Sweeney Talks

In the early 2000s, Alison Bellamy was Jimmy Savile’s ‘good news girl’, writing the positive press stories on which he thrived. They became close friends, and she even went on to write his authorised ...

4 Dec 202232min

Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Chris Atkins, the film-maker who ended up inside one of Britain’s most notorious prisons. Available exclusively on Global Player. h...

28 Nov 202255s

Chris Atkins was a film-maker at the very top of his game, creating critically acclaimed programmes that regularly made front page news. But after becoming embroiled in a dodgy scheme to fund a docume...

27 Nov 202243min

Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with John McDonnell, Labour MP and the most left-wing Chancellor we never had. Available exclusively on Global Player. https://www.global...

21 Nov 202259s

Throughout the glory days of New Labour, John McDonnell sat on the backbenches, a-snivelling and a-sniping. Then his best mate, Jeremy Corbyn, became Labour Leader and the Left got achingly close to p...

20 Nov 202250min

Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Sam McAlister, the producer behind THAT Prince Andrew interview. Available exclusively on Global Player. https://www.globalplayer.co...

14 Nov 202257s

Sam McAlister has negotiated with everyone from Buckingham Palace to The White House, Tesla to Facebook. But she’s best known for arranging one of the most shocking and revealing interviews of all tim...

13 Nov 202247min

Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with the Conservative MP and newly re-appointed Veterans Minister, Johnny Mercer. Available exclusively on Global Player. https://www.glo...

7 Nov 202257s