Profile Podcast
An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Episodes to download
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Mohsin and Zuber Issa
Sat 24 Apr 2021
The billionaire brothers who bought Asda after making a fortune from petrol stations.
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Simon Byrne
Sat 17 Apr 2021
Chief Constable at the Police Service of Northern Ireland, who's facing calls to resign.
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Lex Greensill
Sat 10 Apr 2021
The billionaire banker, whose financial firm has gone bust, threatening thousands of jobs
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Emerald Fennell
Sat 3 Apr 2021
Who is Emerald Fennell - the first UK woman to be nominated for an Oscar as Best Director?
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Pascal Soriot
Sat 27 Mar 2021
AstraZeneca's CEO faces scrutiny as his company's vaccine comes under fire.
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Piers Morgan
Sat 20 Mar 2021
Journalist, controversialist, celebrity - what's next for the man who craves headlines?
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Keith Ellison
Sat 13 Mar 2021
The lead prosecutor in the trial for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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Anas Sarwar
Sat 6 Mar 2021
The former dentist who鈥檚 just been elected the new leader of the Scottish Labour party.
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Carrie Symonds
Sat 27 Feb 2021
A think tank says she is playing a 'central role' in running the country, but who is she?
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Sat 20 Feb 2021
The first African and first woman elected head of the World Trade Organisation.
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David Martindale
Sat 13 Feb 2021
How the football manager with a criminal past has turned his life around. With Mark Coles.
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Clare Smyth
Sat 6 Feb 2021
The first female british chef to win 3 Michelin stars at her own restaurant.
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Anders Holch Povlsen
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland鈥檚 biggest private landowner.
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Russell T Davies
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Mark Coles on the life of the screenwriter behind some of the most popular TV series.
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Nadhim Zahawi
Sat 16 Jan 2021
The fascinating life of Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi, with Mark Coles.
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Pat McGrath
Sat 9 Jan 2021
The famed make-up artist and entrepreneur is the first in her industry to be made a dame.
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Naomi Osaka
Sat 2 Jan 2021
The activist tennis star set to light up the Tokyo Olympics - featuring Billie Jean King.
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Brendan O'Carroll
Boxing Day 2020
Becky Milligan charts the bumpy ride to stardom for the creator of Mrs Brown's Boys.
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Viola Davis
Sat 19 Dec 2020
Becky Milligan profiles the first black actor to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony award.
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Dr June Raine
Sat 12 Dec 2020
Dr June Raine, the UK's top medical regulator, makes the call on approving Covid vaccines.
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Demis Hassabis
Sat 5 Dec 2020
The chess prodigy and video game designer behind a breakthrough that could change medicine
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Professor Sarah Gilbert
Sat 28 Nov 2020
The scientist leading the team behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
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Allegra Stratton
Sat 21 Nov 2020
The former journalist, now Number 10鈥檚 new White House-style spokesperson.
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Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci
Sat 14 Nov 2020
Mark Coles explores the lives and careers of the two doctors behind the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Mark Drakeford
Sat 7 Nov 2020
Mark Coles explores the life and career of the First Minister of Wales.
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Prue Leith
Sat 31 Oct 2020
The business woman and Bake Off judge now working to improve NHS hospital food.
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Sir Edward Lister
Sat 24 Oct 2020
The chief strategic advisor to PM Boris Johnson who thrives on solving political problems.
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Steve Rotheram
Sat 17 Oct 2020
The former bricklayer steering Liverpool through the latest coronavirus lockdown.
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