Profile

An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines

Episodes

Total: 636

Tom Fletcher

2025/5/31

Tom Fletcher heads the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and has been

Rosemary Coogan

2025/5/24

In April 2024 Rosemary Coogan became only the third person from the UK to qualify as an astronaut af

Marco Rubio

2025/5/17

Earlier this month the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also made President Trump's National Se

Zia Yusuf

2025/5/10

Reform UK triumphed in May’s local elections, winning many more council seats up for grabs than the

Jarvis Cocker

2025/4/19

Beloved Britpop band Pulp have released their first new music in almost a quarter of a century, the

Lesley Manville

2025/4/12

Stephen Smith profiles the actor Lesley Manville, winner of a second Olivier theatre award. From gr

Steve Witkoff

2025/4/5

Steve Witkoff started out as a New York lawyer, until a late night encounter with Donald Trump in a

Jack Thorne

2025/3/29

Jack Thorne is co-author of Netflix drama Adolescence. But this is far from his first rodeo, over a

Jonathan Powell

2025/3/22

Jonathan Powell, the UK’s National Security Adviser, is used to operating behind the scenes: he’s sp

Liz Kendall

2025/3/15

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has one the toughest tasks in Labour’s domestic programme: t

Kaja Kallas

2025/3/8

As the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas is the bloc's top diplomat. So when EU lea

Friedrich Merz

2025/3/1

He’s the former corporate lawyer, who has a pilot's licence and loves music, but has never before be

Mark Rutte

2025/2/22

His 14 year-stint at the top of European politics has earned him a distinguished record of domestic

Peter Mandelson

2025/2/15

Having helped mastermind Labour's renewal in the 1980s and 1990s, one of British politics best-known

Alexander Lukashenko

2025/2/1

Despite just winning a seventh consecutive presidential term, a look at Alexander Lukashenko’s early

Poppy Gustafsson

2025/1/25

A mathematician and cyber defence expert, Poppy Gustafsson has been handed an integral role within g

Claudia Sheinbaum

2025/1/18

She is the renowned scientist who studied environmental engineering, and went on to hold the role of

Allan Leighton

2025/1/11

He's been described as the best connected man in the business world. Allan Leighton’s the arch-moder

Thomas Tuchel

2025/1/4

He’s been described by his new bosses at the Football Association as, "one of the best coaches in th

Ruth Jones

2024/12/28

Oh! What’s occurrin'? Good question…This week’s Profile, with Stephen Smith, is focusing in on a wom