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 have dedicated their lives to the quest ...
20 Apr 201223min
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 Prize with Nelson Mandela.Photo: Former Sou...
18 Apr 201223min
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, crime and corruption. What makes them do i...
16 Apr 201223min
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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 201223min
