Interim President, ANC Youth League, South Africa - Mzwandile Masina
South Africa is holding general elections next year and for the first time, a whole new generation will cast their vote. The 'born free generation' has no direct memory of the struggle against aparthe...
9 Aug 201323min
Egypt Foreign Minister - Nabil Fahmy
The political standoff in Egypt remains in the balance. Thousands of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, remain camped-out in Cairo. The interim government wants them removed but more bloods...
7 Aug 201322min
Composer - Sir John Tavener
Sarah Montague speaks to Sir John Tavener, one of Britain's most celebrated composers. He says his music is for God - even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. Forty years ago, his work was ...
5 Aug 201323min
On the Road: Alaska – Part 2
Alaska, a land of pristine wilderness, sparse population and unimaginable resource riches. It is also the corner of our planet which is experiencing the most dramatic effects of climate change. The ca...
2 Aug 201323min
On the Road: Alaska - Part 1
Hardtalk is on the road in Alaska. In the first of two programmes, Stephen Sackur visits the Bristol Bay region of south-west Alaska where the fishing industry, the mining industry and the federal gov...
31 Juli 201323min
Opera Singer - Thomas Hampson
Opera is one of the least watched art forms in the world, and possibly the most expensive. Hardtalk speaks to opera superstar Thomas Hampson. He says the way to get people to love opera is to get them...
29 Juli 201328min
Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria - Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi
Rivers State is at the heart of Nigeria’s oil industry, which produces 20% of the country's wealth. Yet more than one billion dollars a month is being lost to thieves who syphon it off from remote pip...
26 Juli 201323min
Iraq Foreign Minister - Hoshyar Zebari
Iraq’s foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said he wanted to rehabilitate Iraq’s image after the fall of Saddam Hussein. But now sectarian violence in Iraq is arguably worse than ever and is overlapping...
24 Juli 201323min
