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To celebrate the 20 years since HARDtalk began, this special programme talks to current and former presenters about what HARDtalk has meant to them. Show more
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HARDtalk celebrates its twentieth anniversary with a repeat of one of a 1998 interview in which the programme's first anchor Tim Sebastian speaks to Donald Trump. Show more
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Tim Sebastian talks to Hugh Thompson, a helicopter pilot who went to the rescue of trapped villagers during the 1968 My Lai Massacre in Vietnam. Show more
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HARDtalk celebrates its 20th anniversary with a repeat of one of its classic interviews. In 1999 Tim Sebastian sat down with singer and activist Nina Simone. Show more
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In this 2001 interview Tim Sebastian speaks to Mira Markovic, the wife of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic, who has died in Russia at the age of 76. Show more
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Interview from 2004 with Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the Roe v. Wade Supreme court ruling on abortion, who would later have a change of heart and become a pro-life activist. Show more
Following the death of the actor Larry Hagman, who spent more than a decade playing TV villain J.R. Ewing, HARDtalk broadcasts an interview originally recorded in 2001. Show more
In 2003, Tim Sebastian travelled to Cyprus to find out why tycoon Asil Nadir - who has flown back to the UK after nearly two decades on the run - fled Britain and its courts. Show more
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Mira Markovic, the wife of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic, has died in Russia at the age of 76. In 2001, Tim Sebastian interviewed her in Belgrade. Show more
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In an interview from 2004, Tim Sebastian asks why professional troops from democratic countries commit barbarous acts. What lessons can be learned from Hugh Thompson's experience? Show more
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Series dealing with the news of the week of the D-Day landings in June 1944, presented by Sue Lawley. This edition looks at the first secret landings in Normandy. Show more
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In an interview recorded in 2004, Tim Sebastian spoke to Norma McCorvey who died days ago in the US. She was better known by the legal pseudonym 'Jane Roe'. Show more
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To celebrate 20 years since HARDtalk hit the screens, this special programme talks to Zeinab Badawi, Stephen Sackur, Tim Sebastian, and Sarah Montague about their memories. Show more
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To celebrate 20 years since HARDtalk hit the screens, this special programme talks to Zeinab Badawi, Stephen Sackur, Tim Sebastian, and Sarah Montague about their memories. Show more
Tim Sebastian talks to director and producer Norman Jewison, whose acclaimed films include In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck.