbone Lecture
Lord Norton delivers a lecture on Eleanor Rathbone in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 3 November.

William Wilberforce Lecture

Episode: 2015-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2015

William Wilberforce Lecture
Lord Cormack delivers a lecture on William Wilberforce in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 10 November.

John Pym

Episode: 2015-12-23 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2015

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Tristram Hunt delivers a lecture on John Pym in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 8 December.

Season 2016

19/11/2016

Episode: 2016-11-19 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2016

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26/11/2016

Episode: 2016-11-26 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2016

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Charles Kennedy

Episode: 2016-12-03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2016

Charles Kennedy

Baroness Williams of Crosby delivers a lecture on Charles Kennedy in the Speaker's House, from Tuesday 29 November.

Clement Attlee

Episode: 2016-12-10 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2016

Clement Attlee

Gordon Marsden MP delivers a lecture on Clement Attlee in the Speaker's House, from Monday 12 December.

John Smith

Episode: 2016-12-24 | Airdate: Dec 24, 2016 (50 min)

John Smith

Margaret Beckett delivers a lecture on John Smith in the Speaker's House, from Monday 7 November.

Season 2017

The Future of the Armed Forces

Episode: 2017-01-21 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2017

The Future of the Armed Forces

A new series of Speaker's House comes to BBC Parliament in 2017, with a raft of politicians, journalists and industry-expert speakers discussing a range of topics, including higher education, the NHS and the press.

Broadcast from the Palace of Westminster, episode one sees Chair of the Defence Select Committee Rt Hon Julian Lewis MP as Speaker, with Deborah Haynes, Defence Editor at the Times, as Responder.

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