HARDtalk

HARDtalk

1997 29 Seasons 287 Episodes ⭐ 8.7 Talk

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.

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Edward Said Palestinian Intellectual

EP 2

Alan Rusbridger - Editor, the Guardian, London

EP 3

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

EP 4

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (opera singer baritone)

EP 5

Iyad Sarraj Consultant Palestinian Delegation Camp David

EP 6

Robert Mugabe President of Zimbabwe

EP 7

Jackie Collins

EP 8

Sir George Solti - Orchestral and Operatic Conductor

EP 9

Ehud Barak Israeli Prime Minister 1999-2001

EP 10

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

EP 11

Lillian Hochhauser - impressario

EP 12

Episode 12

EP 13

Isabel Fokine - grand-daughter Mikhail Fokine

EP 14

Princess Diana Special BBC World 1030

EP 15

Princess Diana Funeral Special BBC World

EP 16

"Dalai Lama" of Tibet

EP 17

Ute Lemper - Singer

EP 18

HARDtalk with Nelson Mandela

EP 19

Sylvie Guillem - Ballet Dancer

EP 20

Valery Giscard D'Estaing President of France 1974 -1981

EP 21

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

EP 22

Eddie Izzard British Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer

EP 23

Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan

EP 24

Yehudi Menuhin - Violinist and Conductor

EP 25

General Alexander Lebed - Russian Military Officer & Politician

EP 26

Ismail Merchant - Film Producer

EP 27

Tom Clancy

EP 28

Yehudi Menuhin

EP 1

Donald Trump - American Business Magnate

EP 2

Caspar Weinberger

EP 3

Episode 3

EP 4

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

EP 5

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

EP 6

Bobby Charlton Manchester United and England Footballer

EP 7

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Founder of Hamas

EP 8

Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa 1999-2008

EP 9

Gloria Stuart 'Old Rose' "Titanic"

EP 10

Peter Fonda American Acting Dynasty

EP 11

Jon Landau Producer 'Titantic'

EP 12

Oscars Special

'Titanic' Directed by James Cameron (1997) Oscars special for BBC World - filmed Los Angeles March 1998 Interviews with

EP 13

Steve Forbes Editor in Chief Forbes Magazine, Twice Republican Nominee

EP 14

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

EP 15

George Mitchell

EP 16

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

EP 17

Antoinette Sibley Prima Ballerina Royal Ballet London

EP 18

Ian McKellen Actor

EP 19

Richard Rogers, Architect

EP 20

Vaclav Havel Writer, President Czech Republic 1993-2003

EP 21

Darcey Bussell - Ballet Dancer

EP 22

Peter Ustinov

EP 23

Douglas Hurd - British Foreign Secretary 1989-95

EP 24

Cyd Charisse - American Actress and Dancer

EP 25

Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan 1993-1996

EP 26

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

EP 27

Abbas al-Janabi

EP 28

John Peel

EP 29

King Hussein of Jordan

EP 30

Michael Flatley

EP 31

Plato Cacheris

EP 1

Louise Arbour

EP 2

Shimon Peres

EP 3

Margaret Cook

EP 4

John Fashanu

EP 5

Javier Solana

EP 6

David Shayler

EP 7

Gerry Robinson

EP 8

Ben Kingsley

EP 9

Nina Simone

EP 10

Roberto Benigni

EP 11

Mark Chavanduka

EP 12

Paddy Ashdown

EP 13

Griff Rhys Jones

EP 14

Richard Dreyfuss

EP 15

Rod Steiger

EP 16

Terry Pratchett

EP 17

Saeed Jaffrey

EP 18

Harold Pinter

EP 19

Shaun Pollock

EP 20

Mushahid Hussain

EP 21

Olara A. Otunnu

EP 22

Ike Turner

EP 23

Christiaan Barnard

EP 24

Helmut Kohl

EP 25

Edward Heath

EP 26

Kyaw Win

EP 27

Sartaj Aziz

EP 1

Walter Cronkite

EP 2

Episode 2

EP 3

David Irving

EP 4

Mo Mowlam

EP 5

Rajesh Pilot

EP 6

Kathy Olds

EP 7

Mikhail Gorbachev

EP 8

Tina Sinatra

EP 9

Vaira Vike-Freiberga

EP 10

Harvey Goldsmith

EP 1

Episode 1

EP 2

Simon Napier-Bell

EP 3

Bob Geldof

EP 4

Nick Griffin

EP 5

Thabo Mbeki

EP 6

Cyril Ramaphosa

EP 7

Craig Williamson

EP 8

Patricia de Lille

EP 9

Tokyo Sexwale

EP 10

Ayanda Ntsaluba

EP 11

Albie Sachs

EP 12

Shane Warne

EP 13

Gerard Houllier

EP 14

Sebastian Coe

EP 15

Ellen MacArthur

EP 16

Sepp Blatter

EP 17

Woody Allen

EP 18

Rafiq Hariri

EP 19

Arnaud Montebourg

EP 20

Benjamin Netanyahu

EP 21

Dr Hanan Ashrawi

EP 22

Ellen Burstyn

EP 23

Farouk Al-Shara

EP 24

Han Seung-soo

EP 25

John Major

EP 26

Marcia Grey Harden

EP 27

Northern Ireland

EP 28

Patrick Lekota

EP 29

Peter Mandelson

EP 30

Wolfgang Petritsch

EP 1

Jack Straw

EP 2

Episode 2

EP 3

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

EP 4

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal

EP 5

Simba Makoni

EP 1

Episode 1

EP 2

Episode 2

EP 3

Danielle Pletka and Jeremy Corbyn

EP 4

Episode 4

EP 5

Episode 5

As the people of Iraq contemplate a future without the rule of Saddam Hussein, Sergio Vieira de Mello tells Tim Sebastia

EP 6

Episode 6

EP 7

Episode 7

EP 8

Episode 8

EP 9

Episode 9

EP 10

Episode 10

EP 11

Episode 11

EP 12

Episode 12

EP 13

Episode 13

EP 14

Episode 14

EP 1

Hamas: Khaled Meshaal

EP 2

Sir John Stevens

EP 3

Episode 3

EP 4

Episode 4

EP 5

Episode 5

EP 6

Episode 6

EP 7

Episode 7

EP 8

Episode 8

EP 9

Episode 9

EP 10

Stem Cell Debate

EP 11

Trading Blows

EP 1

Episode 1

EP 2

Final Farewell

EP 3

Episode 3

EP 4

Amartya Sen

EP 5

Jack Welch

EP 6

Marek Belka

EP 7

Episode 7

EP 8

Episode 8

EP 9

Episode 9

EP 10

Episode 10

EP 11

Episode 11

EP 12

Episode 12

EP 13

Episode 13

EP 1

Episode 1

EP 2

A New Plan for Iraq

EP 3

Theresa May

EP 4

Nicholas van Hoogstraten

EP 5

Episode 5

EP 6

Carl Bernstein

Stephen Sackur talks to one of America's most celebrated reporters, Carl Bernstein. Is investigative political journalis

EP 7

Vandana Shiva

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

EP 8

Tyrone Brooks

EP 9

Jose Ramos Horta

EP 10

Nobel Dialogue, Part One

EP 11

Nobel Dialogue, Part Two

EP 12

The Dalai Lama

EP 13

Alain Minc

EP 14

Dan Gillerman

EP 15

Hilary Benn

EP 16

Imad Moustapha

EP 17

James Dyson

EP 18

José Maria Aznar

EP 19

Juan Lopez Aguilar

EP 20

Pascal Lamy

EP 21

Paul Rusesabagina

EP 22

Sir Jeremy Greenstock

EP 23

Zac Goldsmith

EP 24

Zalman Shoval

EP 1

Ian Cheshire

EP 2

John Varley

EP 3

Barney Pityana

EP 4

Rory Stewart

EP 5

Nick Clegg

EP 6

Iraq's Vice-President

EP 7

Keith Ellison

EP 8

Carne Ross

EP 9

Derek Wall

EP 10

Abdullah Dardari

EP 11

David Lammy

EP 12

Lotfi Raissi

EP 13

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

EP 14

Stephen Rapp

EP 15

Alon Liel

EP 16

Freshta Raper

EP 17

Keith Mann

EP 18

Amre Moussa

EP 19

Episode 19

EP 20

Lord Adebowale

EP 21

Professor Richard Dawkins

EP 22

Episode 22

EP 23

Episode 23

EP 24

Episode 24

EP 25

Alastair Campbell

EP 26

Greg Dyke

EP 27

Achim Steiner

EP 28

Alec Erwin

EP 29

Alexander Lebedev

EP 30

Alexandra Shulman

EP 31

Anders Dahlvig

EP 32

Anthony Loyd

EP 33

Anwar Ibrahim

EP 34

Arthur Edwards

EP 35

Avi Arad

EP 36

Bishop Kevin Dowling

EP 37

Boris Berezovsky

EP 38

Carren and Ron Clem

EP 39

Charles Clarke

EP 40

Charles Nqakula

EP 41

Chris Patten

EP 42

David Satterfield

EP 43

Decima Francis

EP 44

Eric Edelman

EP 45

Farouq Al-Sharaa

EP 46

Gary Kasparov

EP 47

George Galloway

EP 48

Ghazi Hamad

EP 49

Hassan Wirajuda

EP 50

Helen Zille

EP 51

Isaac Herzog

EP 52

Ishmael Beah

EP 53

Iyad Allawi

EP 54

Jack Lang

EP 55

James Rogers

EP 56

Janet Napolit

EP 57

Jasvinder Sanghera

EP 58

Jay Garner

EP 59

Johnathan Bennett

EP 60

Lee Smolin

EP 61

Lord Chris Patten and John Bolton

EP 62

Marina Litvinenko and Alex Goldfarb

EP 63

Mark Dybul

EP 64

Martha Karua

EP 65

Michael Eavis

EP 66

Mikheil Saakashvili

EP 67

Moazzam Begg

EP 68

Morgan Tsvangirai

EP 69

Nicholas Burns

EP 70

Nuhu Ribadu

EP 71

Orji Kalu

EP 72

Paul Deighton

EP 73

Paul Skinner

EP 74

Pernando Barrena

EP 75

Pierre Lellouche

EP 76

Prof. Margaret Stanley

EP 77

Reg Keys

EP 78

Richard Lugar

EP 79

Roberta Combs

EP 80

Rohitha Bogollagama

EP 81

Saeb Erekat

EP 82

Senator Jeff Bingaman

EP 83

Senator Radoslaw Sikorski

EP 84

Sharon Looremeta

EP 85

Sir Paul Nurse

EP 86

Tareq al-Hashemi

EP 87

Tony Benn MP and Lord Tebbit

EP 88

Victoria Nuland

EP 89

Yasser Abed Rabbo

EP 90

Yisrael Medad

EP 91

Yvo de Boer

Yvo de Boer is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is the UN offici

EP 70

Norman Finkelstein - Political Scientist

American Presidents have long been criticised for being too in thrall to the Jewish lobby. So what happens if American J

EP 1

Jeanette Winterson - author

Jeanette Winterson was a twenty-something literary sensation back in the 1980s. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only

EP 2

John Key - NZ Prime Minister

HARDtalk's guest in London is New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key. His first term in office has been a baptism of fir

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