News
Why does Gwyneth Paltrow rouse such strong reaction? Read more
now playing
Actor Gwyneth Paltrow
Why does Gwyneth Paltrow rouse such strong reaction?
Film and TV producer - Tony Garnett
How much of his inspiration came from the dark corners in his own life ?
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister - Mehmet Simsek
Has the attempted coup exposed weaknesses in the hold of power of President Erdogan?
Meat Loaf: A rule-breaking rock legend
A 2016 interview with the rock'n'roll star
Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran
HARDtalk speaks to Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran.
President of the Council on Foreign Relations - Richard Haass
How different and unpredictable is President Donald Trump going to be?
Donald Verrilli, US Solicitor General, 2011-2016
Does the US constitution ensure that the White House is always subject to the law?
HARDtalk: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore
Stephen Sackur speaks to Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Prime Minister of Singapore - Lee Hsien Loong
Is the much vaunted Singapore model under threat?
Ukraine's Former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ukraine's prime minister from 2014 to 2016, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, speaks to HARDtalk
Adviser to the President of the Palestinian Authority - Husam Zomlot
What does the Trump era mean for the Palestinian dream of statehood?
Moise Katumbi, opposition politician from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Moise Katumbi says he'll run for president at the next election in DR Congo.
Vice President of Zimbabwe (2004 – 2014) - Joice Mujuru
How tainted is Joice Mujuru by her long association with the ZANU-PF party?
Former US Senator for Florida Bob Graham
Will the liberal politics espoused by the former senator ever be back in fashion?
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice-Chairman of Open Russia
HARDtalk speaks to Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice chairman of the Open Russia group.
Zimbabwe's Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi
Should 93 year old Robert Mugabe be standing for another Presidential term?
Joshua Wong, Secretary General of Demosisto political party, Hong Kong
HARDtalk speaks to Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong
Deputy Leader of the Turkey's Republican People's Party - Selin Sayek Böke
Does Turkey's main opposition party have a credible alternative vision for the country?
Ben Ferencz, Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi Trials
What does the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials think they achieved?
South African Anti-Apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada
After 26 years in jail the veteran anti-apartheid activist had no time for bitterness
Former interrogator for the CIA, James Mitchell
Did the CIA’s enhanced interrogation programme amount to torture?
Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault
Why is a former head of state-sanctioned executions now an opponent of the death penalty?
Sir Ian McKellen - Actor
'My campaigning is about allowing people to be themselves' - McKellen on gay rights
Italy's Europe Minister - Sandro Gozi
How does the EU need to change if it is to win over the next generation of Italians?
Economist Sir Paul Collier
Can the refugee crisis be solved using one simple idea?
Psychologist Jan Kizilhan
Jan Kizilhan has helped bring over a thousand Yazidi females from Iraq to .
Executive Secretary of UN ESCWA 2010-2017 - Rima Khalaf
Why did a UN agency publish a report that categorised Israel as an apartheid state?
Philosopher and Writer - Pascal Bruckner
Is living through an age of decline?
Russia's Ambassador to the EU - Vladimir Chizhov
Will Russia promise not to pervert democracy in Europe?
Bishop Angaelos - Coptic Orthodox Church UK
Do Christians have a future in the Middle East?
Son of Hans Frank, Governor General of Nazi Occupied Poland - Niklas Frank
Niklas Frank on his father's crimes and the legacy of the Nazi era
