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Profile Extra: Vaclav Havel 20 Dec 11 As tributes are paid to Vaclav Havel, who has died, the BBC's former Prague correspondent Chris Bowlby looks back at the life of the Czech playwright turned politican who led his country's revolution against communism. We hope you enjoy this Profile Extra podcast.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Prof Peter Higgs 17 Dec 11The physicist Peter Higgs, who in the 1960s postulated the existence of the so-called 'God Particle' which may have been glimpsed recently by scientists at Cern, is the subject of this week's Profile. Presented by Samira Ahmed.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Newt Gingrich 10 Dec 2011Newt Gingrich, former adversary of Bill Clinton, now a leading contender for the Republican nomination for the US presidential election, is the subject of this week's Profile. Presented by Samira Ahmed.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Youssou N'Dour 03 Dec 2011Youssou N'Dour has announced he is to put his music career on hold to concentrate on politics. Edward Stourton profiles the Senegalese singer and asks if he has what it takes to make the transition from pop to politics.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Mohamed Hussein Tantawi 26 Nov 2011Chris Bowlby charts the career of 76 year old Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the key figure in Egypt's new political crisis.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Meryl Streep 19 Nov 2011As Meryl Streep prepares to star as a determined Margaret Thatcher in a new star studded biopic, Andy Denwood explores her own single minded dedication to her chosen profession.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Tom Watson MP 12 Nov 2011He's been described as the man who's driven the media empire of Rupert Murdoch to the brink with his relentless campaign on phone hacking. Edward Stourton profiles MP Tom Watson.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Mario Draghi 05 Nov 2011Mario Draghi takes on one of the most important jobs in Europe, head of its Central Bank. Lesley Curwen profiles the un-Italian Italian now centre stage in the Euro crisis.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Umberto Bossi 29 Oct 2011Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Umberto Bossi, the controversial leader of Italy's Northern League, who has been accused of holding up Italy's economic reform.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: 'Ian Brown Stone Roses 22 Oct 2011Legendary band The Stone Roses announced this week that they are reforming. Liam Gallagher, John Leckie and John Robb speak to Linda Pressly as she profiles lead singer Ian Brown.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Jeremy Heywood 15 Oct 2011He's long been one of the most powerful figures in government, but few outside Whitehall have heard of him. Chris Bowlby profiles the next Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Lord Justice Leveson 08 Oct 2011Lord Justice Leveson is leading the public inquiry into the phone hacking scandal, and relationships between politicians, journalists and police officers. Claire Bolderson profiles this son of a psychiatrist from Liverpool, and explores his career from the bar to the bench.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Stelios Haji-Ioannou 01 Oct 2011Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of easyJet, has just set up Fastjet.com to rival his old company. Rosie Goldsmith finds out about the entrepreneurial son of a shipping magnate.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Warren Buffett 24 Sep 11Mary Ann Sieghart presents a profile of US investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Bernard Hogan-Howe 17 Sep 2011The BBC's Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw looks at the life and career of the new London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Rick Perry 10 Sep 2011Chris Bowlby looks at Texas Governor Rick Perry, one of those vying to become the Republican Party's Presidential candidate.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Vanessa Redgrave 02 Sep 11Edward Stourton profiles Vanessa Redgrave, political activist and award-winning actress.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Mustafa Abdul Jalil 27 Aug 11Mustafa Abdul Jalil who defected when Justice Minister for the Libyan regime and now heads the rebel National Transitional Council.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Arsene Wenger 20 Aug 2011The Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger is credited with turning around the fortunes of his club and forging a new approach to football management. Known as the 'Professor' and lauded as a genius, he now faces criticism from some of his own loyal fans. Andy Denwood profiles the Frenchman at the heart of English football.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Theresa May 13 Aug 11After the worst riots in England for a generation, Simon Cox profiles Home Secretary, Theresa May, known for her Thatcheresque work ethic, sense of duty and a passion for shoes.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 06 Aug 2011James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the religious leader of Iran, the cleric who, despite appearances, wields true power in the Islamic Republic.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: John Armitt 30 July 11The London Olympics project is on time and under budget. John Armitt, head of the Olympic Delivery Authority, deserves much of the credit. Presented by Shari Vahl.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Elizabeth Filkin, 23 July 11Elizabeth Filkin appointed this week to clean up the relationship between the Metropolitan Police and the media, to cheers and jeers in the House. As Parliamentary Commissioner a decade ago she was the first to question MPs expenses before being - some say - hounded out of office. Shari Vahl profiles this fearless public servant now takling press and police ethics.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Rupert Murdoch 16 July 11Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp, at the centre of a storm of protest over illegal phone hacking. Steve Hewlett reveals the character of the man behind the story, who at the age of 80 faces the biggest challenge of his extraordinary career.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Nick Davies, 2 July 11Jonathan Maitland looks at the life and career of Nick Davies, the investigative journalist. Davies broke the phone hacking story which led to the announcement this week of the closure of the News of the World newspaper.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Christine Lagarde 2 July 11New head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, becomes the first female to hold the post and one of the world's most powerful women. Adrian Goldberg profiles the jam making, yoga loving lawyer who was once a synchronised swimmer and thinks too much testosterone in a board room is a bad thing.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Bashar al-Assad 25 Jun 11Reformer or autocrat? As President Assad of Syria battles to remain in power, Simon Cox examines how a doctor trained in London with a British wife became an Arab head of state.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Martin Amis 23 Apr 11In the week that novelist Martin Amis criticised the Royal Family and bemoaned the 'moral decrepitude' of Britain, Rosie Goldsmith looks at the life and career of the 'bad boy of British fiction'.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Rebekah Brooks 16 Apr 11In the week that the News of the World has come under intense scrutiny over phone hacking allegations, Ed Stourton profiles Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of the media group News International, and asks how she has become one of the most powerful women in Britain today.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Ai Weiwei 09 Apr 2011Ai Weiwei this week became the most high-profile figure to be detained by the Chinese authorities. Mary Ann Sieghart looks at the life and career of the controversial artist, philosopher and political activist.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Adele 02 Apr 11Adele's unique voice has won both critical acclaim and sold millions of albums - and she's still just 21. BBC Entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson asks how she's done it.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Amr Moussa 26 Mar 11The Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa - the man who represents the uncertain position of its members over military action in Libya - is profiled by Morland Sanders .Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Marine Le Pen 19 Mar 11Marine Le Pen is the new leader of the far right Front Nationale party in France. She has done well in recent opinion polls and her party now looks set to have a fresh influence on French politics as the country looks forward to elections in 2012.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: William Hague 12 Mar 11The foreign secretary William Hague has been criticised this week for his handling of the crisis in Libya. Chris Bowlby examines this latest twist in a career of dramatic highs and lows.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: John Galliano 05 Mar 11Chris Bowlby looks at the turbulent career of John Galliano, one of the most successful British designers, who has been sacked by Dior for allegedly making anti-Semitic comments.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Lord Patten 26 Feb 11Mary Ann Sieghart looks at the life and career of Lord Patten, who is expected to become the next Chairman of the BBC Trust.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Sachin Tendulkar 19 Feb 11This week Profile takes a look at Sachin Tendulkar, possibly the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Rob Bonnet discovers how Tendulkar has become India's cricket god.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Arianna Huffington 12 Feb 11Emma Jane Kirby looks at the life and times of Arianna Huffington, who this week sold her internet newspaper, The Huffington Post, to media giants AOL.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Craig Oliver 05 Feb 11What makes Craig Oliver the best choice for David Cameron's Director of Communications? Jane Dodge profiles the career journalist taking over at the Number 10 press office.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Baroness Sayeeda Warsi 29 JAN 11Gerry Northam profiles Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, co chair of the Conservative party and the first female Muslim government cabinet minister.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Andy Coulson 22 Jan 11After Andy Coulson's resignation as the Prime Minister's Communications Director, James Silver profiles his life and career.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Colin Firth 15 Jan 11As Colin Firth is honoured with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Jonathan Maitland profiles the actor tipped to receive an Oscar for his performance in The King's Speech.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Mark Zuckerberg 08 Jan 11At 26, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is now thought to be the world's youngest billionaire. Is he really the character portrayed in the film, The Social Network?
At 26, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is now thought to be the world's youngest billionaire. Is he really the character portrayed in the film, The Social Network?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Prince William 1 Jan 2011As Prince William prepares to marry, Chris Bowlby asks who and what has shaped him and his royal role?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Lady Gaga 25 Dec 10Steven Smith profiles the extraordinary pop phenomenon, Lady Gaga.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Glenn Beck 23 Oct 10Mary Anne Sieghart profiles the contoversial American radio and talkshow host, Glenn BeckListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Iain Duncan Smith 16 Oct 10A Profile of Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, presented by Mary Ann Sieghart.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Yvette Cooper 09 Oct 10Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the new Shadow Foreign Secretary, Yvette CooperListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Profile: Dilma Rousseff 2 Oct 10Dilma Rousseff looks likely to become the next President of Brazil and, as a result, one of the most powerful women in international politics.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |