Commander UK Joint Forces Command 2013 - 2016 - General Sir Richard Barrons
Stephen Sackur speaks to General Sir Richard Barrons who led the UK’s Joint Forces Command and fought in wars from the Balkans to the Middle East and Afghanistan. How vulnerable is the West in the new...
4 Jan 201723min
Film Director - Mohamed Diab
Stephen Sackur speaks to Egyptian film director, Mohamed Diab. His new film, Eshtebak, or Clash, paints a remarkable picture of the tumult in Egypt which led to the military takeover in 2013. What has...
30 Dec 201623min
Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian- Iranian academic recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. Why did a respected anthropologist become an...
21 Dec 201623min
Paul Beatty - Man Booker Prize Winning Author
Paul Beatty's novel The Sellout won a Man Booker prize. It deploys biting satire to unpick the black American experience. After eight years of a black president, amid a swirl of demographic and social...
16 Dec 201623min
South African Comedian - Trevor Noah
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the South African comedian Trevor Noah. How did a poor boy who grew up with a black mother and white father under apartheid, become the presenter of one of America’s most influ...
14 Dec 201623min
Nobel Peace Prize winner, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia
HARDtalk is in Oslo to speak to Colombia's president Juan Manuel Santos who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to secure peace with Colombia's Farc rebel group. President Santos tells HARDtalk'...
12 Dec 201623min
Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regional Government - Qubad Talabani
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government. The Kurds are key fighters in the war against so-called Islamic State. But does their am...
9 Dec 201623min
Northern Ireland First Minister - Arlene Foster
How will the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland be managed once the UK has left the EU? Sarah Montague asks Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland’s First Minister, how she will make...
7 Dec 201623min
