Kofi Annan – Former UN Secretary General (1997-2006)
World figures have been paying tribute to the former UN secretary-general and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan, who has died at the age of 80. HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi spoke to him in April at a special even...
22 Aug 201823min
Outgoing Director, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute - Bobby Duffy
Never before in the history of humankind have we had so much information, so many facts at our finger tips, and yet much of what we think we know is wrong. What on earth is going on? HARDtalk’s Stephe...
20 Aug 201823min
Imam, Oxford Islamic Congregation - Dr. Taj Hargey
A tiny proportion of Muslim women in Britain wear the burqa or niqab; forms of dress which keep the face partially of fully covered. Nonetheless, those women find themselves at the heart of a sometime...
17 Aug 201823min
Professor Mohammad Marandi – Tehran University, Iran
When Iran’s President Rouhani was convincingly re-elected last year, Iranians seemed hopeful their living standards might improve. However, inflation, poverty, water shortages and corruption are all t...
15 Aug 201823min
Writer and Equality Campaigner - Vicky Beeching
The Christian religion is divided on issues of sexuality; not least the degree of acceptance and inclusion offered to gay men and women of faith. Amid the fierce theological arguments are stories of i...
13 Aug 201824min
Dutch MEP - Sophie In't Veld
Stephen Sackur speaks to Dutch MEP, Sophie Int’ Veld, deputy to the European parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator. British Prime minister Theresa May is running out of time to avoid the Brexit cliff e...
8 Aug 201823min
Clinical Psychologist - Jordan Peterson
Anger is a powerful force in politics and there's a lot of it about. Donald Trump, Brexit and a host of populist movements have been fuelled by anger with the way things are. Where does it come from? ...
6 Aug 201823min
Minister of National Development Planning, Indonesia - Bambang Brodjonegoro
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Bambang Brodjonegoro, Indonesia's Minister of National Development Planning. President Widodo of Indonesia was recently re-elected to a second term in office and he says he has...
2 Aug 201824min
