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Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe's US national team has made it to the Women's World Cup final.
06 Jul 2019,13 mins
Mark Sedwill
Sir Mark Sedwill is Cabinet secretary and the UK’s national security adviser.
29 Jun 2019,13 mins
Joshua Wong
Joshua Wong has gone from schoolboy protester to Hong Kong's leading activist.
22 Jun 2019,13 mins
Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson, the favourite to be the next Liberal Democrat leader.
15 Jun 2019,14 mins
Sadiq Khan
The man Donald Trump described this week as a 'stone cold loser'.
08 Jun 2019,14 mins
Sonita Alleyne
Sonita Alleyne is the first black woman to lead an Oxbridge college.
01 Jun 2019,14 mins
John Bolton
John Bolton is the moustachioed US national security adviser pushing a hard line on Iran.
25 May 2019,13 mins
Simon Armitage
Becky Milligan profiles the new poet laureate, Simon Armitage.
18 May 2019,14 mins
Penny Mordaunt
Penny Mordaunt is the UK's first female defence secretary.
11 May 2019,13 mins
Andy Evans
Andy Evans will soon give evidence at the Infected Blood Inquiry. He's waited a long time.
04 May 2019,14 mins
Loyle Carner
Mark Coles profiles the British hip hop artist Loyle Carner.
27 Apr 2019,14 mins
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar
Becky Milligan looks at the life of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
20 Apr 2019,13 mins
Danny Rose
Marks Coles looks at the life of Tottenham Hotspur footballer, Danny Rose
13 Apr 2019,14 mins
Andrew Moffat
The primary school teacher at the centre of a row over LGBT rights.
06 Apr 2019,14 mins
Oliver Letwin
This week Oliver Letwin persuaded the Commons to try to agree its own Brexit plan.
30 Mar 2019,13 mins
Jacinda Ardern
The New Zealand PM was widely praised for her response to the Christchurch attacks.
23 Mar 2019,13 mins
Tim Berners-Lee
We profile Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.
16 Mar 2019,13 mins
Nan Goldin
Photographer Nan Goldin has been grabbing headlines not for her art but for her activism.
09 Mar 2019,13 mins
Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna co-created the revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPR.
02 Mar 2019,13 mins
Luciana Berger
Becky Milligan profiles MP Luciana Berger of the newly formed Independent Group.
23 Feb 2019,14 mins
Chris Grayling
Mark Coles profiles transport secretary Chris Grayling.
16 Feb 2019,14 mins
David Adjaye
Mark Coles profiles the British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye.
09 Feb 2019,14 mins
Juan Guaidó
Edward Stourton profiles Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido.
02 Feb 2019,14 mins
Nick Boles
Becky Milligan profiles Conservative MP Nick Boles.
26 Jan 2019,14 mins
Roger Whiteside
Mark Coles profiles Greggs’ CEO Roger Whiteside.
19 Jan 2019,14 mins
Nancy Pelosi
Mark Coles looks at the most powerful woman in American politics.
12 Jan 2019,14 mins
Stormzy
The rise of a south London grime artist to global stardom.
05 Jan 2019,14 mins
Melania Trump
Becky Milligan profiles America’s First Lady.
29 Dec 2018,14 mins
Reed Hastings
The founder of Netflix, the streaming service that’s turned us all into binge watchers.
22 Dec 2018,14 mins
Dr Gail Bradbrook
Gail Bradbrook is behind the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion.
15 Dec 2018,14 mins