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Sunday 4 January 2026
Sunday 14 December 2025
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
New EHRC Chair Mary-Ann Stephenson
Actors Kate Winslet, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough
Sunday 7 December 2025
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden
Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately
Your Party MP and co-founder Zarah Sultana
Sunday 30 November 2025
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
Sunday 23 November 2025
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride
Green party leader Zack Polanski
Actor Joseph Fiennes and campaigner Richard Ratcliffe
Sunday 16 November 2025
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Former BBC Director General Tony Hall
Sunday 9 November 2025
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy
Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge
Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton
Megan Garcia, a mother suing Character AI and Matt Bergman of the Social Media Victims Law Center
Actor Bryan Cranston
Sunday 2 November 2025
Defence Secretary John Healey
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
Climate Change Committee chair Nigel Topping
Sunday 26 October 2025
49th Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Sunday 19 October 2025
Energy and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband
Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho
Green party leader Zack Polanski
Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Sunday 12 October 2025
Education Secretary and Labour deputy leadership contender Bridget Phillipson
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel
First minister of Scotland John Swinney
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth
Sunday 5 October 2025
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
Labour deputy leadership contender Lucy Powell
Sunday 28 September 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Shadow housing secretary James Cleverly
Activist Greta Thunberg
Sunday 21 September 2025
Deputy PM and Justice Secretary David Lammy
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot
Actors Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln
Sunday 14 September 2025
Business Secretary Peter Kyle
Shadow education secretary Laura Trott
The family of Virginia Giuffre, Sky and Amanda Roberts
Sunday 7 September 2025
- Defence Secretary John Healey
- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
- Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
- US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee
- Labour MP Emily Thornberry
Sunday 20 July 2025
Environment Secretary Steve Reed
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake
Sunday 13 July 2025
OfCom CEO Melanie Dawes
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Actors Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel
Sunday 6 July 2025
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley
Sunday 29 June 2025 - Note: This programme was presented by Victoria Derbyshire
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately
Comedian and disability rights campaigner Rosie Jones
Former cabinet minister Louise Haigh
Sunday 22 June 2025
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Iranian Ambassador to the UK Seyed Ali Mousavi
President of Israel Isaac Herzog
Sunday 15 June 2025
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
Shadow chancellor Mel Stride
Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely
Son of the former Shah of Iran Reza Pahlavi
Sunday 8 June 2025
Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice
Actor, politician and climate campaigner Arnold Schwarzenegger (Full BBC iPlayer version)
Sunday 1 June 2025
Defence Secretary John Healey
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick
Abuse campaigner David Challen
Sunday 24 May 2025
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
Sunday 17 May 2025
EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds
Shadow cabinet office minister Alex Burghart
Centrica CEO Chris O'Shea
Elton John and writer James Graham
Sunday 11 May 2025
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Musician Yungblud
Sunday 4 May 2025
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch
Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Green party co-leader Adrian Ramsay
Actor and musician Jeff Goldblum
Sunday 27 April 2025
Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden
Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Actors Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman
Sunday 13 April 2025
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
Russian ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin
Sunday 6 April 2025
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones
Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch
Online safety campaigners Esther Ghey and Roxy Longworth
Sunday 30 March 2025
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (extended iPlayer/BBC Two version)
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart
Sunday 23 March 2025
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
Lib Dem Deputy leader Daisy Cooper
Sunday 16 March 2025
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Shadow education secretary Laura Trott
President of Finland Alexander Stubb
Sunday 9 March 2025
Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Norwegian foreign minister Epsen Barth Eide
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice
Sunday 2 March 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Leader of the Conservative party Kemi Badenoch
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey
Chair of the Ukrainian Parliament’s EU Integration Committee Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Sunday 23 February 2025
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge
Chancellor of Oxford University and former Foreign Secretary William Hague
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna
Sunday 16 February 2025
Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel
CEO of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Ilan Gur
Sunday 9 February 2025
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
President of Israel Isaac Herzog
Four bereaved parents suing TikTok (Hollie Dance, Lisa Kenevan, Ellen Roome and Liam Walsh)
Shadow cabinet office minister Alex Burghart
Sunday 2 February 2025
Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith
Sunday 26 January 2025
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
Sunday 19 January 2025
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel
Republicans Overseas UK chair Greg Swenson
Lawyers for British families of Israeli hostages in Gaza Adam Roze
Daughter of Israeli hostage in Gaza Sharone Lifschitz
Sunday 12 January 2025
Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle
Selling Sunset star Jason Oppenheim
Former California governor Jerry Brown
Sunday 5 January 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Sunday 15 December 2024
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Sierra AI co-CEOs Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor (Bret Taylor is also chair of the OpenAI board)
Sunday 8 December 2024
Deputy prime minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner
Climate Change Committee CEO Emma Pinchbeck
Shadow chief secretary to the treasury Richard Fuller
Sunday 1 December 2024 - The presenter this weekend was Victoria Derbyshire
Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden
Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins
Actor Cate Blanchett and director Guy Maddin
Sunday 24 November 2024
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall
French foreign minister Jean-Michel Barrot
Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbrouke
Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake
Sunday 17 November 2024
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp
Ukrainian environment minister Svitlana Hrynchuk
Sunday 10 November 2024
Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones
Estonian prime minister Kristen Michal
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel
Sunday 3 November 2024
Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch
Sunday 27 October 2024
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
Shadow science secretary Andrew Griffith
Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci
Sunday 20 October 2024
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin
Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake
Sunday 13 October 2024
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick
Lloyds Banking Group CEO Charlie Nunn
Sunday 6 October 2024
Israel's ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely
Former vice president of Iran Masoumeh Ebtekar
Shadow Foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell
Sunday 29 September 2024
Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch
Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick
Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden
Rosie Duffield, MP who resigned the Labour whip
Sunday 22nd September 2024
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Shadow Commons leader Chris Philp
Russian political activists Vladimir and Evgenia Kara-Murza
Sunday 15th September 2024
Conservative leadership candidate James Cleverly
Actors Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati
Sunday 8th September 2024
Conservative leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat
Sunday 28 July 2024 - presented by Victoria Derbyshire
Environment secretary Steve Reed
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot
Actors Kit Harrington and Olivia Washington
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 14 July
Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell
Tees Valley Mayor Lord Ben Houchen
Republican pollster Frank Luntz
Sunday 7 July
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick
Shadow Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
Sunday 30 June
Labour campaign coordinator Pat McFadden
Lib Dem Deputy leader Daisy Cooper
SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn
Sunday 23 June
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney
Sunday 16 June
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Transport Secretary Mark Harper
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth
Sunday 9 June
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride
Shadow Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn
Sunday 2 June
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay
Trump lawyer Alina Habba
Sunday 26 May 2024
Home Secretary James Cleverly
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Sunday 19 May 2024
Defence secretary Grant Shapps
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Russian dissident Leonoid Volkov
Sunday 12 May 2024
Foreign Secretary David Cameron
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jonathan Ashworth
Sunday 05 May 2024
Transport secretary Mark Harper
Labour campaign coordinator Pat McFadden
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman
Rwandan government spokesperson Yolando Makolo
Sunday 28 April 2024
Home Office minister Chris Philp MP
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP
Former speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
Alba party leader Alex Salmond
Conservative defector Dan Poulter MP
Sunday 21 April 2024
Climate change committee CEO Chris Stark
Energy secretary Claire Coutinho
Shadow Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood
Sunday 14 April 2024
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Green party co-leader Carla Denyer
Israeli government spokesman Avi Hyman
Sunday 7 April 2024
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
Sunday 24 March 2024
Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds
Actors Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson
Former adviser to the Prince of Wales Paddy Harverson
Sunday 17 March 2024
Transport secretary Mark Harper MP
shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth MP
Sunday 10 March 2024
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
Musician Justin Currie
Sunday 03 March 2024
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
Campaigner for online safety and bereaved parent Mariano Janin
Sunday 25 February 2024
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden
Shadow International Development minister Lisa Nandy
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Estonian PM Kaja Kallas
Sunday 18 February 2024
Illegal migration minister Michael Tomlinson
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy
Wife of Russian-British activist, Evgenia Kara-Murza
Commissioner for Countering Extremism Robin Simcox
Actor Matt Smith
Sunday 11 February 2024
Housing secretary Michael Gove
Labour National campaign coordinator Pat McFadden
Sunday 04 February 2024
Esther Ghey, mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey
Education secretary Gillian Keegan
Shadow Science secretary Peter Kyle
Sunday 28 January
Business secretary Kemi Badenoch
Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
United States Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro
Sunday 21 January
Defence secretary Grant Shapps
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper
First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf
Sunday 14 January 2024
Foreign secretary David Cameron
Sunday 07 January 2024
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson
Sunday 17 December 2023
Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting
Sunday 10 December 2023
Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick
Housing secretary Michael Gove
Shadow Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall
First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska
Sunday 03 December 2023
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Sunday 26 November 2023
Chief secretary to the treasury Laura Trott
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones
Doctor Who star Catherine Tate.
Sunday 19 November 2023
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
November 12 2023
Defence secretary Grant Shapps
Shadow Home secretary Yvette Cooper
President of Israel Isaac Herzog
November 5 2023
Shadow Defence secretary John Healey
Arab League Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki
October 29 2023
Science secretary Michelle Donelan
Shadow science secretary Peter Kyle
October 22 2023
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett
Veteran Palestinian politician Hasan Ashrawi
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick
Shadow international development minister Lisa Nandy
October 15 2023
Foreign secretary James Cleverly
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy
First minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf
Mark Regev, adviser to Israeli Prime Minister
Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK
October 8 2023
Transport secretary Mark Harper
October 1 2023
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
September 24 2023
Defence secretary Grant Shapps
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones
September 17 2023
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly
Shadow cabinet office minister Pat McFadden
Online safety campaigner Ian Russell
Sunday September 10 2023
Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Sunday September 03 2023
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP
Shadow Secretary of state for education Bridget Phillipson MP
Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza
Sunday 15 July 2023
Business secretary Kemi Badenoch
Sunday 9 July 2023
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Victoria Atkins
Sunday 2 July 2023
NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard
Health Secretary Steve Barclay
Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
Sunday 25 June 2023
Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy
Sunday 18 June 2023
Housing secretary Michael Gove
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar
Actor Mark Rylance
Activist Evgenia Kara-Murza
Sunday 11 June 2023
Energy secretary Grant Shapps
Shadow Foreign secretary David Lammy
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf
Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage
Sunday 04 June 2023
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick
Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Taiwan Foreign minister Joseph Wu
Sunday 28 May 2023
Health Secretary Steve Barclay
Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin
Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth
Sunday 21 May 2023
Actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Sunday 14 May 2023
Shadow Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque
UN World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain
Sunday 07 May 2023
Shadow Health secretary Wes Streeting
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
Sunday 30 April 2023
Transport Secretary Mark Harper
Labour Campaign coordinator Shabana Mahmood
Green party co-leader Adrian Ramsay
actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi
Sunday 23 April 2023
Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden
Shadow Work and Pension Secretary Jonathan Ashworth
16 April 2023
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen
Conservative party chair Greg Hands
2 April 2023
Home Secretary Suella Braverman
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy
Sunday 26 March 2023
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove
Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell
Office for Budget Responsibility Chair Richard Hughes
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova.
Sunday 19 March 2023
cabinet minister Oliver Dowden
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy
SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes
Reality TV star and campaigner Georgia Harrison.
Sunday 12 March 2023
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
former BBC director-general Mark Thompson
Sunday 5 March 2023
Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris MP
shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP
online safety campaigners Judy Thomas and Baroness Kidron
SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan MSP
Sunday 26 February 2023
Dominic Raab MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary
David Lammy MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary
Humza Yousaf MSP, SNP leadership candidate and Scottish Health Secretary
Sunday 19 February 2023
Penny Mordaunt MP, Leader of the House of Commons
Yvette Cooper MP, Shadow Home Secretary
Wendy Sherman, US Deputy Secretary of State
Sunday 12 February 2023
Andrzej Duda, President of Poland
Andrew Mitchell MP, Foreign Office Minister
Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Levelling UP, Housing and Communities Secretary
Sunday 5 February 2023
Sir Ed Davey MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Grant Shapps MP, Business Secretary
Sharon Graham, General Secretary, Unite
Timur Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian Eurovision Commentator
Sunday 29 January 2023
Michael Gove MP, Levelling UP, Housing and Communities Secretary
Bridget Phillipson MP, Shadow Education Secretary
Jane Hartley, US Ambassador to the UK
Sunday 22 January 2023
Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland & Leader of the SNP
James Cleverly MP, Foreign Secretary
Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sunday 15 January 2023
Sir Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Mark Harper MP, Transport Secretary
Sunday 8 January 2023
Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister
Wes Streeting MP, Shadow Health Secretary
Sunday 18 December 2022
Oliver Dowden MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Yvette Cooper MP, Shadow Home Secretary
Howard Hu, Orion program manager, Nasa
Sunday 11 December 2022
James Cleverly MP, Foreign Secretary
Wes Streeting MP, Shadow Health Secretary
Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England
Sunday 4 December 2022
Nadhim Zahawi MP, Conservative Party Chair
Bridget Phillipson MP Shadow Education Secretary
Sunday 27 November 2022
Mark Harper MP, Transport Secretary
Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Secretary
Sunday 20 November 2022
Steve Barclay MP, Health and Social Care Secretary
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary
Sunday 13 November 2022
Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff
Sunday 6 November 2022
Sir Ed Davey MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Oliver Dowden MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Ed Miliband MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change & Net Zero
Baroness Sue Campbell, Director of Women’s Football
Sunday 30 October 2022
Michael Gove MP, Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Secretary
Yvette Cooper MP, Shadow Home Secretary
Sunday 23 October 2022
Sir Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary
Penny Mordaunt MP, Leader of the House of Commons
Dominic Raab MP, Former Deputy Prime Minister
OleksIi Reznikov, Ukrainian Defence Minister
Sunday 16 October 2022
Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Jonathan Reynolds MP, Shadow Business Secretary
Professor Ozlem Tureci and Professor Ugur Sahin, BioNTech
Sunday 9 October 2022
Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland & Leader of the SNP
Nadhim Zahawi MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Nadine Dorries MP, Conservative
Sunday 2 October 2022
Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sunday 25 September 2022
Sir Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sunday 18 September 2022
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi Prime Minister
John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff
Sunday 11 September 2022
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May, former Prime Ministers
Sunday 4 September 2022
Liz Truss MP, Conservative leadership candidate
