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06/12/2023 GMT
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: What Rwandans think of the UK migrant transfer deal
The UK government paints President Kagame in positive hues. What do his opponents think?
Sandra Day O'Connor: The first female US Supreme Court judge
Sandra Day O'Connor has died age 93. Re-listen to our 2006 interview
Izzeldin Abuelaish: Can Palestinians still believe in forgiveness and peace?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Palestinian doctor and acclaimed author
Paul Caruana Galizia: Can his family get justice?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the son of an assassinated Maltese investigative journalist
Naftali Bennett: Has Israel responded unwisely?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former prime minister
22/12/2023 GMT
2023 in review
Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year
Past notes
A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023
Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament
Stephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?
HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
Alicia Kearns: How much will 2024 test the West?
Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
Sir Nicholas Winton: A Holocaust hero
A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution
Gideon Levy: What happened to the Israeli mindset?
Stephen Sackur interviews Israeli journalist and commentator Gideon Levy.
Mohammad Marandi: Is Middle East conflict what Iran really wants?
Stephen Sackur speaks to an academic who has advised the Iranian government
Mark Regev: Is Israel serving its own best interests?
Stephen Sackur talks to a spokesman for Israel’s prime minister
Regina Ip: What is Hong Kong's future?
China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activism has been curtailed
Naomi Alderman: Apocalypse soon?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator
Radek Sikorski: Will Poland's new government unite or divide the country?
Stephen Sackur interview's Poland's foreign minister
Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jasvinder Sanghera, a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse.
Ronald Lamola: Is South Africa's genocide case against Israel a geo-political game changer?
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's justice minister
Abdalla Hamdok: Can Sudan find peace?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the country's former prime minister
José Ramos-Horta: Peace and reconciliation
Stephen Sackur speaks to José Ramos Horta, President of Timor-Leste
Vassily Nebenzia: Is Russia influencing global opinions?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s permanent representative to the UN
09/02/2024 GMT
Cornel West: Could enough votes taken from Joe Biden help Donald Trump get elected?
Cornel West, philosopher and activist has launched his own bid for the White House.
Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya: Does Ukraine feel betrayed?
Partisan warfare in Washington DC is blocking aid to Kyiv. What does Ukraine think?
Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?
When political tensions escalate, does humour get pushed out?
Alexey Navalny: The interview
Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.
Nikolai Denkov: Is Bulgaria a weak link in Europe's security?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bulgaria’s prime minister
HARDtalk: Defying Putin