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The Interview
Conversations with people shaping our world, from all around the globe. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider. We hear from titans of business, politics, finance, sport and culture. Global leaders, decision-makers and cultural icons. Politicians, activists and CEOs. Each interview is around 20-minutes, packed full of insight and analysis, covering some of the biggest issues of our time. How does it work? Well, at…
Episodes
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Meir Dagan - Director of Mossad (2002-2010)
Israel's secret service, the Mossad, is regarded as one of the most resourceful and ruthless intelligence agencies in the world. But are Israel's top spies on…
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Wayne McGregor - Choreographer
Wayne McGregor is known for pushing boundaries in an art form usually associated with traditional entertainment. Once known as the bad boy of ballet, he has…
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Ali Asghar Soltanieh - Iran's ambassador, International Atomic Energy Agency
Katya Adler talks to Dr Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA. Iran's nuclear power programme has been a source of…
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Paul McKeever - Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales
HARDtalk's Katya Adler speaks to the chairman of the Police Federation in England and Wales, Paul McKeever. The police in Britain, used to being revered…
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Francoise Barre-Sinoussi - President Elect, International Aids Society
Could we soon see a cure for HIV/Aids? Francoise Barre-Sinoussi thinks so. She's the Nobel Prize-winner who helped first identify the virus 30 years ago. She…
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Tracey Emin - Artist
Stephen Sackur talks to the newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. Hardtalk is in Margate, a traditional English seaside town, home to the new…
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Sir Tim Rice - Lyricist, writer and composer
Even if you have not seen his shows, you will have heard his songs. For works such as Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Lion King, Sir Tim Rice is regarded…
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Paul Krugman - Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, 2008
We are in a depression - unemployment at levels last seen during the thirties, an economic crisis in the Eurozone and the prospect of worse to come. But the…
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Yiannis Milios – Economic Advisor of the Syriza Party, Greece
The people of Greece shocked the rest of Europe with the results of their parliamentary elections on 6 May 2012. No party had a clear majority and the Syriza…
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Bruce Dickinson - Singer, Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden is one of the most successful heavy metal bands ever. They have sold more than 80 million albums and are renowned for their live shows - tickets…
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Robin Gibb - The Bee Gees
Robin Gibb was a musician who did much to define the pop music of the 70s and 80s. With his brothers Maurice and Barry he formed the Bee Gees. They wrote the…
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Grigory Yavlinsky - Co-Founder Yabloko Party, Russia
So much for all the talk of a Moscow Spring. Despite sporadic street protests and the stirrings of middle-class rebellion, Vladimir Putin is back in the…
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GUY SCOTT – Vice President of Zambia
At last Sub Saharan Africa has a positive economic story to tell, but is it being matched by improved governance? Are Africa's leaders making the best use of…
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Louis Saha - French footballer
Football is a global obsession - the star players of the sport, the likes of Messi, Rooney and Ronaldo reap vast rewards and worldwide adulation. But there's a…
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Michalis Sarris – Chairman, Cyprus Popular Bank
Greece appears to be inching closer to the Eurozone exit door. If the Greeks leave how far could the contagion spread? One country which could very soon find…
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Sir William Patey – British Ambassador to Kabul, 2010-2012 (Retired)
Has western military intervention in Afghanistan failed? The question will hang over this weekend's Nato summit in Chicago as the alliance's political leaders…
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Nasser Judeh - Jordan's Foreign Minister
Jordan has survived the Arab Spring relatively unscathed, at least so far. Perhaps it is because the king has promised reform. But he is now on his fourth…
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NORMAN FINKELSTEIN – Political scientist
American Presidents have long been criticised for being too in thrall to the Jewish lobby, and that American Jews influence US foreign policy, which explains…
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09/05/2012 GMT
The west faces a lost decade of economic stagnation. Unemployment is high, inequality is rising and governments are broke. Should we be blaming capitalism or…
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NHIAL DENG NHIAL – Foreign Minister, South Sudan
Africa's newest nation, South Sudan, is in trouble. Less than a year after independence from Khartoum, the South and its much larger northern neighbour are…
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Sir JOHN SULSTON – Nobel Prize-winning scientist
Science is constantly changing and deepening our understanding of ourselves and our planet. So is it time to give scientists a more prominent role in the…
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OLEG DERIPASKA – Chief Executive, RUSAL
In post Soviet Russia, a small band of businessmen became unimaginably rich. These so-called oligarchs command assets worth billions of dollars, but their…
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ZOE WANAMAKER – Actor
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur is at the Globe Theatre in London - a magical recreation of the theatre where William Shakespeare honed his theatrical genius in the…
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PETER KEEN - Director of Performance, UK Sport
The official Olympic creed says it’s not the winning that counts but the taking part. Try telling that to the elite professional athletes and their coaches who…
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FW de Klerk
In a programme first broadcast in 2012, Stephen Sackur speaks to FW de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid-era leader and a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace…
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Paul Conroy - Photographer
From Syria, to Sri Lanka, to Russia, there are journalists ready to put themselves in harm's way to shine a light on some of the darkest corners of conflict…
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Ali Dizaei - London Metropolitan Police Superintendent
Stephen Sackur speaks to perhaps the UK's most controversial police officer, a commander in London's Metropolitan Police and a convicted criminal. Ali Dizaei…
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Michael Frayn - Writer
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Britain's finest writing talents, whose creativity defies a simple label. Yes, Michael Frayn is a renowned playwright whose…
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Hamid Al-Bayati - Iraqi Ambassador to the UN
Should Iraq be doing more to end the bloodshed on its doorstep or does it have its own vested interest in keeping Syria's president Assad in power? While…
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Juergen Stark - Former member, Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Lake Como in northern Italy is the venue for an economic conference hosted by the Ambrosetti Forum. The economic policy-makers gathered here are fervently…
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn - British Playwright
Alan Ayckbourn is often described as the most performed playwright alive in the world. A revival of his play Absent Friends has opened in London's West End…
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Nabeel Rajab - President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
A year ago revolution was in the air in the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain - what about now? After months of violence which killed dozens of protestors, the Bahraini…
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Len McCluskey - Leader of Unite, Britain's biggest union
Britain has already seen the first skirmishes in what could be a protracted battle between the Cameron government and organised labour. In the short term…
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Frank Chikane - South African Head of Presidency, 1999 - 2009
Frank Chikane served in the South African presidential office from the time of Nelson Mandela to Jacob Zuma - so he was privy to what went on behind the…
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Sir Mark Walport - Director, Wellcome Trust
In a special edition of Hardtalk, recorded in front of an audience in the village of Portmeirion in North Wales, Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Mark Walport the…
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Aimee Mullins – Athlete, actor and model
Hardtalk is in New York City with a guest who is a woman who has spent her life challenging assumptions that go with the label 'physically disabled'. Aimee…
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Otis Williams - The Temptations
Otis Williams is the sole constant in the life of one of the most successful groups in Motown history. He formed The Temptations in 1961, and the record sales…
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Mohamed Waheed - President of the Maldives
The Maldives was plunged into political crisis when the former president Mohamed Nasheed resigned, claiming to have been forced out of his position. He was…
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Abdel El-Menway - Former Head of Egyptian TV
A year has passed since the uprising that ended the 30-year rule of Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak. Since then the country has struggled to establish…
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Said Ferjani - Ennahda political party, Tunisia
Tunisia is the first Arab nation to be transformed by people power but how successful has the transition to democracy been? Stephen Sackur talks to Said…
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Moncef Marzouki - President of Tunisia
Hardtalk is in Tunisia a year after the revolution which gave birth to the Arab Spring. Stephen Sackur meets Moncef Marzouki - a man who has undergone an…
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Jacqueline Wilson - Children's author
Over the past ten years Jacqueline Wilson has been the most borrowed author from British libraries. She's sold 30 million of her books just in the UK - and…
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Nana Akufo-Addo - Ghanaian presidential candidate
Ghana has been hailed as a shining example to all of Africa - a model of democracy, decent governance and responsible economic management in a continent…
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Egemen Bagis - Turkey's Chief EU Negotiator
Turkey is a rising power in a strategically vital region, but does it have the ability to shape events beyond its borders? Officials in Ankara would like to…
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David Miliband - UK Foreign Secretary 2007-2010
Politics can be a cruel business. No one knows that better than Britain's former foreign secretary David Miliband. He was hot favourite to lead the UK's Labour…
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Georges Chikoti - Angolan Foreign Minister
The 10th anniversary of the end of Angola's devastating post-independence civil war is being marked in 2012. What a difference a decade makes. Angola is now…
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Yoweri Museveni - President of Uganda
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, currently on a visit to London. He took power in Kampala at the head of a rebel army in 1986…
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Eugenia Tymoshenko - Daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko
This summer Ukraine is co-hosting the European football championships, but don't be deceived by the sporting camaraderie - Ukraine's political relationship…
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Fawzia Koofi
Some politicians claim that they would be willing to die for their beliefs. Fawzia Koofi is an Afghan politician who says that she expects to be killed. "I am…
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Sir Clive Woodward - Director of Sport, British Olympic Association
What's the key to world class sporting performance? Top coaches will tell you the biggest prizes don't necessarily go to the best natural athletes, but to…
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Paul Volcker - Former US Federal Reserve chairman
Hardtalk is in the financial heart of New York City to meet one of the country’s most respected and enduring policy makers. Paul Volcker was chairman of the…
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John McCain - US Senator
Can the Republican Party find a presidential candidate capable of turfing Barack Obama out of office? The battle to win the Republican nomination is proving to…
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John Fahey - President, World Anti-Doping Agency
Anti-doping authorities in Britain will carry out more than 7,000 drugs tests on athletes at the London Olympics and Paralympics later this year, more than at…
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Hilde Johnson - UN Special Rep in South Sudan
South Sudan became independent in July 2011 after waging a five-decade war against the north in what was Africa's longest running civil war. But secession has…
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Mary King - British Olympic Equestrian
Mary King is a sportswoman like few others. She's 50-years-old and still at the pinnacle of her sport. That sport is three-day eventing. Next year, she's…
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Dr Gene Sharp - Political Theorist
Gene Sharp is a political thinker whose influence is now spoken of in same breath as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. But he is no platform speaker or…
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Edwin Cameron - South African Constitutional Court Judge
Living as an openly gay man in socially conservative Africa is hard enough, but Edwin Cameron went even further. He was the first public official in South…
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Gus O'Donnell - Former Head of UK Civil Service
Gus O'Donnell has been at the heart of government in Britain for 30 years, working closely with the last four British prime ministers. He was John Major's…
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Sir Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart has an acting career spanning more than 50 years. He was an accomplished Shakepearean actor when he took on the role of Captain Jean-Luc…