MP, India's Upper House - Swapan Dasgupta
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Swapan Dasgupta, Indian journalist, writer and now member of the country's upper parliamentary chamber. One of the world’s biggest countries has a leader who polari...
7 Dec 201723min
Oxfam Executive Director Winnie Byanyima
Stephen Sackur speaks to Winnie Byanyima, the Ugandan boss of Oxfam International who is overseeing the NGO's move from the UK to Kenya. A significant shift is afoot in the world of international deve...
4 Dec 201723min
Secretary of State for the EU, Spain - Jorge Toledo
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Jorge Toledo, Spain’s minister for EU affairs. When the Spanish Government threw out the regional Government in Catalonia, imposed direct rule from Madrid and calle...
1 Dec 201723min
Russian Presidential Candidate - Ksenia Sobchak
Russian TV journalist Ksenia Sobchak announced last month that she will run to be president of Russia at elections due in March 2018. She is the daughter of the late Anatoly Sobchak who was Mayor of S...
29 Nov 201723min
Rockstar and businessman Gene Simmons
There aren't many people who are recognisable only from their make-up, but mention a zigzag of black flames around the eyes, painted on a white face, and millions of people around the world will know ...
27 Nov 201723min
Poet and playwright: Lemn Sissay
It is dangerous to generalise about the human impulse to create art, but it does often seem to be linked to the experience of dark and painful places Stephen Sackur speaks to Lemn Sissay - a renowned ...
24 Nov 201723min
Former Managing Director of Leeds United - David Haigh
Is it safe to do business in the United Arab Emirates? The former Managing Director of Leeds United, David Haigh thought so, until he endured a 22 month nightmare imprisonment, during which he says he...
22 Nov 201723min
Director - Baz Luhrmann
How did a boy from the Australian backwoods get to make his celluloid dreams come true? Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to director Baz Luhrmann who made his name with a wildly entertaining debut mov...
20 Nov 201723min
