
James Ellroy - Crime Writer
Hardtalk speaks to the man who has been called 'America’s greatest living crime writer'. Through works such as the Black Dalia and LA Confidential, James Ellroy has created a uniquely dark portrait of...
17 Aug 201523min

Leader, Democratic Alliance (South Africa) - Mmusi Maimane
South Africa's Democratic Alliance, the country's main opposition party, has its first ever black leader. Mmusi Maimane took over in May this year from Helen Zille. He says he wants to represent all S...
12 Aug 201523min

Ballet Dancer Sylvie Guillem
For more than three decades the ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem has performed as principal dancer at most leading ballet establishments, redrawing the boundaries of the genre. But at the end of this year...
10 Aug 201523min

Ertuğrul Kürkçü - Honorary President People’s Democratic Party (HDP)
Could Turkey be slipping back into conflict? A fragile three year peace process between the government and Kurdish militants from the PKK, the Kurdistan workers’ party, has broken down. Several Turkis...
7 Aug 201523min

Calais Migrant Crisis
The migrant crisis on both sides of the English Channel has led to accusation and counter accusation in Britain and France as thousands of migrants make nightly attempts to enter the UK illegally. Wha...
5 Aug 201523min

Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault
A host of countries around the world still impose the ultimate punishment on the most serious criminals - death. What is it like to be in command of the machinery of state-sanctioned execution? Hardta...
3 Aug 201523min

Syriza Committee Member - Stathis Kouvelakis
The prime minister Alexis Tsipras is facing a rebellion from the hard left in his party, Syriza, who accuse him of going back on his promise to reject austerity. However, it is not just economics that...
29 Jul 201523min

Marc Quinn - Artist
There are a number of successful contemporary artists whose work sells for millions of dollars. But how many of them will leave an enduring mark when the clamour of fashion and hype has moved elsewher...
27 Jul 201523min





















