HARDtalk
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Third-party Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox television HARDtalk is a BBC television and radio programme which was broadcast on the British and international feeds of the BBC News channel, and on the BBC World Service, from 31 March 1997 to 26 March 2025.
Broadcast times and days vary, depending on broadcasting platform and geographic location.[1][2][3] HARDtalk is also available on BBC iPlayer in the UK only[4] and as a podcast via BBC Sounds.[5]
On 15 October 2024, the BBC announced that as part of a series of cuts to its news department, HARDtalk would no longer be broadcast, along with the tech review show Click. Host Stephen Sackur said the news was "depressing" [for the future of in-depth interviews that] "hold to account those who all too often avoid accountability in their own countries".[6] The programme aired its final episode on television on 26 March 2025[7] while its last radio episode was aired two days later on 28 March.[8] The radio version was succeeded with a similar programme titled The Interview.
Format
HARDtalk provides "in-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about the highs and lows in their lives."[9]
Presenters and interviewees
Presenters
Tim Sebastian was the original presenter of HARDtalk when the programme launched in March 1997.[10] He hosted the show till March 2007.[11] Today, HARDtalk is predominantly presented by interviewer Stephen Sackur, who joined in 2006. Other presenters in the past include Zeinab Badawi and Sarah Montague.[10][12]
Selected interviewees
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Spin-offs
HARDtalk Extra
HARDtalk Extra—a series of "interviews with people from the arts and culture," predominantly presented by Gavin Esler.
Interviewees include: Brenda Blethyn, Robin Gibb, Debbie Harry, Marie Helvin, Grayson Perry, Ian Rankin, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Patrick Swayze.[13][14]
HARDtalk Extra Time
HARDtalk Extra Time—a spin-off of "in-depth interviews with the athletes, coaches, and power brokers in the world of sport."
Among those interviewed by Rob Bonnet, include: Nicola Adams, Roger Bannister, Jonah Lomu, David Rudisha, and Murray Walker.[15][16]
References
External links
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- HARDTalk website via the BBC World Service
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