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The world’s leading thinkers, politicians and cultural figures interviewed by the BBC

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.

***The Interview is no longer broadcast on-air but you can listen to our archive below.***

A half hour interview with interesting and prominent people from around the world with a great range of interests and opinions. Each week, one person is put under the spotlight by either Owen Bennett-Jones or Carrie Gracie, the two presenters on The Interview.  

They explore topical issues, personal motivation and interviewee's hopes and fears. The style is informal and conversational, but at times searching and combative when required.

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The Interview Archive: Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister

Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister

04/09/2010

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Tony Blair on the decision that defined his political career - the invasion of Iraq

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks to Owen Bennett-Jones on the decision that defined his political career - the invasion of Iraq.

Tony Blair was Britain's Prime Minister for ten years. 

During the three years since he left office he's been writing his memoirs and in them he reveals the human side of being a leader. It's his version of how he re-shaped his party and won three successive elections. 

On The Interview he tells Owen Bennett Jones what mattered to him in the decisions he took, and in particular on the decision which was to define his political career - the invasion of Iraq.

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