Profile
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturdays at 7pm.
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Recent episodes (10)
Engelbert Humperdinck 26 May 2012
Sat, 26 May 12
Duration:
15 minsPascale Harter profiles the singer Engelbert Humperdinck who is representing the United Kingdom in the Eurovision song contest on Saturday.
Jay Hunt 19 May 12
Sat, 19 May 12
Duration:
14 minsChannel 4's controller Jay Hunt is in the spotlight as audiences continue to fall. Andy Denwood profiles one of the most powerful women in broadcasting.
Alexis Tsipras 12 May 12
Sat, 12 May 12
Duration:
14 minsThe brash young leader of the far left-wing bloc 'Syriza', now Greece's second largest party. Andy Denwood profiles Alexis Tsipras, who with his populist anti-austerity message, has become a force that's hard to ignore.
Roy Hodgson 05 May 12
Sat, 5 May 12
Duration:
14 minsThe new England Football Manager is multi-lingual, bookish and the surprise choice for arguably the biggest job in British sport. Gerry Northam profiles Roy Hodgson the man with a 36 year coaching career.
Jeremy Hunt 28 Apr 2012
Sat, 28 Apr 12
Duration:
14 minsMary Ann Sieghart examines a man under pressure, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt.
Ralf Hutter, Kraftwerk 21 Apr 2012
Sat, 21 Apr 12
Duration:
15 minsChris Bowlby profiles Ralf Hutter, a founding member of the highly influential German electronic band Kraftwerk, who are credited with influencing a host of other musicians.
Kim Jong-un 14 Apr 2012
Sat, 14 Apr 12
Duration:
15 minsAfter North Korea's controversial rocket launch, David Torrance profiles the country's new young leader, Kim Jong-un, as he assumes his nation's top political offices.
Suzanne Collins 07 Apr 12
Sat, 7 Apr 12
Duration:
15 minsThe Hunger Games is based on a best –selling book trilogy. Gerry Northam profiles its author, Suzanne Collins. Her trilogy, set in post-apocalypse America, is said to have been inspired by a combination of Greek myth and reality television as well as Collins’ own upbringing as the daughter of an air-force officer who served in Vietnam. So how much do we know about the woman behind the phenomenon now being described as the US equivalent of Harry Potter?
Len McCluskey 31 Mar 2012
Sat, 31 Mar 12
Duration:
14 minsAs the threat of possible strike action by fuel tanker drivers looms, Mukul Devichand profiles Len McCluskey, general secretary of their union Unite, the UK's biggest union.
Dame Edna Everage 24 Mar 2012
Sat, 24 Mar 12
Duration:
15 minsRosie Goldsmith profiles one of entertainment's most colourful characters, Dame Edna Everage, who is soon to retire from showbusiness.
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