British rapper Professor Green
Mental health is not easy to talk about, least of all for young men, so often brought up to regard emotional vulnerability as weakness. In a special edition of HARDtalk filmed in the BBC’s Radio Theat...
11 Mar 201924min
Prime Minister of Italy (2016 – 2018) - Paolo Gentiloni
Theresa May’s European parliamentary elections could be a defining moment in the struggle for the EU's future; a continent wide clash between the forces of liberalism and populism exists - perhaps bes...
8 Mar 201923min
Former British diplomat, and National Security Adviser - Lord Ricketts
As the political debate over Brexit grows ever more polarised in the UK exposing deep fractures within the political parties, questions are also being asked about the how the machinery of government i...
6 Mar 201923min
Russian journalist - Galina Timchenko
Is President Putin crushing press freedom in Russia? Since coming to power nearly 20 years ago, Vladimir Putin has been accused of gradually taking control of the media in Russia, and silencing those...
1 Mar 201923min
Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Péter Szijjártó
Can Hungary's ruling party win Europe’s battle of ideas? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur is in Budapest to speak to the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. Hungary is led by a nationalist, populist ...
27 Feb 201923min
US-Lebanese comedian - Nemr Abou Nassar
Does comedy have the power to transcend borders, religions and politics and can it build bridges between different communities who may mistrust and misunderstand one another? HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi...
25 Feb 201923min
Photographer - Marilyn Stafford
What makes a great photograph? Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the great women pioneers of photo journalism, Marilyn Stafford. She was born in the United States but moved to Paris where she became the...
20 Feb 201924min
Yemen's Foreign Minister - Khaled Alyemany
Is there any political or diplomatic initiative capable of saving Yemen? The current limited ceasefire in Yemen between the warring parties has barely alleviated the suffering of the country’s people....
18 Feb 201923min
