Jonathan Dimbleby, who will host the lecture, called Gates "one of the world's greatest entrepreneurs and most generous philanthropists".

BBC: Bill Gates to deliver Dimbleby lecture

And it features broadcasters such as Tony Blackburn, Rory Bremner, Jeremy Clarkson and Jonathan Dimbleby, again all former independent school pupils.

BBC: Oxbridge dominates list of leading UK people

Jonathan Dimbleby, an accomplished British broadcaster, was by his frank admission in a state of considerable emotional turmoil when he travelled from the Arctic city of Murmansk to Vladivostok.

ECONOMIST: Russia

Thomas recalls that during his stalking of Jack Straw he waited for the Home Secretary outside the LWT building in London, where Straw was taking part in Jonathan Dimbleby's programme.

BBC: Kebabbed: Part 4