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 was born in Iran, studied law in London an...
11 Huhti 201223min
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 work has ranged from high farce to cerebral ...
9 Huhti 201223min
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 president Nouri Al-Maliki faces criticism for...
6 Huhti 201223min
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 hoping that the worst of Europe's sovereign d...
3 Huhti 201223min
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. And a new play - his 76th - premieres this ...
2 Huhti 201223min
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 king commissioned an independent inquiry ...
30 Maalis 201223min
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, schools and fuel suuplies could be hit by str...
28 Maalis 201223min
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 scenes. Now he has written a book in which he d...
26 Maalis 201223min
