Profile Podcast
An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Episodes to download
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Sir Nick Clegg
Sat 26 Feb 2022
The former deputy prime minister who鈥檚 landed a top job in Silicon Valley.
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Ben Wallace
Sat 19 Feb 2022
The defence secretary and former soldier tasked with handling the Ukraine crisis.
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Jimmy Carr
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Comedian Jimmy Carr provoked outrage after a joke about Roma victims of the Holocaust.
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Volodomyr Zelensky
Sat 29 Jan 2022
The Ukrainian comedian turned president facing the threat of Russian invasion.
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Sue Gray
Sat 22 Jan 2022
The mystery woman leading the investigation into Downing Street parties during lockdown.
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Novak Djokovic
Sat 15 Jan 2022
Adrian Goldberg profiles World No.1 tennis star and Serbian hero, Novak Djokovic.
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Oksana Lyniv
Sat 8 Jan 2022
Mark Coles looks at the life and career of the Ukrainian conductor who's making history.
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Pharoah Sanders
Christmas Day 2021
Pharoah Sanders鈥檚 2021 album Promises has been called a spiritual album for the dark ages.
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Patrick Vallance
Sat 18 Dec 2021
The academic who left GlaxoSmithKline to become the government鈥榮 chief scientific adviser.
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脡ric Zemmour
Sat 11 Dec 2021
The far right French journalist turned politician running for president
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Lubaina Himid
Sat 4 Dec 2021
Artist Lubaina Himid is currently enjoying a retrospective at London鈥檚 Tate Modern.
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Kamlesh Patel
Sat 13 Nov 2021
The former ambulance driver trying to save Yorkshire County Cricket Club from collapse.
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Katharine Birbalsingh
Sat 23 Oct 2021
Katharine Birbalsingh has been named the government鈥檚 new Social Mobility Commissioner.
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Cush Jumbo
Sat 9 Oct 2021
British star of The Good Wife taking on the role of Hamlet. With Mark Coles.
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Olaf Scholz
Sat 2 Oct 2021
An insight into the character of Olaf Scholz, expected to be Germany's new leader.
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Sir Ed Davey
Sat 18 Sep 2021
The Leader of the Liberal Democrats. On the weekend of their 'virtual' party conference.
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Kanye West
Sat 11 Sep 2021
What drives the influential rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West, asks Mark Coles.
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Sharon Graham
Sat 4 Sep 2021
New, private, socialist, back-to-the-workplace leader of the Unite union, Sharon Graham.
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Abdul Ghani Baradar
Sat 28 Aug 2021
Mark Coles profiles Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political leader of the Taliban.
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