An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Radio 4,·868 episodes
A profile of Pakistan’s former leader Benazir Bhutto.
04 Aug 2007,·14 mins
A profile of Baroness Young, chief executive of the Environment Agency.
28 Jul 2007,·14 mins
A profile of the Bayreuth Festival's artistic director Wolfgang Wagner.
21 Jul 2007,·14 mins
A profile of the Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
12 May 2007,·14 mins
A profile of the new Director General of MI5, Jonathan Evans.
05 May 2007,·14 mins
A profile of the Catalan chef Ferran Adria.
28 Apr 2007,·14 mins
A profile of the Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
21 Apr 2007,·15 mins
A profile of one of the candidates in France's presidential elections; François Bayrou.
14 Apr 2007,·15 mins
A profile of the BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who has been missing for 26 days.
07 Apr 2007,·15 mins
A profile of Charles Saumarez Smith, the director of the National Gallery.
31 Mar 2007,·15 mins
A look at the controversial career of John Bird, co-founder of The Big Issue newspaper.
24 Mar 2007,·14 mins
The BBC’s Michael Cockerell examines the turbulent life of the press baron Conrad Black.
17 Mar 2007,·14 mins
Columnist and legal writer Marcel Berlins profiles Attorney General Lord Goldsmith.
10 Mar 2007,·14 mins
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines.
24 Feb 2007,·14 mins
Christopher Martin-Jenkins profiles Zimbabwean Duncan Fletcher, England's cricket coach.
17 Feb 2007,·15 mins
David Grossman of Newsnight profiles the political blogger Guido Fawkes.
10 Feb 2007,·10 mins
Allan Little presents an insight into the life of Hamas leader Khalid Meshal.
03 Feb 2007,·10 mins
Does Barack Obama have what it takes to get to the White House?
20 Jan 2007,·10 mins
Profile shines the spotlight on an individual who is making the headlines.
13 Jan 2007,·10 mins
A profile of Lady Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, the first woman Justice of the Court of Appeal.
06 Jan 2007,·14 mins
A profile of Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the House of Representatives.
30 Dec 2006,·15 mins
Lesley Curwen profiles the new John Lewis chairman Charlie Mayfield.
23 Dec 2006,·15 mins
Hugh Pym profiles the King of British horse-racing and the ruler of Dubai.
16 Dec 2006,·15 mins
Robert Fox profiles General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the British Army.
14 Oct 2006,·15 mins
A profile of the new Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon.
07 Oct 2006,·15 mins
Dennis Sewell takes at look at the shadow Chancellor George Osborne.
30 Sep 2006,·15 mins
Jane Corbin profiles the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
23 Sep 2006,·15 mins
John Wilson takes a look at two of the most powerful players in British television.
16 Sep 2006,·15 mins
A profile of Trevor Phillips, the country's leading campaigner on racial equality.
09 Sep 2006,·15 mins
A profile of the former chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
02 Sep 2006,·15 mins
