Profile Episodes Episode guide
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Imran Khan
What drives Imran Khan, the lawyer who led the fight for justice for Stephen Lawrence?
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Michael Acton Smith
Rory Cellan-Jones profiles Moshi Monsters founder Michael Acton Smith.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Emily Buchanan profiles the archbishop of Canterbury, poet and scholar Rowan Williams.
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Peter Higgs
Samira Ahmed profiles the physicist Peter Higgs, the man behind the "God Particle".
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Newt Gingrich
Samira Ahmed profiles Newt Gingrich, leading Republican contender for the US election.
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Youssou N'Dour
Edward Stourton profiles the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour.
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Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
How Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi rose to become the key figure in the Egyptian crisis.
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Meryl Streep
How has Meryl Streep become one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood history?
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Tom Watson MP
Edward Stourton profiles Tom Watson, the MP who took on the Murdoch media empire.
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Mario Draghi
New President of the European Central Bank, Italian Mario Draghi, enters the Euro crisis.
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Umberto Bossi
Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Umberto Bossi, leader of Italy's Northern League.
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Ian Brown - Stone Roses
Linda Pressly profiles Stone Roses lead singer Ian Brown.
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Jeremy Heywood
Chris Bowlby profiles Jeremy Heywood who is to become the new Cabinet Secretary.
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Lord Justice Leveson
Claire Bolderson profiles Lord Justice Leveson.
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Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the easyJet entrepreneur, is profiled by Rosie Goldsmith.
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Warren Buffett
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett.
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Bernard Hogan-Howe
A profile of the incoming Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry
Rick Perry, Governor of Texas who is seeking the Republican Party Presidential nomination.
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Vanessa Redgrave
Edward Stourton profiles Vanessa Redgrave, political activist and award-winning actress.
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Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil, recent defector who now leads Libya's National Transitional Council.
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Arsene Wenger
Arsenal's once 'invincible' manager Arsene Wenger now facing growing criticism.
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Theresa May
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, dealing with the aftermath of riots across England.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran.
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John Armitt
John Armitt, Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority.
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Elizabeth Filkin
Elizabeth Filkin appointed to clean up the relationship between the Met and the media.
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Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corporation, at the centre of the phone hacking scandal.
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Nick Davies
Jonathan Maitland profiles Nick Davies, the journalist who broke the phone-hacking story.
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Christine Lagarde
Adrian Goldberg profiles Christine Lagarde, newly elected head of the IMF.
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Bashar al-Assad
As President Assad battles to hold Syria, is he by nature a reformer or an autocrat?
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Martin Amis
Rosie Goldsmith profiles the notorious literary bad boy Martin Amis.