An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Radio 4,·873 episodes
John Yates, senior Met Police officer responsible for the phone hacking investigation.
11 Sep 2010,·15 mins
Who is Pope Benedict XVI? Jane Little delves into his background to find out.
04 Sep 2010,·15 mins
Rosie Goldsmith profiles Louise Casey, the first Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses.
15 mins
A Profile of former nuclear weapons inspector Dr Muhammad ElBaradei.
28 Aug 2010,·15 mins
The making of Michael Gove, the education revolutionary facing a political storm.
14 mins
Rwanda is an economic success story, but is President Paul Kagame also a brutal dictator?
07 Aug 2010,·14 mins
Nigel Thompson profiles Julian Assange, controversial public face of the WikiLeaks website
31 Jul 2010,·14 mins
Conrad Black is back. Michael Cockerell asks: will the fallen press baron slay his foes?
24 Jul 2010,·15 mins
The Rt Rev John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham and chairman of Forward in Faith.
17 Jul 2010,·14 mins
Profiling Mark Serwotka, the PCS union leader on a collision course with the government.
10 Jul 2010,·15 mins
Gerry Northam profiles Sir Hugh Orde, head of the Association of Chief Police Officers.
03 Jul 2010,·14 mins
What makes Tory political heavyweight Eric Pickles tick? Gerry Northam reports.
26 Jun 2010,·14 mins
Edward Stourton profiles Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of investment bank Goldman Sachs.
24 Apr 2010,·15 mins
Chris Bowlby profiles Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Director of the International Monetary Fund.
17 Apr 2010,·14 mins
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Julius Malema, president of the ANC Youth League.
10 Apr 2010,·15 mins
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Bob Crow, General Secretary of the transport union, the RMT.
03 Apr 2010,·14 mins
Jonathan Maitland profiles the writer Philip Pullman.
27 Mar 2010,·14 mins
Edward Stourton profiles Lord Saville of Newdigate.
20 Mar 2010,·14 mins
James Silver profiles Baroness Catherine Ashton.
13 Mar 2010,·14 mins
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of Prudential.
06 Mar 2010,·15 mins
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell.
27 Feb 2010,·14 mins
Jonathan Maitland profiles the Greek prime minister George Papandreou.
20 Feb 2010,·14 mins
Jonathan Maitland profiles Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the UN's climate change panel.
13 Feb 2010,·14 mins
Clive Coleman profiles Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster.
06 Feb 2010,·15 mins
Claire Bolderson profiles the satirist Chris Morris.
30 Jan 2010,·14 mins
Claire Bolderson on newly elected Republican senator for Massachusetts, Scott Brown.
23 Jan 2010,·15 mins
Jonathan Maitland charts the rise of N Ireland's acting First Minister Arlene Foster.
16 Jan 2010,·15 mins
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Sir Roderic Lyne, the Iraq Inquiry panellist.
09 Jan 2010,·15 mins
Chris Bowlby profiles the England football manager Fabio Capello.
02 Jan 2010,·15 mins
Edward Stourton profiles the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso.
31 Oct 2009,·14 mins
