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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: 26/11/2010 Garry Trudeau: Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury Cartoonist

26/11/2010 Garry Trudeau

26/11/2010 Garry Trudeau: Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury Cartoonist

Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury Cartoonist

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Garry Trudeau - 40 years 14,000 Doonesbury cartoon strips.

Garry Trudeau has produced over 14,000 cartoon strips in his forty year career as creator of the Doonesbury strip.

Owen Bennett-Jones talks to Garry Trudeau, one of the world's most successful cartoonists.  He's been drawing the Doonesbury strip for 40 years - chronicling American life in all its forms - from social trends to high politics.  To do this he employs a cast of over 70 characters and has numerous story lines running simultaneously.  He's covered everything from the Vietnam war, Watergate, the Reagan years right up to the conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq.  He tells Owen what it's like to produce more than 14,000 cartoon strips over four decades, and how he keeps coming up with new story lines.

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