Hilde Johnson - UN Special Rep in South Sudan
South Sudan became independent in July 2011 after waging a five-decade war against the north in what was Africa's longest running civil war. But secession has brought neither peace, stability nor pros...
8 Feb 201223min
05/02/2012 GMT
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
6 Feb 201223min
Mary King - British Olympic Equestrian
Mary King is a sportswoman like few others. She's 50-years-old and still at the pinnacle of her sport. That sport is three-day eventing. Next year, she's hoping to collect her first Olympic gold medal...
3 Feb 201223min
Dr Gene Sharp - Political Theorist
Gene Sharp is a political thinker whose influence is now spoken of in same breath as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. But he is no platform speaker or figurehead at a demonstration. Rather, a qu...
1 Feb 201223min
Edwin Cameron - South African Constitutional Court Judge
Living as an openly gay man in socially conservative Africa is hard enough, but Edwin Cameron went even further.He was the first public official in South Africa to reveal his HIV positive status. Nels...
30 Jan 201223min
Gus O'Donnell - Former Head of UK Civil Service
Gus O'Donnell has been at the heart of government in Britain for 30 years, working closely with the last four British prime ministers. He was John Major's press secretary; under Tony Blair he took on ...
27 Jan 201223min
Sir Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart has an acting career spanning more than 50 years. He was an accomplished Shakepearean actor when he took on the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation wh...
25 Jan 201223min
Wadah Khanfar - Former Director General, Al Jazeera
The satellite TV station Al Jazeera, is credited with giving ordinary Arabs a platform from which to challenge their governments. And day by day it's been covering the dramatic events of the Arab Spri...
23 Jan 201223min
