| Speech at the Cardiff Ambassadors Dinner | 03.11.11 |
| Speech at the Radio Festival, Salford | 01.11.11 |
| Speech to the International Press Institute, Taiwan | 25.09.11 |
| Speech to the National Digital Conference, London | 11.05.11 |
| Building digital capacity for the arts | 10.03.11 |
| Speech to the Financial Times Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference 2011 | 02.03.11 |
Access All Areas: The BBC and the defence of public space | 19.01.11 | | The BBC and the new Settlement | 24.11.10 |
| Public Media in a Digital Age | 05.10.10 |
| James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture | 27.08.10 |
| Nation Speaking Peace Unto Nation: The BBC's Global Mission – speech to Chatham House | 11.05.10 |
| Putting Quality First: The BBC and Public Space – speech to Financial Times Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference | 02.03.10 |
| Beyond 2012 – The Future for the BBC: Speech given at the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Conference | 26.11.09 |
| Speech to RTS Cambridge Convention 2009 | 17.09.09 |
| Accountability In A Time Of Change: Speech to The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy | 25.06.09 |
| Charles Wheeler Memorial Lecture | 20.05.09 |
| Keynote speech given at Changing Media Summit | 19.03.09 |
| Address to Royal Television Society International Conference, Opportunity Knocks, Barbican Centre | 26.09.08 |
| Faith And The Media – Speech given at Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor Lecture 2008 series: Faith And Life In Britain Today | 10.04.08 |
| Keynote opening address at Television From The Nations And Regions conference | 22.01.08 |
| The Trouble With Trust: Building Confidence In Institutions | 15.01.08 |
| Speech to BBC Staff on delivering Creative Future | 18.10.07 |
| Speech given at opening of BBC Scotland's new headquarters at Pacific Quay, Glasgow | 20.09.07 |
| Delivering Creative Future: The BBC in 2012 | 10.07.07 |
| Address to gathering for Alan Johnston at BBC Television Centre | 16.04.07 |
| Address to BBC staff following Licence Fee settlement | 08.02.07 |
| Media Summit 2007: The Future Of Creative Content Conference – Keynote Speech | 18.01.07 |
| The BBC – Expensive Big Brother Or International Media Icon? | 06.11.06 |
| Delivering Public Value: The BBC and public sector reform | 11.10.06 |
| Delivering Creative Future – address to BBC staff | 19.07.06 |
| Speech given to Radio Festival in Cambridge | 02.07.06 |
| Whose side are we on? – speech given to International Press Institute 55th World Congress, Edinburgh | 28.05.06 |
| A few facts about the licence fee – speech given to Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference, London | 18.05.06 |
| Creative Future – The BBC programmes and content in an on-demand world - Royal Television Society Fleming Memorial Lecture | 25.04.06 |
| Royal Television Society Baird Lecture – BBC 2.0: why on demand changes everything | 22.03.06 |
| Speech given to Royal Society for Arts at Manchester University | 09.03.06 |
| Speech given at the European Broadcasting Conference in Liverpool | 20.09.05 |
| Speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival: announcement of MyBBCPlayer | 27.08.05 |
| Speech given at the British Phonographic Institute | 14.07.05 |
| Broadcasting and the idea of the public | 05.07.05 |
| Speech given at the Churches' Media Conference | 06.06.05 |
| Speech to the Westminster Media Forum on response to the Green Paper | 24.05.05 |
| Transforming the BBC – address given to BBC staff | 21.03.05 |
| Angels and Emails – Stationers' Livery Lecture | 07.03.05 |
| New Statesman Lecture | 07.12.04 |
| Speech given to the Annual Conference of Specialist Schools | 26.11.04 |
| Defining Public Value – speech given at Edinburgh International Television Festival | 29.08.04 |
| Building Public Value | 29.06.04 |
| Speech given by Mark Thompson on first day as Director-General | 22.06.04 |