Profile Podcast
An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Episodes to download
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Dame Helen Ghosh
Sat 18 Aug 2012
Chris Bowlby profiles Dame Helen Ghosh, who is to take over as head of the National Trust.
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Dave Brailsford
Sat 11 Aug 2012
Ruth Alexander profiles Dave Brailsford, the mastermind behind the British cycling team.
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Boris Johnson
Sat 4 Aug 2012
As the Olympics come to London, Mayor Boris Johnson finds himself on the global stage.
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Jay Hunt
Sat 19 May 2012
With mixed news in its Annual Report, Channel 4's controller Jay Hunt is in the spotlight.
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Alexis Tsipras
Sat 12 May 2012
The brash young leader of Greece's far left-wing bloc mobilising the anti-bailout vote.
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Roy Hodgson
Sat 5 May 2012
Multi-lingual, intelligent and a surprise choice for the biggest job in sport, Roy Hodgson
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Jeremy Hunt
Sat 28 Apr 2012
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Jeremy Hunt, the under-fire culture secretary.
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Ralf Hutter
Sat 21 Apr 2012
Chris Bowlby profiles Ralf Hutter, founding member of the influential band Kraftwerk.
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Suzanne Collins
Sat 7 Apr 2012
Gerry Northam profiles Suzanne Collins, best-selling author of The Hunger Games.
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Len McCluskey
Sat 31 Mar 2012
Mukul Devichand profiles union leader Len McCluskey, who leads the fuel tanker drivers.
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Dame Edna Everage
Sat 24 Mar 2012
Rosie Goldsmith profiles one of entertainment's best known characters - Dame Edna Everage.
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Francois Hollande
Sat 10 Mar 2012
Chris Bowlby profiles the French Socialist Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande.
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Imran Khan
Sat 7 Jan 2012
What drives Imran Khan, the lawyer who led the fight for justice for Stephen Lawrence?
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Michael Acton Smith
Sat 31 Dec 2011
Rory Cellan-Jones profiles Moshi Monsters founder Michael Acton Smith.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Christmas Eve 2011
Emily Buchanan profiles the archbishop of Canterbury, poet and scholar Rowan Williams.
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Peter Higgs
Sat 17 Dec 2011
Samira Ahmed profiles the physicist Peter Higgs, the man behind the "God Particle".
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Newt Gingrich
Sat 10 Dec 2011
Samira Ahmed profiles Newt Gingrich, leading Republican contender for the US election.
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Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Sat 26 Nov 2011
How Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi rose to become the key figure in the Egyptian crisis.
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Meryl Streep
Sat 19 Nov 2011
How has Meryl Streep become one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood history?
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Tom Watson MP
Sat 12 Nov 2011
Edward Stourton profiles Tom Watson, the MP who took on the Murdoch media empire.
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Mario Draghi
Sat 5 Nov 2011
New President of the European Central Bank, Italian Mario Draghi, enters the Euro crisis.
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Umberto Bossi
Sat 29 Oct 2011
Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Umberto Bossi, leader of Italy's Northern League.
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Jeremy Heywood
Sat 15 Oct 2011
Chris Bowlby profiles Jeremy Heywood who is to become the new Cabinet Secretary.
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Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Sat 1 Oct 2011
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the easyJet entrepreneur, is profiled by Rosie Goldsmith.
