Hardtalk Episode guide
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10/06/2013
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
First broadcast: 10 Jun 2013
- Mon 10 Jun 2013 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
- Mon 10 Jun 2013 19:06 GMT BBC World Service
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07/06/2013
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
First broadcast: 07 Jun 2013
- Fri 7 Jun 2013 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
- Fri 7 Jun 2013 19:06 GMT BBC World Service
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05/06/2013
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
First broadcast: 05 Jun 2013
- Wed 5 Jun 2013 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
- Wed 5 Jun 2013 19:06 GMT BBC World Service
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03/06/2013
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
First broadcast: 03 Jun 2013
- Mon 3 Jun 2013 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
- Mon 3 Jun 2013 19:06 GMT BBC World Service
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31/05/2013
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
First broadcast: 31 May 2013
- Fri 31 May 2013 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
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29/05/2013
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
First broadcast: 29 May 2013
- Next Wednesday 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
- Next Wednesday 19:06 GMT BBC World Service
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24/05/2013
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
First broadcast: 24 May 2013
- Friday 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
- Friday 19:06 GMT BBC World Service
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Sir Alan Parker - Film Director
In this digital age, are movies as central to our culture as they used to be?
First broadcast: 22 May 2013
- Tomorrow 08:06 GMT BBC World Service
- Tomorrow 19:06 GMT BBC World Service
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Alan Johnson – UK Home Secretary 2009 – 2010
Has politics and politicians lost touch with real life?
First broadcast: 17 May 2013
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Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency
Does secrecy override the public's right to know in matters of national security?
First broadcast: 15 May 2013
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Zainab Bangura - UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
How can the most vulnerable be protected from rape and sexual abuse in times of war?
First broadcast: 10 May 2013
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Pravin Gordhan – Finance Minister, South Africa
Can South Africa progress without development aid?
First broadcast: 08 May 2013
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Lord Patten - Chairman of the BBC Trust
Why Chris Patten believes the BBC is still the best broadcaster in the world
First broadcast: 03 May 2013
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Lord Browne – Chief Executive BP (1995 – 2007)
Former BP boss, John Browne, fuels energy debate by backing shale gas production
First broadcast: 01 May 2013
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Jonathan Miller – Theatre and Opera Director
Jonathan Miller is a director, producer, writer, performer and medicine man. What next?
First broadcast: 29 Apr 2013
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Ioannis Kasoulides – Foreign Minister of Cyprus
Cyprus is enduring a financial and economic meltdown. Who and what will save Cyprus?
First broadcast: 26 Apr 2013
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Carlos Gutierrez - US Secretary of Commerce 2005 – 2009
The US debate on offering citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants
First broadcast: 24 Apr 2013
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Christine Lagarde – Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Christine Lagarde outlines the challenges of global economic recovery
First broadcast: 22 Apr 2013
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Mathieu Kassovitz - Actor and Director
"I'm out of this country." Why is the darling of French cinema leaving France?
First broadcast: 19 Apr 2013
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Steffen Kampeter – Deputy Finance Minister, Germany
Just how big a price is Germany prepared to pay to save the euro-project?
First broadcast: 17 Apr 2013
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Jeremy Irons - Actor
Could being an actor with very strong opinions get him into trouble?
First broadcast: 15 Apr 2013
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Lord Maurice Saatchi - UK Conservative Party Chairman (2003-2005)
The advertising guru who helped define and sell what Margaret Thatcher stood for.
First broadcast: 12 Apr 2013
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Sir John Holmes - Former UN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator
Does humanitarian aid work for those who need it most?
First broadcast: 10 Apr 2013
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Mimoza Kusari-Lila - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry, Kosovo
Are Kosovo and Serbia ready to address their bitter and dysfunctional relationship?
First broadcast: 08 Apr 2013
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Patrick Chinamasa - Justice Minister of Zimbabwe
Is the relationship between the UK and Zimbabwe improving?
First broadcast: 05 Apr 2013
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Vitali Klitschko - Boxer and Ukrainian Opposition MP
Does Vitali Klitschko have what it takes to win in Ukraine's turbulent political arena?
First broadcast: 03 Apr 2013
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Daniel Dennett – Philosopher and Cognitive Scientist
Do humans want to live in a world where atheism rules and religion is dead?
First broadcast: 01 Apr 2013
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Major General Robert Mood - Former Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria
What should the outside world be doing as Syria sinks ever deeper into civil war?
First broadcast: 29 Mar 2013
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Alassane Ouattara - President of Ivory Coast
Zeinab Badawi talks to the president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara.
First broadcast: 27 Mar 2013
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Kishore Mahbubani - Author and former diplomat
Stephen Sackur speaks to Kishore Mahbubani, the former diplomat turned provocative thinker
First broadcast: 25 Mar 2013
What impact has the revolution had on rural life outside of Cairo?