Profile Episodes Episode guide
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Ilhan Omar
The Somali-born US congresswoman who's become a thorn in President Trump’s side.
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Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen is likely to be the next president of the European Commission.
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Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe's US national team has made it to the Women's World Cup final.
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Mark Sedwill
Sir Mark Sedwill is Cabinet secretary and the UK’s national security adviser.
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Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong has gone from schoolboy protester to Hong Kong's leading activist.
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Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson, the favourite to be the next Liberal Democrat leader.
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Sadiq Khan
The man Donald Trump described this week as a 'stone cold loser'.
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Sonita Alleyne
Sonita Alleyne is the first black woman to lead an Oxbridge college.
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John Bolton
John Bolton is the moustachioed US national security adviser pushing a hard line on Iran.
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Simon Armitage
Becky Milligan profiles the new poet laureate, Simon Armitage.
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Penny Mordaunt
Penny Mordaunt is the UK's first female defence secretary.
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Andy Evans
Andy Evans will soon give evidence at the Infected Blood Inquiry. He's waited a long time.
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Loyle Carner
Mark Coles profiles the British hip hop artist Loyle Carner.
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Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar
Becky Milligan looks at the life of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
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Danny Rose
Marks Coles looks at the life of Tottenham Hotspur footballer, Danny Rose
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Andrew Moffat
The primary school teacher at the centre of a row over LGBT rights.
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Oliver Letwin
This week Oliver Letwin persuaded the Commons to try to agree its own Brexit plan.
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Jacinda Ardern
The New Zealand PM was widely praised for her response to the Christchurch attacks.
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Tim Berners-Lee
We profile Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.
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Nan Goldin
Photographer Nan Goldin has been grabbing headlines not for her art but for her activism.
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Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna co-created the revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPR.
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Luciana Berger
Becky Milligan profiles MP Luciana Berger of the newly formed Independent Group.
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Chris Grayling
Mark Coles profiles transport secretary Chris Grayling.
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David Adjaye
Mark Coles profiles the British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye.
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Juan Guaidó
Edward Stourton profiles Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido.
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Nick Boles
Becky Milligan profiles Conservative MP Nick Boles.
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Roger Whiteside
Mark Coles profiles Greggs’ CEO Roger Whiteside.
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Nancy Pelosi
Mark Coles looks at the most powerful woman in American politics.
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Stormzy
The rise of a south London grime artist to global stardom.
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Melania Trump
Becky Milligan profiles America’s First Lady.