Profile

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

Episodes

Total: 638

Dame Edna Everage

2012/3/24

Rosie Goldsmith profiles Dame Edna Everage, one of entertainment's most colourful characters . Dame

Jimmy Wales

2012/3/17

Claire Bolderson profiles the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, who is working as an unpaid advisor

Francois Hollande

2012/3/10

Chris Bowlby profiles the Socialist Party candidate for the French presidential elections, Francois

Imran Khan

2012/1/7

As two men begin life sentences for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Andy Denwood profiles Imran Khan

Michael Acton Smith

2011/12/31

Once described as the 'rock star version of Willie Wonka', Michael Acton Smith is emerging as one of

Emily Buchanan profiles the Archbishop of Canterbury and examines his long struggle to stop the Angl

Peter Higgs

2011/12/17

Profile this week looks at the physicist Peter Higgs who in the 1960s predicted the existence of the

Newt Gingrich

2011/12/10

Samira Ahmed profiles Newt Gingrich, the American former Speaker of the House who is now a leading c

Youssou N'Dour

2011/12/3

Profile this week takes a look at the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour who has surprised many by ann

With Parliamentary elections due next week, Chris Bowlby charts the career of 76 year old Field Mars

Meryl Streep

2011/11/19

Meryl Streep is famous for achieving both critical and box office success throughout her long career

Tom Watson MP

2011/11/12

The Labour MP Tom Watson compared James Murdoch with "a Mafia boss" while questioning him about phon

Mario Draghi

2011/11/5

The new President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi now finds himself at the centre of the

Umberto Bossi

2011/10/29

Profile this week takes a look at the firebrand of Italian politics, Umberto Bossi. The controversia

Ian Brown - Stone Roses

2011/10/22

Liam Gallagher, John Leckie and John Robb talk about Stone Roses' Ian Brown after the legendary band

Jeremy Heywood

2011/10/15

He's long been one of the most powerful figures in British government, but few outside Whitehall hav

Lord Justice Leveson

2011/10/8

Claire Bolderson profiles Lord Justice Leveson, the judge who is leading the public inquiry into the

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

2011/10/1

Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the easyJet entrepreneur at the heart of the low-budget airline revolution, is

Warren Buffett

2011/9/24

As President Obama announces his deficit reduction plan, which includes the 'Buffett Rule', to incre

Bernard Hogan-Howe

2011/9/17

Profile looks at the man who was appointed this week to the top job in policing - the new Metropolit