Shereen: The week's big talking points

This week's special guest is a woman who's always popping up on news programmes and on Question Time. Whenever there's a big story concerning human rights she's the first person journalists go to. Director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti is a passionate and committed advocate for human rights, but I was interested to find out more about the woman behind the soundbites. Is she really as serious as she comes across?

Well, I can tell you that the answer to that is no. She's warm and funny, yes, funny, and is all too aware of her image as "the grim reaper", as she puts it. She talked to me about the influence of her parents on her life and of her son who, she says, keeps her grounded. Shami started her job at Liberty the day before 9/11. She told me that as she watched events unfolding she thought she'd made a terrible mistake. Then she realised that Liberty would be needed more than ever.

My studio guests this week are journalists Kirsty Scott and Jane Graham, and the Daily Record's Political Editor Magnus Gardham. Since it's our last programme of the year, we'll be looking back at what's been a tumultuous twelve months: the Arab Spring, the riots, phone hacking, to name a few.

And we will of course take a look at this week's big talking points.

We're on air bright and early at 9am on Sunday. Let us know what you'd like us to be talking about.