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The Interview Archive

Find out what the world’s leading thinkers, politicians and cultural figures really think, as they talk about their lives for thirty minutes on The Interview.

World Service,241 episodes

Episodes

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FW de Klerk
An incisive interview with the former president who ended apartheid in South Africa
10 Apr 2002,25 mins
George Bizos
An interview with George Bizos, the human rights lawyer who fought against apartheid
29 Jul 2003,26 mins
Danny Glover
An interview with the actor, director and human rights campaigner Danny Glover
06 Aug 2003,26 mins
Dr Jane Goodall DBE
An interview with Dr Jane Goodall DBE, ethologist, primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace
16 Aug 2003,25 mins
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
An interview with the acclaimed lyric soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
23 Aug 2003,26 mins
Amitabh Bachan
An interview with Amitabh Bachan, one of the most prominent stars of Bollywood
06 Sep 2003,26 mins
Daniel Libeskind
Interview with the architect, Daniel Libeskind, in charge of designing the Freedom Tower
11 Oct 2003,25 mins
Nicholas Burns
An interview with Nicholas Burns, America's Ambassador to NATO
18 Oct 2003,25 mins
Lennart Johansson
An interview with the UEFA president, Lennart Johansson
25 Oct 2003,25 mins
Essop Pahad
An interview with the South African Minister in the Presidency, Essop Pahad
01 Nov 2003,25 mins
Strobe Talbott
An interview with Strobe Talbott, one of the architects of Bill Clinton's foreign policy
08 Nov 2003,25 mins
Ibrahim Helal
An interview with Ibrahim Helal, news director of Al Jazeera Arabic
15 Nov 2003,25 mins
Winnie Sseruma
HIV sufferer Winnie Sseruma talks to the programme
22 Nov 2003,25 mins
Kofi Annan
An interview with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
29 Nov 2003,25 mins
Peter Molyneux
Carrie Gracie talks to computer games designer Peter Molyneux
06 Dec 2003,25 mins
Helen Clark
An interview with Helen Clark, the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
13 Dec 2003,26 mins
Noam Chomsky
An interview with the renowned intellectual, Noam Chomsky
20 Dec 2003,26 mins
Dr Hanan Ashrawi
Interview with the prominent Palestinian spokeswoman Dr Hanan Ashrawi
22 Dec 2003,26 mins
Prince Turki al-Faisal
Carrie Gracie talks to Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabian Ambassador
01 Jan 2004,25 mins
Michelle Yeoh
An interview with one of the top female action heroines of the world, Michelle Yeoh
10 Jan 2004,26 mins
Benjamin Zephaniah
A 2004 interview with the poet, novelist and playwright
17 Jan 2004,25 mins
Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Interview with Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie
24 Jan 2004,25 mins
Kenneth Roth
An interview with Kenneth Roth, Head of Human Rights Watch
31 Jan 2004,25 mins
Mark Byford
The BBC's Acting Director-General, is interviewed in the wake of the Hutton inquiry
07 Feb 2004,24 mins
Boris Berezovsky
Russian tycoon, billionaire and exile Boris Berezovsky
14 Feb 2004,25 mins
Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane
Carrie Gracie talks to Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Cape Town
21 Feb 2004,25 mins
Peggy Yu
The would-be dot com millionaire Peggy Yu, founder of the online bookseller Dang Dang
06 Mar 2004,25 mins
Irshad Manji
Author of 'The Trouble With Islam', which calls for moderate Muslims to speak out
20 Mar 2004,25 mins
Kerry Preete, Monsanto
The head of US operations for biotech company Monsanto, Kerry Preete
27 Mar 2004,26 mins
Bernard-Henri Levy
The French philosopher, businessman and diplomat, Bernard-Henri Levy
24 Apr 2004,25 mins