成人论坛

22/12/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

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2023 in review

Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year

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Past notes

A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023

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Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament

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Stephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?

HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity

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Alicia Kearns: How much will 2024 test the West?

Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK鈥檚 House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee

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Sir Nicholas Winton: A Holocaust hero

A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution

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Gideon Levy: What happened to the Israeli mindset?

Stephen Sackur interviews Israeli journalist and commentator Gideon Levy.

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Mohammad Marandi: Is Middle East conflict what Iran really wants?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an academic who has advised the Iranian government

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Mark Regev: Is Israel serving its own best interests?

Stephen Sackur talks to a spokesman for Israel鈥檚 prime minister

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Regina Ip: What is Hong Kong's future?

China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activism has been curtailed

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Naomi Alderman: Apocalypse soon?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator

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Radek Sikorski: Will Poland's new government unite or divide the country?

Stephen Sackur interview's Poland's foreign minister

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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England

Stephen Sackur speaks to Jasvinder Sanghera, a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse.

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Ronald Lamola: Is South Africa's genocide case against Israel a geo-political game changer?

Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's justice minister

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Abdalla Hamdok: Can Sudan find peace?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the country's former prime minister

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Jos茅 Ramos-Horta: Peace and reconciliation

Stephen Sackur speaks to Jos茅 Ramos Horta, President of Timor-Leste

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Vassily Nebenzia: Is Russia influencing global opinions?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia鈥檚 permanent representative to the UN

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09/02/2024 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

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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.

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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?

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Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?

When political tensions escalate, does humour get pushed out?

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Alexey Navalny: The interview

Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.

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Nikolai Denkov: Is Bulgaria a weak link in Europe's security?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Bulgaria鈥檚 prime minister

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HARDtalk: Defying Putin

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

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Jens Stoltenberg: Is Russia really preparing for a war with Nato?

Sarah Montague speaks to its Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

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Ciar谩n Hinds: Is Northern Ireland a creative powerhouse?

Stephen Sackur interviews the world-renowned actor

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Salome Zourabichvili: Where does Georgia's destiny lie?

Sarah Montague talks to the president of Georgia

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20/03/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

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Sathnam Sanghera: Britain's imperial legacies

Stephen Sackur speaks to a writer re-examining the legacy of the British Empire

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