HARDtalk

HARDtalk

In-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about the highs and lows in their lives.

Talk

Seasons

1. Edward Said Palestinian Intellectual

Air Date: 1997-04-01

2. Alan Rusbridger - Editor, the Guardian, London

Air Date: 1997-04-08

3. George Melly, English Jazz and Blues Singer, Critic, Writer

Air Date: 1997-04-15

4. Dmitri Hvorostovsky (opera singer baritone)

Air Date: 1997-05-19

5. Iyad Sarraj Consultant Palestinian Delegation Camp David

Air Date: 1997-05-29

6. Robert Mugabe President of Zimbabwe

Air Date: 1997-06-06

7. Jackie Collins

Air Date: 1997-06-09

8. Sir George Solti - Orchestral and Operatic Conductor

Air Date: 1997-06-11

9. Ehud Barak Israeli Prime Minister 1999-2001

Air Date: 1997-06-18

10. Tung Che Hwa - First Chief Executive of Hong Kong After Transfer of Sovereignty

Air Date: 1997-06-30

11. Lillian Hochhauser - impressario

Air Date: 1997-07-09

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 1997-07-10

13. Isabel Fokine - grand-daughter Mikhail Fokine

Air Date: 1997-08-05

14. Princess Diana Special BBC World 1030

Air Date: 1997-09-01

15. Princess Diana Funeral Special BBC World

Air Date: 1997-09-05

16. "Dalai Lama" of Tibet

Air Date: 1997-10-02

17. Ute Lemper - Singer

Air Date: 1997-10-07

18. HARDtalk with Nelson Mandela

Air Date: 1997-10-14

19. Sylvie Guillem - Ballet Dancer

Air Date: 1997-10-14

20. Valery Giscard D'Estaing President of France 1974 -1981

Air Date: 1997-10-17

21. Andrei Kozyrev - First Foreign Minister of Russia Under Boris Yeltsin (1991-1996)

Air Date: 1997-10-30

22. Eddie Izzard British Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer

Air Date: 1997-11-12

23. Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan

Air Date: 1997-11-17

24. Yehudi Menuhin - Violinist and Conductor

Air Date: 1997-11-18

25. General Alexander Lebed - Russian Military Officer & Politician

Air Date: 1997-11-21

26. Ismail Merchant - Film Producer

Air Date: 1997-11-26

27. Tom Clancy

Air Date: 1997-11-27

28. Yehudi Menuhin

Air Date: 1997-11-28

1. Donald Trump - American Business Magnate

Air Date: 1998-01-05

2. Caspar Weinberger

Air Date: 1998-01-07

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 1998-01-20

4. Newt Gingrich 50th Speaker U.S. House of Representatives 1995-1999 (President Clinton)

Air Date: 1998-02-02

5. Romano Prodi Italian Prime Minister 1996-1998 and 2006-2008 and economist

Air Date: 1998-02-05

6. Bobby Charlton Manchester United and England Footballer

Air Date: 1998-02-09

7. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Founder of Hamas

Air Date: 1998-02-11

8. Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa 1999-2008

Air Date: 1998-02-24

9. Gloria Stuart 'Old Rose' "Titanic"

Air Date: 1998-03-17

10. Peter Fonda American Acting Dynasty

Air Date: 1998-03-20

11. Jon Landau Producer 'Titantic'

Air Date: 1998-03-24

12. Oscars Special

Air Date: 1998-03-29

'Titanic' Directed by James Cameron (1997) Oscars special for BBC World - filmed Los Angeles March 1998 Interviews with Gloria Stuart - Old Rose and Jon Landau - Producer Full Monty (1997) Interviews with Tom Wilkinson - Gerald

13. Steve Forbes Editor in Chief Forbes Magazine, Twice Republican Nominee

Air Date: 1998-04-13

14. Lord Carrington British Foreign Secretary 1079-82 NATO Secretary General 1984-1988

Air Date: 1998-04-14

15. George Mitchell

Air Date: 1998-04-20

16. Maya Angelou American Author, Poet President Clinton's Inauguration 1993

Air Date: 1998-05-04

17. Antoinette Sibley Prima Ballerina Royal Ballet London

Air Date: 1998-05-18

18. Ian McKellen Actor

Air Date: 1998-05-20

19. Richard Rogers, Architect

Air Date: 1998-05-21

20. Vaclav Havel Writer, President Czech Republic 1993-2003

Air Date: 1998-06-12

21. Darcey Bussell - Ballet Dancer

Air Date: 1998-06-29

22. Peter Ustinov

Air Date: 1998-06-30

23. Douglas Hurd - British Foreign Secretary 1989-95

Air Date: 1998-07-01

24. Cyd Charisse - American Actress and Dancer

Air Date: 1998-07-06

25. Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan 1993-1996

Air Date: 1998-08-10

26. Anatoly Chubais, Russia Deputy Prime Minister 1992 - Under President Yeltsin

Air Date: 1998-09-01

27. Abbas al-Janabi

Air Date: 1998-11-02

28. John Peel

Air Date: 1998-11-03

29. King Hussein of Jordan

Air Date: 1998-11-16

30. Michael Flatley

Air Date: 1998-11-17

31. Plato Cacheris

Air Date: 1998-12-14

1. Louise Arbour

Air Date: 1999-01-20

2. Shimon Peres

Air Date: 1999-01-25

3. Margaret Cook

Air Date: 1999-01-28

4. John Fashanu

Air Date: 1999-02-08

5. Javier Solana

Air Date: 1999-02-09

6. David Shayler

Air Date: 1999-02-24

7. Gerry Robinson

Air Date: 1999-02-25

8. Ben Kingsley

Air Date: 1999-03-10

9. Nina Simone

Air Date: 1999-03-25

10. Roberto Benigni

Air Date: 1999-03-29

11. Mark Chavanduka

Air Date: 1999-04-19

12. Paddy Ashdown

Air Date: 1999-05-13

13. Griff Rhys Jones

Air Date: 1999-05-14

14. Richard Dreyfuss

Air Date: 1999-05-20

15. Rod Steiger

Air Date: 1999-05-25

16. Terry Pratchett

Air Date: 1999-05-27

17. Saeed Jaffrey

Air Date: 1999-05-31

18. Harold Pinter

Air Date: 1999-06-01

19. Shaun Pollock

Air Date: 1999-06-03

20. Mushahid Hussain

Air Date: 1999-06-23

21. Olara A. Otunnu

Air Date: 1999-06-25

22. Ike Turner

Air Date: 1999-06-29

23. Christiaan Barnard

Air Date: 1999-11-08

24. Helmut Kohl

Air Date: 1999-11-09

25. Edward Heath

Air Date: 1999-11-10

26. Kyaw Win

Air Date: 1999-12-13

27. Sartaj Aziz

Air Date: 1999-12-14

1. Walter Cronkite

Air Date: 2000-02-11

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2000-02-18

3. David Irving

Air Date: 2000-04-28

4. Mo Mowlam

Air Date: 2000-04-30

5. Rajesh Pilot

Air Date: 2000-05-26

6. Kathy Olds

Air Date: 2000-07-14

7. Mikhail Gorbachev

Air Date: 2000-09-15

8. Tina Sinatra

Air Date: 2000-10-30

9. Vaira Vike-Freiberga

Air Date: 2000-11-10

10. Harvey Goldsmith

Air Date: 2000-11-17

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2001-01-15

2. Simon Napier-Bell

Air Date: 2001-04-17

3. Bob Geldof

Air Date: 2001-07-13

4. Nick Griffin

Air Date: 2001-08-05

5. Thabo Mbeki

Air Date: 2001-08-06

6. Cyril Ramaphosa

Air Date: 2001-08-07

7. Craig Williamson

Air Date: 2001-08-08

8. Patricia de Lille

Air Date: 2001-08-09

9. Tokyo Sexwale

Air Date: 2001-08-10

10. Ayanda Ntsaluba

Air Date: 2001-08-13

11. Albie Sachs

Air Date: 2001-08-14

12. Shane Warne

Air Date: 2001-09-03

13. Gerard Houllier

Air Date: 2001-09-04

14. Sebastian Coe

Air Date: 2001-09-05

15. Ellen MacArthur

Air Date: 2001-09-06

16. Sepp Blatter

Air Date: 2001-09-07

17. Woody Allen

Air Date: 2001-09-09

18. Rafiq Hariri

Air Date: 2001-11-12

19. Arnaud Montebourg

Air Date: 2001-11-13

20. Benjamin Netanyahu

Air Date: 2001-11-14

21. Dr Hanan Ashrawi

Air Date: 2001-11-15

22. Ellen Burstyn

Air Date: 2001-11-16

23. Farouk Al-Shara

Air Date: 2001-11-18

24. Han Seung-soo

Air Date: 2001-11-19

25. John Major

Air Date: 2001-11-20

26. Marcia Grey Harden

Air Date: 2001-11-21

27. Northern Ireland

Air Date: 2001-11-22

28. Patrick Lekota

Air Date: 2001-11-23

29. Peter Mandelson

Air Date: 2001-11-25

30. Wolfgang Petritsch

Air Date: 2001-11-26

1. Jack Straw

Air Date: 2002-01-09

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2002-08-05

3. Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Air Date: 2002-09-09

4. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal

Air Date: 2002-09-11

5. Simba Makoni

Air Date: 2002-09-16

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2003-02-26

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2003-02-27

3. Danielle Pletka and Jeremy Corbyn

Air Date: 2003-03-10

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2003-03-31

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2003-04-14

As the people of Iraq contemplate a future without the rule of Saddam Hussein, Sergio Vieira de Mello tells Tim Sebastian that the need for the protection of human rights is more vital than ever.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2003-04-24

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2003-06-24

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2003-08-14

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2003-09-08

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2003-10-13

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2003-11-20

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2003-12-23

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 2003-12-25

14. Episode 14

Air Date: 2003-12-29

1. Hamas: Khaled Meshaal

Air Date: 2004-01-12

2. Sir John Stevens

Air Date: 2004-01-19

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2004-02-16

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2004-02-26

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2004-02-27

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2004-06-16

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2004-07-09

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2004-10-05

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2004-12-22

10. Stem Cell Debate

Air Date: 2004-12-23

11. Trading Blows

Air Date: 2004-12-24

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2005-01-07

2. Final Farewell

Air Date: 2005-01-14

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2005-02-23

4. Amartya Sen

Air Date: 2005-03-07

5. Jack Welch

Air Date: 2005-03-09

6. Marek Belka

Air Date: 2005-03-11

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2005-04-18

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2005-06-14

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2005-08-10

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2005-08-22

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2005-11-29

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2005-12-12

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 2005-12-20

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2006-01-16

2. A New Plan for Iraq

Air Date: 2006-01-23

3. Theresa May

Air Date: 2006-01-30

4. Nicholas van Hoogstraten

Air Date: 2006-02-02

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2006-02-04

6. Carl Bernstein

Air Date: 2006-03-01

Stephen Sackur talks to one of America's most celebrated reporters, Carl Bernstein. Is investigative political journalism a thing of the past?

7. Vandana Shiva

Air Date: 2006-05-26

Stephen sits down with Vandana Shiva and discuss issues about India, for example globalization and farmers in debt committing suicides.

8. Tyrone Brooks

Air Date: 2006-08-16

9. Jose Ramos Horta

Air Date: 2006-09-29

10. Nobel Dialogue, Part One

Air Date: 2006-09-29

11. Nobel Dialogue, Part Two

Air Date: 2006-09-29

12. The Dalai Lama

Air Date: 2006-09-30

13. Alain Minc

Air Date: 2006-10-02

14. Dan Gillerman

Air Date: 2006-10-04

15. Hilary Benn

Air Date: 2006-10-09

16. Imad Moustapha

Air Date: 2006-10-16

17. James Dyson

Air Date: 2006-10-23

18. José Maria Aznar

Air Date: 2006-10-30

19. Juan Lopez Aguilar

Air Date: 2006-11-13

20. Pascal Lamy

Air Date: 2006-11-20

21. Paul Rusesabagina

Air Date: 2006-11-27

22. Sir Jeremy Greenstock

Air Date: 2006-12-04

23. Zac Goldsmith

Air Date: 2006-12-11

24. Zalman Shoval

Air Date: 2006-12-18

1. Ian Cheshire

Air Date: 2007-01-04

2. John Varley

Air Date: 2007-01-05

3. Barney Pityana

Air Date: 2007-01-08

4. Rory Stewart

Air Date: 2007-01-09

5. Nick Clegg

Air Date: 2007-01-10

6. Iraq's Vice-President

Air Date: 2007-01-15

7. Keith Ellison

Air Date: 2007-01-17

8. Carne Ross

Air Date: 2007-02-06

9. Derek Wall

Air Date: 2007-02-21

10. Abdullah Dardari

Air Date: 2007-02-22

11. David Lammy

Air Date: 2007-02-26

12. Lotfi Raissi

Air Date: 2007-02-27

13. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Air Date: 2007-02-28

14. Stephen Rapp

Air Date: 2007-03-05

15. Alon Liel

Air Date: 2007-03-06

16. Freshta Raper

Air Date: 2007-03-22

17. Keith Mann

Air Date: 2007-06-14

18. Amre Moussa

Air Date: 2007-07-18

19. Episode 19

Air Date: 2007-07-19

20. Lord Adebowale

Air Date: 2007-07-23

21. Professor Richard Dawkins

Air Date: 2007-07-23

22. Episode 22

Air Date: 2007-07-24

23. Episode 23

Air Date: 2007-07-25

24. Episode 24

Air Date: 2007-07-30

25. Alastair Campbell

Air Date: 2007-07-31

26. Greg Dyke

Air Date: 2007-08-01

27. Achim Steiner

Air Date: 2007-09-03

28. Alec Erwin

Air Date: 2007-09-10

29. Alexander Lebedev

Air Date: 2007-09-17

30. Alexandra Shulman

Air Date: 2007-09-18

31. Anders Dahlvig

Air Date: 2007-09-19

32. Anthony Loyd

Air Date: 2007-09-20

33. Anwar Ibrahim

Air Date: 2007-09-24

34. Arthur Edwards

Air Date: 2007-09-25

35. Avi Arad

Air Date: 2007-09-26

36. Bishop Kevin Dowling

Air Date: 2007-09-27

37. Boris Berezovsky

Air Date: 2007-10-01

38. Carren and Ron Clem

Air Date: 2007-10-02

39. Charles Clarke

Air Date: 2007-10-03

40. Charles Nqakula

Air Date: 2007-10-04

41. Chris Patten

Air Date: 2007-10-08

42. David Satterfield

Air Date: 2007-10-09

43. Decima Francis

Air Date: 2007-10-10

44. Eric Edelman

Air Date: 2007-10-11

45. Farouq Al-Sharaa

Air Date: 2007-10-15

46. Gary Kasparov

Air Date: 2007-10-16

47. George Galloway

Air Date: 2007-10-17

48. Ghazi Hamad

Air Date: 2007-10-18

49. Hassan Wirajuda

Air Date: 2007-10-22

50. Helen Zille

Air Date: 2007-10-23

51. Isaac Herzog

Air Date: 2007-10-24

52. Ishmael Beah

Air Date: 2007-10-25

53. Iyad Allawi

Air Date: 2007-10-29

54. Jack Lang

Air Date: 2007-10-30

55. James Rogers

Air Date: 2007-10-31

56. Janet Napolit

Air Date: 2007-11-01

57. Jasvinder Sanghera

Air Date: 2007-11-05

58. Jay Garner

Air Date: 2007-11-06

59. Johnathan Bennett

Air Date: 2007-11-07

60. Lee Smolin

Air Date: 2007-11-08

61. Lord Chris Patten and John Bolton

Air Date: 2007-11-12

62. Marina Litvinenko and Alex Goldfarb

Air Date: 2007-11-13

63. Mark Dybul

Air Date: 2007-11-14

64. Martha Karua

Air Date: 2007-11-15

65. Michael Eavis

Air Date: 2007-11-19

66. Mikheil Saakashvili

Air Date: 2007-11-20

67. Moazzam Begg

Air Date: 2007-11-21

68. Morgan Tsvangirai

Air Date: 2007-11-22

69. Nicholas Burns

Air Date: 2007-11-26

70. Nuhu Ribadu

Air Date: 2007-11-27

71. Orji Kalu

Air Date: 2007-11-28

72. Paul Deighton

Air Date: 2007-11-29

73. Paul Skinner

Air Date: 2007-12-03

74. Pernando Barrena

Air Date: 2007-12-04

75. Pierre Lellouche

Air Date: 2007-12-05

76. Prof. Margaret Stanley

Air Date: 2007-12-06

77. Reg Keys

Air Date: 2007-12-10

78. Richard Lugar

Air Date: 2007-12-11

79. Roberta Combs

Air Date: 2007-12-12

80. Rohitha Bogollagama

Air Date: 2007-12-13

81. Saeb Erekat

Air Date: 2007-12-17

82. Senator Jeff Bingaman

Air Date: 2007-12-18

83. Senator Radoslaw Sikorski

Air Date: 2007-12-19

84. Sharon Looremeta

Air Date: 2007-12-20

85. Sir Paul Nurse

Air Date: 2007-12-24

86. Tareq al-Hashemi

Air Date: 2007-12-25

87. Tony Benn MP and Lord Tebbit

Air Date: 2007-12-26

88. Victoria Nuland

Air Date: 2007-12-27

89. Yasser Abed Rabbo

Air Date: 2007-12-28

90. Yisrael Medad

Air Date: 2007-12-29

91. Yvo de Boer

Air Date: 2007-12-31

Yvo de Boer is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is the UN official responsible for facilitating talks on the launch of a comprehensive package on a future climate change agreement at Bali in December 2007. A veteran diplomat involved in the Kyoto negotiations, de Boer offers his views on the G8 summit in Heiligendamm and the participation of the U.S., India and China in a future climate regime.

Norman Finkelstein - Political Scientist

70. Norman Finkelstein - Political Scientist

Air Date: 2012-05-09

American Presidents have long been criticised for being too in thrall to the Jewish lobby. So what happens if American Jews fall out of love with Israel?

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Rating

8.0/10

Release Date

1997-04-01

Episodes

8 (29 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

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