
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.
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.

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