COLLECTION · Series · 1997
HARDtalk
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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* 8.7 (3)TalkUnited Kingdom
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC News
Runtime
25–30 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
Release
01/04/1997
Score
8.7 / 10 (3)
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Seasons and episodes
1997
28 episodes · 1997
Episode 1. Edward Said Palestinian Intellectual
1997-04-01
No synopsis
Episode 2. Alan Rusbridger - Editor, the Guardian, London
1997-04-08
No synopsis
Episode 3. George Melly, English Jazz and Blues Singer, Critic, Writer
1997-04-15
No synopsis
Episode 4. Dmitri Hvorostovsky (opera singer baritone)
1997-05-19
No synopsis
Episode 5. Iyad Sarraj Consultant Palestinian Delegation Camp David
1997-05-29
No synopsis
Episode 6. Robert Mugabe President of Zimbabwe
1997-06-06
No synopsis
Episode 7. Jackie Collins
1997-06-09
No synopsis
Episode 8. Sir George Solti - Orchestral and Operatic Conductor
1997-06-11
No synopsis
Episode 9. Ehud Barak Israeli Prime Minister 1999-2001
1997-06-18
No synopsis
Episode 10. Tung Che Hwa - First Chief Executive of Hong Kong After Transfer of Sovereignty
1997-06-30
No synopsis
Episode 11. Lillian Hochhauser - impressario
1997-07-09
No synopsis
Episode 12. Episode 12
1997-07-10
No synopsis
Episode 13. Isabel Fokine - grand-daughter Mikhail Fokine
1997-08-05
No synopsis
Episode 14. Princess Diana Special BBC World 1030
1997-09-01
No synopsis
Episode 15. Princess Diana Funeral Special BBC World
1997-09-05
No synopsis
Episode 16. "Dalai Lama" of Tibet
1997-10-02
No synopsis
Episode 17. Ute Lemper - Singer
1997-10-07
No synopsis
Episode 18. HARDtalk with Nelson Mandela
1997-10-14
No synopsis
Episode 19. Sylvie Guillem - Ballet Dancer
1997-10-14
No synopsis
Episode 20. Valery Giscard D'Estaing President of France 1974 -1981
1997-10-17
No synopsis
Episode 21. Andrei Kozyrev - First Foreign Minister of Russia Under Boris Yeltsin (1991-1996)
1997-10-30
No synopsis
Episode 22. Eddie Izzard British Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer
1997-11-12
No synopsis
Episode 23. Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan
1997-11-17
No synopsis
Episode 24. Yehudi Menuhin - Violinist and Conductor
1997-11-18
No synopsis
Episode 25. General Alexander Lebed - Russian Military Officer & Politician
1997-11-21
No synopsis
Episode 26. Ismail Merchant - Film Producer
1997-11-26
No synopsis
Episode 27. Tom Clancy
1997-11-27
No synopsis
Episode 28. Yehudi Menuhin
1997-11-28
No synopsis
1998
31 episodes · 1998
Episode 1. Donald Trump - American Business Magnate
1998-01-05
No synopsis
Episode 2. Caspar Weinberger
1998-01-07
No synopsis
Episode 3. Episode 3
1998-01-20
No synopsis
Episode 4. Newt Gingrich 50th Speaker U.S. House of Representatives 1995-1999 (President Clinton)
1998-02-02
No synopsis
Episode 5. Romano Prodi Italian Prime Minister 1996-1998 and 2006-2008 and economist
1998-02-05
No synopsis
Episode 6. Bobby Charlton Manchester United and England Footballer
1998-02-09
No synopsis
Episode 7. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Founder of Hamas
1998-02-11
No synopsis
Episode 8. Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa 1999-2008
1998-02-24
No synopsis
Episode 9. Gloria Stuart 'Old Rose' "Titanic"
1998-03-17
No synopsis
Episode 10. Peter Fonda American Acting Dynasty
1998-03-20
No synopsis
Episode 11. Jon Landau Producer 'Titantic'
1998-03-24
No synopsis
Episode 12. Oscars Special
1998-03-29
'Titanic' Directed by James Cameron (1997) Oscars special for BBC World - filmed Los Angeles March 1998 Interviews with Gloria Stuart - Old Rose and Jon Landau - Producer Full Monty (1997) Interviews with Tom Wilkinson - Gerald
Episode 13. Steve Forbes Editor in Chief Forbes Magazine, Twice Republican Nominee
1998-04-13
No synopsis
Episode 14. Lord Carrington British Foreign Secretary 1079-82 NATO Secretary General 1984-1988
1998-04-14
No synopsis
Episode 15. George Mitchell
1998-04-20
No synopsis
Episode 16. Maya Angelou American Author, Poet President Clinton's Inauguration 1993
1998-05-04
No synopsis
Episode 17. Antoinette Sibley Prima Ballerina Royal Ballet London
1998-05-18
No synopsis
Episode 18. Ian McKellen Actor
1998-05-20
No synopsis
Episode 19. Richard Rogers, Architect
1998-05-21
No synopsis
Episode 20. Vaclav Havel Writer, President Czech Republic 1993-2003
1998-06-12
No synopsis
Episode 21. Darcey Bussell - Ballet Dancer
1998-06-29
No synopsis
Episode 22. Peter Ustinov
1998-06-30
No synopsis
Episode 23. Douglas Hurd - British Foreign Secretary 1989-95
1998-07-01
No synopsis
Episode 24. Cyd Charisse - American Actress and Dancer
1998-07-06
No synopsis
Episode 25. Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan 1993-1996
1998-08-10
No synopsis
Episode 26. Anatoly Chubais, Russia Deputy Prime Minister 1992 - Under President Yeltsin
1998-09-01
No synopsis
Episode 27. Abbas al-Janabi
1998-11-02
No synopsis
Episode 28. John Peel
1998-11-03
No synopsis
Episode 29. King Hussein of Jordan
1998-11-16
No synopsis
Episode 30. Michael Flatley
1998-11-17
No synopsis
Episode 31. Plato Cacheris
1998-12-14
No synopsis
1999
27 episodes · 1999
Episode 1. Louise Arbour
1999-01-20
No synopsis
Episode 2. Shimon Peres
1999-01-25
No synopsis
Episode 3. Margaret Cook
1999-01-28
No synopsis
Episode 4. John Fashanu
1999-02-08
No synopsis
Episode 5. Javier Solana
1999-02-09
No synopsis
Episode 6. David Shayler
1999-02-24
No synopsis
Episode 7. Gerry Robinson
1999-02-25
No synopsis
Episode 8. Ben Kingsley
1999-03-10
No synopsis
Episode 9. Nina Simone
1999-03-25
No synopsis
Episode 10. Roberto Benigni
1999-03-29
No synopsis
Episode 11. Mark Chavanduka
1999-04-19
No synopsis
Episode 12. Paddy Ashdown
1999-05-13
No synopsis
Episode 13. Griff Rhys Jones
1999-05-14
No synopsis
Episode 14. Richard Dreyfuss
1999-05-20
No synopsis
Episode 15. Rod Steiger
1999-05-25
No synopsis
Episode 16. Terry Pratchett
1999-05-27
No synopsis
Episode 17. Saeed Jaffrey
1999-05-31
No synopsis
Episode 18. Harold Pinter
1999-06-01
No synopsis
Episode 19. Shaun Pollock
1999-06-03
No synopsis
Episode 20. Mushahid Hussain
1999-06-23
No synopsis
Episode 21. Olara A. Otunnu
1999-06-25
No synopsis
Episode 22. Ike Turner
1999-06-29
No synopsis
Episode 23. Christiaan Barnard
1999-11-08
No synopsis
Episode 24. Helmut Kohl
1999-11-09
No synopsis
Episode 25. Edward Heath
1999-11-10
No synopsis
Episode 26. Kyaw Win
1999-12-13
No synopsis
Episode 27. Sartaj Aziz
1999-12-14
No synopsis
2000
10 episodes · 2000
Episode 1. Walter Cronkite
2000-02-11
No synopsis
Episode 2. Episode 2
2000-02-18
No synopsis
Episode 3. David Irving
2000-04-28
No synopsis
Episode 4. Mo Mowlam
2000-04-30
No synopsis
Episode 5. Rajesh Pilot
2000-05-26
No synopsis
Episode 6. Kathy Olds
2000-07-14
No synopsis
Episode 7. Mikhail Gorbachev
2000-09-15
No synopsis
Episode 8. Tina Sinatra
2000-10-30
No synopsis
Episode 9. Vaira Vike-Freiberga
2000-11-10
No synopsis
Episode 10. Harvey Goldsmith
2000-11-17
No synopsis
2001
30 episodes · 2001
Episode 1. Episode 1
2001-01-15
No synopsis
Episode 2. Simon Napier-Bell
2001-04-17
No synopsis
Episode 3. Bob Geldof
2001-07-13
No synopsis
Episode 4. Nick Griffin
2001-08-05
No synopsis
Episode 5. Thabo Mbeki
2001-08-06
No synopsis
Episode 6. Cyril Ramaphosa
2001-08-07
No synopsis
Episode 7. Craig Williamson
2001-08-08
No synopsis
Episode 8. Patricia de Lille
2001-08-09
No synopsis
Episode 9. Tokyo Sexwale
2001-08-10
No synopsis
Episode 10. Ayanda Ntsaluba
2001-08-13
No synopsis
Episode 11. Albie Sachs
2001-08-14
No synopsis
Episode 12. Shane Warne
2001-09-03
No synopsis
Episode 13. Gerard Houllier
2001-09-04
No synopsis
Episode 14. Sebastian Coe
2001-09-05
No synopsis
Episode 15. Ellen MacArthur
2001-09-06
No synopsis
Episode 16. Sepp Blatter
2001-09-07
No synopsis
Episode 17. Woody Allen
2001-09-09
No synopsis
Episode 18. Rafiq Hariri
2001-11-12
No synopsis
Episode 19. Arnaud Montebourg
2001-11-13
No synopsis
Episode 20. Benjamin Netanyahu
2001-11-14
No synopsis
Episode 21. Dr Hanan Ashrawi
2001-11-15
No synopsis
Episode 22. Ellen Burstyn
2001-11-16
No synopsis
Episode 23. Farouk Al-Shara
2001-11-18
No synopsis
Episode 24. Han Seung-soo
2001-11-19
No synopsis
Episode 25. John Major
2001-11-20
No synopsis
Episode 26. Marcia Grey Harden
2001-11-21
No synopsis
Episode 27. Northern Ireland
2001-11-22
No synopsis
Episode 28. Patrick Lekota
2001-11-23
No synopsis
Episode 29. Peter Mandelson
2001-11-25
No synopsis
Episode 30. Wolfgang Petritsch
2001-11-26
No synopsis
2002
5 episodes · 2002
Episode 1. Jack Straw
2002-01-09
No synopsis
Episode 2. Episode 2
2002-08-05
No synopsis
Episode 3. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
2002-09-09
No synopsis
Episode 4. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
2002-09-11
No synopsis
Episode 5. Simba Makoni
2002-09-16
No synopsis
2003
14 episodes · 2003
Episode 1. Episode 1
2003-02-26
No synopsis
Episode 2. Episode 2
2003-02-27
No synopsis
Episode 3. Danielle Pletka and Jeremy Corbyn
2003-03-10
No synopsis
Episode 4. Episode 4
2003-03-31
No synopsis
Episode 5. Episode 5
2003-04-14
As the people of Iraq contemplate a future without the rule of Saddam Hussein, Sergio Vieira de Mello tells Tim Sebastian that the need for the protection of human rights is more vital than ever.
Episode 6. Episode 6
2003-04-24
No synopsis
Episode 7. Episode 7
2003-06-24
No synopsis
Episode 8. Episode 8
2003-08-14
No synopsis
Episode 9. Episode 9
2003-09-08
No synopsis
Episode 10. Episode 10
2003-10-13
No synopsis
Episode 11. Episode 11
2003-11-20
No synopsis
Episode 12. Episode 12
2003-12-23
No synopsis
Episode 13. Episode 13
2003-12-25
No synopsis
Episode 14. Episode 14
2003-12-29
No synopsis
2004
11 episodes · 2004
Episode 1. Hamas: Khaled Meshaal
2004-01-12
No synopsis
Episode 2. Sir John Stevens
2004-01-19
No synopsis
Episode 3. Episode 3
2004-02-16
No synopsis
Episode 4. Episode 4
2004-02-26
No synopsis
Episode 5. Episode 5
2004-02-27
No synopsis
Episode 6. Episode 6
2004-06-16
No synopsis
Episode 7. Episode 7
2004-07-09
No synopsis
Episode 8. Episode 8
2004-10-05
No synopsis
Episode 9. Episode 9
2004-12-22
No synopsis
Episode 10. Stem Cell Debate
2004-12-23
No synopsis
Episode 11. Trading Blows
2004-12-24
No synopsis
2005
13 episodes · 2005
Episode 1. Episode 1
2005-01-07
No synopsis
Episode 2. Final Farewell
2005-01-14
No synopsis
Episode 3. Episode 3
2005-02-23
No synopsis
Episode 4. Amartya Sen
2005-03-07
No synopsis
Episode 5. Jack Welch
2005-03-09
No synopsis
Episode 6. Marek Belka
2005-03-11
No synopsis
Episode 7. Episode 7
2005-04-18
No synopsis
Episode 8. Episode 8
2005-06-14
No synopsis
Episode 9. Episode 9
2005-08-10
No synopsis
Episode 10. Episode 10
2005-08-22
No synopsis
Episode 11. Episode 11
2005-11-29
No synopsis
Episode 12. Episode 12
2005-12-12
No synopsis
Episode 13. Episode 13
2005-12-20
No synopsis
2006
24 episodes · 2006
Episode 1. Episode 1
2006-01-16
No synopsis
Episode 2. A New Plan for Iraq
2006-01-23
No synopsis
Episode 3. Theresa May
2006-01-30
No synopsis
Episode 4. Nicholas van Hoogstraten
2006-02-02
No synopsis
Episode 5. Episode 5
2006-02-04
No synopsis
Episode 6. Carl Bernstein
2006-03-01
Stephen Sackur talks to one of America's most celebrated reporters, Carl Bernstein. Is investigative political journalism a thing of the past?
Episode 7. Vandana Shiva
2006-05-26
Stephen sits down with Vandana Shiva and discuss issues about India, for example globalization and farmers in debt committing suicides.
Episode 8. Tyrone Brooks
2006-08-16
No synopsis
Episode 9. Jose Ramos Horta
2006-09-29
No synopsis
Episode 10. Nobel Dialogue, Part One
2006-09-29
No synopsis
Episode 11. Nobel Dialogue, Part Two
2006-09-29
No synopsis
Episode 12. The Dalai Lama
2006-09-30
No synopsis
Episode 13. Alain Minc
2006-10-02
No synopsis
Episode 14. Dan Gillerman
2006-10-04
No synopsis
Episode 15. Hilary Benn
2006-10-09
No synopsis
Episode 16. Imad Moustapha
2006-10-16
No synopsis
Episode 17. James Dyson
2006-10-23
No synopsis
Episode 18. José Maria Aznar
2006-10-30
No synopsis
Episode 19. Juan Lopez Aguilar
2006-11-13
No synopsis
Episode 20. Pascal Lamy
2006-11-20
No synopsis
Episode 21. Paul Rusesabagina
2006-11-27
No synopsis
Episode 22. Sir Jeremy Greenstock
2006-12-04
No synopsis
Episode 23. Zac Goldsmith
2006-12-11
No synopsis
Episode 24. Zalman Shoval
2006-12-18
No synopsis
2007
91 episodes · 2007
Episode 1. Ian Cheshire
2007-01-04
No synopsis
Episode 2. John Varley
2007-01-05
No synopsis
Episode 3. Barney Pityana
2007-01-08
No synopsis
Episode 4. Rory Stewart
2007-01-09
No synopsis
Episode 5. Nick Clegg
2007-01-10
No synopsis
Episode 6. Iraq's Vice-President
2007-01-15
No synopsis
Episode 7. Keith Ellison
2007-01-17
No synopsis
Episode 8. Carne Ross
2007-02-06
No synopsis
Episode 9. Derek Wall
2007-02-21
No synopsis
Episode 10. Abdullah Dardari
2007-02-22
No synopsis
Episode 11. David Lammy
2007-02-26
No synopsis
Episode 12. Lotfi Raissi
2007-02-27
No synopsis
Episode 13. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
2007-02-28
No synopsis
Episode 14. Stephen Rapp
2007-03-05
No synopsis
Episode 15. Alon Liel
2007-03-06
No synopsis
Episode 16. Freshta Raper
2007-03-22
No synopsis
Episode 17. Keith Mann
2007-06-14
No synopsis
Episode 18. Amre Moussa
2007-07-18
No synopsis
Episode 19. Episode 19
2007-07-19
No synopsis
Episode 20. Lord Adebowale
2007-07-23
No synopsis
Episode 21. Professor Richard Dawkins
2007-07-23
No synopsis
Episode 22. Episode 22
2007-07-24
No synopsis
Episode 23. Episode 23
2007-07-25
No synopsis
Episode 24. Episode 24
2007-07-30
No synopsis
Episode 25. Alastair Campbell
2007-07-31
No synopsis
Episode 26. Greg Dyke
2007-08-01
No synopsis
Episode 27. Achim Steiner
2007-09-03
No synopsis
Episode 28. Alec Erwin
2007-09-10
No synopsis
Episode 29. Alexander Lebedev
2007-09-17
No synopsis
Episode 30. Alexandra Shulman
2007-09-18
No synopsis
Episode 31. Anders Dahlvig
2007-09-19
No synopsis
Episode 32. Anthony Loyd
2007-09-20
No synopsis
Episode 33. Anwar Ibrahim
2007-09-24
No synopsis
Episode 34. Arthur Edwards
2007-09-25
No synopsis
Episode 35. Avi Arad
2007-09-26
No synopsis
Episode 36. Bishop Kevin Dowling
2007-09-27
No synopsis
Episode 37. Boris Berezovsky
2007-10-01
No synopsis
Episode 38. Carren and Ron Clem
2007-10-02
No synopsis
Episode 39. Charles Clarke
2007-10-03
No synopsis
Episode 40. Charles Nqakula
2007-10-04
No synopsis
Episode 41. Chris Patten
2007-10-08
No synopsis
Episode 42. David Satterfield
2007-10-09
No synopsis
Episode 43. Decima Francis
2007-10-10
No synopsis
Episode 44. Eric Edelman
2007-10-11
No synopsis
Episode 45. Farouq Al-Sharaa
2007-10-15
No synopsis
Episode 46. Gary Kasparov
2007-10-16
No synopsis
Episode 47. George Galloway
2007-10-17
No synopsis
Episode 48. Ghazi Hamad
2007-10-18
No synopsis
Episode 49. Hassan Wirajuda
2007-10-22
No synopsis
Episode 50. Helen Zille
2007-10-23
No synopsis
Episode 51. Isaac Herzog
2007-10-24
No synopsis
Episode 52. Ishmael Beah
2007-10-25
No synopsis
Episode 53. Iyad Allawi
2007-10-29
No synopsis
Episode 54. Jack Lang
2007-10-30
No synopsis
Episode 55. James Rogers
2007-10-31
No synopsis
Episode 56. Janet Napolit
2007-11-01
No synopsis
Episode 57. Jasvinder Sanghera
2007-11-05
No synopsis
Episode 58. Jay Garner
2007-11-06
No synopsis
Episode 59. Johnathan Bennett
2007-11-07
No synopsis
Episode 60. Lee Smolin
2007-11-08
No synopsis
Episode 61. Lord Chris Patten and John Bolton
2007-11-12
No synopsis
Episode 62. Marina Litvinenko and Alex Goldfarb
2007-11-13
No synopsis
Episode 63. Mark Dybul
2007-11-14
No synopsis
Episode 64. Martha Karua
2007-11-15
No synopsis
Episode 65. Michael Eavis
2007-11-19
No synopsis
Episode 66. Mikheil Saakashvili
2007-11-20
No synopsis
Episode 67. Moazzam Begg
2007-11-21
No synopsis
Episode 68. Morgan Tsvangirai
2007-11-22
No synopsis
Episode 69. Nicholas Burns
2007-11-26
No synopsis
Episode 70. Nuhu Ribadu
2007-11-27
No synopsis
Episode 71. Orji Kalu
2007-11-28
No synopsis
Episode 72. Paul Deighton
2007-11-29
No synopsis
Episode 73. Paul Skinner
2007-12-03
No synopsis
Episode 74. Pernando Barrena
2007-12-04
No synopsis
Episode 75. Pierre Lellouche
2007-12-05
No synopsis
Episode 76. Prof. Margaret Stanley
2007-12-06
No synopsis
Episode 77. Reg Keys
2007-12-10
No synopsis
Episode 78. Richard Lugar
2007-12-11
No synopsis
Episode 79. Roberta Combs
2007-12-12
No synopsis
Episode 80. Rohitha Bogollagama
2007-12-13
No synopsis
Episode 81. Saeb Erekat
2007-12-17
No synopsis
Episode 82. Senator Jeff Bingaman
2007-12-18
No synopsis
Episode 83. Senator Radoslaw Sikorski
2007-12-19
No synopsis
Episode 84. Sharon Looremeta
2007-12-20
No synopsis
Episode 85. Sir Paul Nurse
2007-12-24
No synopsis
Episode 86. Tareq al-Hashemi
2007-12-25
No synopsis
Episode 87. Tony Benn MP and Lord Tebbit
2007-12-26
No synopsis
Episode 88. Victoria Nuland
2007-12-27
No synopsis
Episode 89. Yasser Abed Rabbo
2007-12-28
No synopsis
Episode 90. Yisrael Medad
2007-12-29
No synopsis
Episode 91. Yvo de Boer
2007-12-31
Yvo de Boer is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is the UN official responsible for facilitating talks on the launch of a comprehensive package on a future climate change agreement at…
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Episode 70. Norman Finkelstein - Political Scientist
2012-05-09 · 30 min
American Presidents have long been criticised for being too in thrall to the Jewish lobby. So what happens if American Jews fall out of love with Israel?
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2 episodes · 2011
Episode 1. Jeanette Winterson - author
2011-11-08
Jeanette Winterson was a twenty-something literary sensation back in the 1980s. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a raw, taboo-busting semi-autobiographical novel about being adopted, being abused, and being a lesbian. In…
Episode 2. John Key - NZ Prime Minister
2011-05-09
HARDtalk's guest in London is New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key. His first term in office has been a baptism of fire. First came a prolonged economic slowdown, and in recent months his government has dealt with a string of disasters,…
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