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Nick Robinson has a conversation with, not an interrogation of, the people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.

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    The Simon Coveney One

    Fri 25 Sep 2020

    The Irish Foreign Minister on his Anglo-Irish roots and hopes for a Brexit deal

  • The George Eustice One

    Fri 18 Sep 2020

    The Environment Secretary on Cornwall, Brexit and the price of fish fingers.

  • The Anneliese Dodds One

    Fri 11 Sep 2020

    The Shadow Chancellor on her Presbyterian roots, protests and saying 鈥榥o鈥�

  • The Douglas Ross One

    Fri 4 Sep 2020

    The Scottish Tory leader on refereeing, dairy farming and the future of the Union

  • The Layla Moran One

    Fri 24 Jul 2020

    The LibDem MP on liberalism, localism, fat-shaming and the politics of sexuality

  • The Th茅r猫se Coffey One

    Fri 17 Jul 2020

    The Work and Pensions Secretary on her Liverpudlian roots, unemployment and karaoke

  • The Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds One

    Fri 10 Jul 2020

    The shadow home secretary on his village with seven MPs, Nye Bevan's spirit, and his name

  • The Mark Regev One

    Fri 3 Jul 2020

    Israel's former ambassador to the UK on arguing his case and reasons for optimism

  • The Neil Ferguson One

    Fri 26 Jun 2020

    The leading epidemiologist on how science and politics should really work together

  • The Robert Buckland One

    Fri 19 Jun 2020

    The Justice Secretary on loneliness in politics, kneeling and how courts respond to covid

  • The Maro Itoje One

    Fri 12 Jun 2020

    The England rugby player on racism, Black Lives Matter, statues and finding middle ground

  • The Arlene Foster One

    Fri 5 Jun 2020

    Northern Ireland's First Minister on the Troubles, Brexit and singing in church

  • The Jonathan Sumption One

    Fri 29 May 2020

    The former Supreme Court justice on being a libertarian and why lockdown is 'despotic'

  • The Jeremy Hunt covid one

    Fri 22 May 2020

    Jeremy Hunt talks about making mistakes, learning from Asia and the trials of family life

  • The Mark Drakeford One

    Fri 15 May 2020

    Wales's First Minister on tackling the virus, working with Boris & digging the allotment

  • The Richard Horton One

    Thu 7 May 2020

    The editor of the Lancet on what he sees as corruption in the politics of science

  • The new Keir Starmer one

    Mon 6 Apr 2020

    Labour's new leader Keir Starmer on his upbringing and core values (recorded 2018)

  • The Rosena Allin-Khan One

    Fri 13 Mar 2020

    The Labour deputy leadership candidate on coronavirus and that Love Actually video

  • The Rebecca Long-Bailey One

    Fri 6 Mar 2020

    The Labour leadership candidate on her Mancunian roots and raising her eyebrows

  • The Ian Murray One

    Fri 28 Feb 2020

    The Labour deputy leadership candidate on uniting Blair and Brown and saving Hearts FC

  • The Inside Story of Election 19 One

    Mon 17 Feb 2020

    A bonus episode, with Anne McElvoy's behind-the-scenes account of the 2019 election

  • The What Does Boris Johnson Really Think One

    Fri 7 Feb 2020

    Pragmatist, libertarian or cakeist? Nick explores the roots of Boris Johnson's opinions

  • The Nigel Farage Brexit Day One

    Fri 31 Jan 2020

    Nigel Farage on what he learnt as a City trader and how he changed the last election

  • The Andy Street One

    Thu 30 Jan 2020

    The Mayor of the West Midlands on HS2 and how John Lewis influenced his politics

  • The Nicky Morgan One

    Thu 23 Jan 2020

    The Culture Secretary on why she's quitting frontline politics and the future of the 麻豆约拍

  • The Lisa Nandy One

    Fri 17 Jan 2020

    The Labour leadership candidate on political stock, reviving towns and a love of Britney

  • The Ben Wallace One

    Fri 20 Dec 2019

    The Defence Secretary on getting his house in order and why the PM is a 'left-wing Tory'

  • The Prime Ministerial Debate One

    Sat 7 Dec 2019

    A special edition with audio of Boris Johnson v Jeremy Corbyn

  • The General Election One with Bartley and Hancock

    Wed 4 Dec 2019

    Jonathan Bartley on why he's a Green and Matt Hancock on the future of the Conservatives

  • The General Election One with Gwynne and Curtice

    Wed 27 Nov 2019

    Labour's Andrew Gwynne on Waspi women and darts, John Curtice on polls and haircuts

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