HARDtalk Episodes Episode guide
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Rene Redzepi - Head chef, Noma restaurant
Stephen Sackur speaks to Rene Redzepi, the head chef of Danish restaurant Noma.
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James Earl Jones - Actor
Stephen Sackur meets one of America's most respected actors, James Earl Jones.
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Harvey Goldsmith - Music promoter
Stephen Sackur talks to Harvey Goldsmith, one of the great impresarios of rock and roll.
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Michael Morpurgo - Childrens' author
Stephen Sackur talks to Warhorse author Michael Morpurgo.
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Sylvia Earle - Oceanographer
Stephen Sackur talks to the world renowned American oceanographer, Sylvia Earle.
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Val McDermid - Crime writer
Stephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross?
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Simon Mann - Mercenary
Stephen Sackur speaks to former mercenary Simon Mann.
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Carlos Acosta - Cuban ballet star
Carlos Acosta speaks to Stephen Sackur about life after ballet.
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Mark Lewis - Lawyer for phone hacking victims
The lawyer representing many of the victims of alleged phone hacking talks to Tim Franks.
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Duff McKagan - Rock musician
Sarah Montague speaks to Duff McKagan, a rock musician who nearly drank himself to death.
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Grayson Perry - Ceramicist
Sarah Montague talks to Grayson Perry, famous for his startling ceramics.
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David Haye
Stephen Sackur asks David Haye if boxing is a sport in terminal decline.
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Vince Cable, MP - UK Business Secretary
Stephen Sackur speaks to Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business.
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Mohammed El Erian
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America's most influential economic analysts and investors
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Conservative MP, Zac Goldsmith
Zeinab Badawi talks to the Conservative MP, Zac Goldsmith.
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24/11/2011 GMT
Steve Keen, the ‘Merchant of Gloom’. gives his take on avoiding the economic depression.
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Mark Inglis
Mark Inglis, a double amputee, talks about climbing Everest on his prosthetic limbs.
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Kyle Bass - Founder, Hayman Capital Hedge Fund
Is the behaviour of speculators partly to blame for the mess the markets are in?
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David Keith - Environmental Scientist
Can we combat global warming by altering the way the sea, clouds and atmosphere work?
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Jeanette Winterson - Author
Jeanette Winterson talks about her recent memoir and the reality of her painful upbringing
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Pervez Musharraf - Former President of Pakistan
Stephen Sackur talks to former Pakistani President and military chief Pervez Musharraf.
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Bill Winters
How can the UK government help prevent future billion dollar bailouts by the taxpayer?
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Mongolian president, Tsakhia Elbegdorj
Can Mongolia transform from one of the world's poorest nations to one of its richest?
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Val McDermid - Crime Writer
Stephen Sackur talks to crime writer Val McDermaid. Is there a line she will not cross?
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Bob Fu - Former Tiananmen Square Student Leader
How well do we understand what’s happening inside the world's rising superpower?
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Ali Soufan - Former FBI Agent and Interrogator
Tim Franks talks to Ali Soufan who was the FBI's lead investigator on al-Qaeda
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Laurence Parisot, Head of the French Business Federation MEDEF
Stephen Sackur talks to Laurence Parisot, head of French business federation MEDEF.
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George Bizos, Former Lawyer to Nelson Mandela
Stephen Sackur speaks George Bizos, who helped draft the post apartheid constitution.
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Giorgi Targamadze, Chairman, Christian-Democratic Movement, Georgia
Has geography condemned Georgia to permanent instability?
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Rajat Nag, Managing Director of Asian Development Bank
Managing Director of the Asian Development Bank on inequality and governance in Asia.