An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Radio 4,·868 episodes
Mark Coles looks at the life and career of the Ukrainian conductor who's making history.
08 Jan 2022,·13 mins
The British curling coach hoping for golds in Beijing.
01 Jan 2022,·13 mins
Pharoah Sanders’s 2021 album Promises has been called a spiritual album for the dark ages.
25 Dec 2021,·13 mins
The academic who left GlaxoSmithKline to become the government‘s chief scientific adviser.
18 Dec 2021,·13 mins
The far right French journalist turned politician running for president
11 Dec 2021,·13 mins
Artist Lubaina Himid is currently enjoying a retrospective at London’s Tate Modern.
04 Dec 2021,·14 mins
Mark Coles profiles the PM’s favourite fictional pig.
27 Nov 2021,·13 mins
The distinctive and divisive Leader of the House of Commons.
20 Nov 2021,·13 mins
The former ambulance driver trying to save Yorkshire County Cricket Club from collapse.
13 Nov 2021,·13 mins
The former punk rocker taking on the water companies over pollution.
06 Nov 2021,·13 mins
The woman behind the Newcastle United deal.
30 Oct 2021,·13 mins
Katharine Birbalsingh has been named the government’s new Social Mobility Commissioner.
23 Oct 2021,·14 mins
Top-selling singer Adele has just released her first music for six years.
16 Oct 2021,·13 mins
British star of The Good Wife taking on the role of Hamlet. With Mark Coles.
09 Oct 2021,·14 mins
An insight into the character of Olaf Scholz, expected to be Germany's new leader.
02 Oct 2021,·13 mins
The new foreign secretary with an unusual political trajectory.
25 Sep 2021,·13 mins
The Leader of the Liberal Democrats. On the weekend of their 'virtual' party conference.
18 Sep 2021,·13 mins
What drives the influential rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West, asks Mark Coles.
11 Sep 2021,·14 mins
New, private, socialist, back-to-the-workplace leader of the Unite union, Sharon Graham.
04 Sep 2021,·13 mins
Mark Coles profiles Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political leader of the Taliban.
28 Aug 2021,·13 mins
The innovative spoken word artist George the Poet.
24 Jul 2021,·14 mins
The British sprint cyclist making history, against the odds, in the Tour de France.
17 Jul 2021,·14 mins
From Wembley schoolboy to playing for England in a final at Wembley.
10 Jul 2021,·13 mins
British wheelchair tennis champion, who's aiming for Wimbledon victory and Tokyo gold.
03 Jul 2021,·13 mins
The award-winning author who has found herself at the heart of a social media firestorm
26 Jun 2021,·13 mins
The military commando turned tech entrepreneur who is now prime minister of Israel.
19 Jun 2021,·14 mins
The multi-talented performer making BAFTA history with awards for 'I May Destroy You'.
12 Jun 2021,·14 mins
The new Mayor of Liverpool and the first black woman to lead a major UK city.
05 Jun 2021,·14 mins
The life and career of Kate Bingham, former head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce
29 May 2021,·14 mins
A profile of the newly elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.
22 May 2021,·15 mins
