The Interview Episodes Episode guide
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Minister of National Development Planning, Indonesia - Bambang Brodjonegoro
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Albert Woodfox: Life after solitary confinement
What does freedom really mean for someone who spent four decades in solitary confinement?
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Olafur Eliasson - Artist
Can art fix the world?
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Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India - Raghuram Rajan
Will he be the next Governor of the Bank of England?
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Mayor of Istanbul - Ekrem Imamoğlu
Have voters in Istanbul dealt President Erdogan a serious blow?
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Foreign Minister of Iran - Javad Zarif
Could the US and Iran stumble into a war?
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Nobel Prize-winning economist - Sir Angus Deaton
What can Western democracies do to tame capitalism and reduce its worst effects?
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Prime Minister, Greece - Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Can a new government transform Greece's fortunes?
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President of the UK Supreme Court - Lady Hale
Is the British justice system failing the people it is supposed to serve?
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Former UK Prime Minister - Sir John Major
What kind of country will emerge from the Brexit mess?
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US Republican Senator, Florida - Rick Scott
How effective and how sustainable is the Trump presidency?
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Former East German sprinter - Ines Geipel
Doped for decades, East German athletes still searching for truth and justice.
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President-in-exile of the Central Tibetan Administration - Lobsang Sangay
What is Tibet's strategy for achieving its objectives from the Chinese leadership?
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Actor and activist - Michael Sheen
How does Michael Sheen use his fame to help the Welsh community he grew up in?
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Chairman of the UK Brexit Party - Richard Tice
What does the success of the Brexit Party in the European elections mean for the UK?
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Communications - Robert Strayer
Is Washington losing the cyberwar?
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Senior adviser to President Obama (2009-2017) - Valerie Jarrett
How will historians view the Obama legacy?
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Writer - Thomas Keneally
Is Australia still a country wrestling with its identity?
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Cardiac surgeon - Samer Nashef
How easy is it to fix broken hearts?
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Bas Eickhout, Dutch MEP, GreenLeft Party
Political power inside the EU is no longer between the centre left and centre right.
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US Democratic Party funder - Tom Steyer
Is a major Democratic Party funder in danger of pushing the party in the wrong direction?
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Iyad El-Baghdadi, human rights activist
Iyad El-Baghdadi is a human rights activist who was granted political asylum in Oslo
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Historian, geographer, anthropolgist and author Jared Diamond
What’s his conclusion about the long term viability of homo sapiens?
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Eric Wainaina, musician
Eric Wainaina's music tackles issues like corruption. How political is he prepared to be?
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Libyan author Hisham Matar
HARDtalk explores the impact of having a father ‘disappeared’ by the Gaddafi regime.
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Justice for the 21, 1974 Birmingham pub bombings - Julie Hambleton
Is it now too late to get to the truth behind the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings?
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Hamas spokesman - Ghazi Hamad
The movement’s rhetoric is unbending, but do the Palestinian people long for new ideas?
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Former Olympic swimmer - Sharron Davies
How does the sporting notion of fairness cope with the complexities of gender identity?
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Opposition leader of Russia's Yabloko Party - Grigory Yavlinsky
Why have Vladimir Putin's opponents failed to make a dent in his strong-man rule?
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Tony Adams: How vulnerable are elite sport stars?
Do sports do enough to protect the mental health of their players?