The Kemi Badenoch One

The Equalities Minister on racial inequality and loving Mrs Thatcher

• 37 mins

The Steve Rotheram One

The Liverpool Metro Mayor dicusses covid, Hillsborough and class politics

• 41 mins

The Kate Green One

The Shadow Education Secretary on abolishing Eton and reforming the honours system.

• 40 mins

The Jake Berry One

The Tory MP on a year of heartbreak and his ambitions for the North

• 33 mins

The Kate Bingham One

The former head of the Vaccine Taskforce on finding a vaccine

• 39 mins

The Mark Sedwill One

The former Cabinet Secretary on handling crises and speaking frankly to the PM

• 36 mins

The Michelle O'Neill One

Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister on Joe Biden and her Irish Republican childhood

• 33 mins

The Kwasi Kwarteng One

The new Business Secretary on deregulation, his ‘Sunday’ name, and views of Empire

• 31 mins

The Nadhim Zahawi One

The vaccines minister on fleeing Iraq, losing and making money, and Shakespeare

• 29 mins

The Jeane Freeman One

Scotland’s Health Secretary on her journey from communism via Labour to the SNP

• 44 mins

The Alistair Carmichael One

The longest-serving LibDem MP on island life, beef farming and the perils of nationalism

• 33 mins

The Justin Welby One

The Archbishop of Canterbury explains why he gets involved in politics

• 44 mins

The Jonathan Reynolds One

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary on Labour, autism and Sunderland FC

• 41 mins

The Len McCluskey Election Special One

The Unite General Secretary on Hartlepool, Starmer’s ‘failure’ and football

• 44 mins

The Rachel de Souza One

The Children’s Commissioner on schools, online safety and Aristotle

• 39 mins

The Kate Forbes One

The Scottish Finance Secretary on her faith and another referendum

• 35 mins

The Christina McAnea One

The Unison General Secretary on Red Clydeside, negotiation and Labour

• 35 mins

The Ed Miliband Reunion One

The former Labour leader on thinking ‘big’ and charging his electric car

• 44 mins

The Gordon Brown One

The former PM on the G7, taking the knee and Scotland’s future

• 40 mins

The Alok Sharma One

The COP26 President on the ‘decisive decade’, Swampy and being Mr Boring

• 42 mins

The Oliver Dowden One

The Culture Secretary on culture wars, suburbia and St. Trinian’s

• 43 mins

The Tom Tugendhat Afghanistan One

The Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chair on shame, Afghanistan and Global Britain

• 29 mins

The Jeffrey Donaldson One

The DUP leader on his fears for the future and the beauty of the Mournes

• 33 mins

The Sajid Javid Health Secretary One

The Health Secretary on the reshuffle and health inequalities after the pandemic

• 44 mins

The Rachel Reeves One

The Shadow Chancellor on Labour’s economic plans and playing aggressive chess

• 36 mins

The Nick Carter One

The Chief of the Defence Staff discusses the lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan.

• 37 mins

The Keir Starmer Opposition Leader One

The Labour leader on family matters and what he thinks of Boris

• 49 mins

The Chris Bryant One

The Labour MP on upholding the rules and why he could never have been 007

• 43 mins

The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One

The Foreign Secretary on threats abroad, Mrs Thatcher and Christmas parties

• 46 mins

The Katharine Birbalsingh One

The Chair of the Social Mobility Commission on conservative values, schools & smartphones

• 42 mins

The Ed Balls Christmas Special One

The former Cabinet Minister on cooking, dancing and politics.

• 37 mins

The 2022 New Year Special One

Nick Robinson reviews the highlights of Political Thinking in 2021

• 24 mins

The Wes Streeting One

The Shadow Health Secretary on cancer, living with Covid and Christine Keeler

• 49 mins

The Gary Neville One

Nick Robinson talks to Gary Neville about the politics of football and his own ambitions.

• 24 mins

The Steve Baker One

Nick Robinson talks to Steve Baker about the PM, the pandemic and parachutes.

• 39 mins

The Jacob Rees-Mogg Leadership Crisis One

Nick Robinson talks to Jacob Rees-Mogg about the Prime Minister's survival

• 46 mins

The Nadine Dorries One

Nick Robinson speaks to Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.

• 36 mins

The Nimco Ali One

Nick Robinson speaks to Nimco Ali, government adviser on violence against women and girls.

• 34 mins

The Mick Lynch One

Nick Robinson speaks to Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT union.

• 35 mins

The Sara Khan One

Nick Robinson talks to the government's social cohesion adviser, Dame Sara Khan.

• 34 mins

The Yvette Cooper One

Nick Robinson talks to Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary.

• 37 mins

The Naomi Long One

Nick Robinson talks to Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party.

• 37 mins

The Martin Lewis One

Nick Robinson talks to the journalist and founder of Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis.

• 42 mins

The David Lammy Shadow Foreign Secretary One

Nick Robinson talks to the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy.

• 37 mins

The Johnson Succession One

Nick Robinson recalls previous interviews with those hoping to be our next prime minister

• 30 mins

10/09/2022

Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.

• 24 mins

The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One - Revisited

Nick Robinson revisits his interview with Liz Truss from December 2021

• 42 mins

The Rishi Sunak One - Revisited

Nick Robinson revisits his interview with Rishi Sunak from November 2019

• 32 mins

The Liz Truss One - Revisited

Nick Robinson revisits his interview with the prime minister, Liz Truss, from July 2018.

• 36 mins

The Christopher Steele One

Nick Robinson talks to Christopher Steele, the author of the the 'Trump-Russia dossier'

• 40 mins

The Christopher Steele One

Nick Robinson talks to Christopher Steele, the author of the 'Trump-Russia dossier'.

• 40 mins

The Jeremy Corbyn One

Nick Robinson talks to former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

• 53 mins

The Kit Malthouse One

Nick Robinson talks to the new education secretary, Kit Malthouse.

• 44 mins

The Paul Johnson One

Nick Robinson talks to Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

• 35 mins

The Lisa Nandy Levelling Up One

Nick Robinson talks to Lisa Nandy, the shadow levelling up secretary.

• 40 mins

The David Frost One

Nick Robinson talks to Conservative peer David Frost, the former chief Brexit negotiator.

• 42 mins

The Rishi Sunak PM One - From the Archives

Nick Robinson revisits his interview with the new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, from 2019.

• 32 mins

The Angela Rayner Deputy Leader One

Nick Robinson talks to Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner.

• 35 mins

The Gillian Keegan One

How did a girl who left school at 16 to work in a car factory become education secretary?

• 41 mins

The Carla Denyer One

The Green co-leader and former engineer who declared Europe's first climate emergency.

• 38 mins

The Clare Moriarty One

The Citizens Advice boss on her civil service career and how bad cost of living really is.

• 49 mins

The Bridget Phillipson One

The Labour rising star on how books & Byker Grove transformed her tough life in Sunderland

• 36 mins

The Liz Truss's Big Gamble One

A bonus episode. Nick discovers the inside story of the UK's shortest ever premiership

• 59 mins

The Sharon Graham One

The union leader on strikes, Labour's 'Blair tribute act' & alleged criminality in Unite

• 39 mins

The Tony Danker One

The CBI boss on being Jewish during 'The Troubles' and why everyone's a Brexiteer now.

• 35 mins

The Mary Bousted One

Can the woman leading the teacher strikes see a way out of the current crisis?

• 39 mins

The Iain Anderson One

How will the new chair of Stonewall approach the heated debate around gender politics?

• 34 mins

The Steve Reed One

What motivates the man who's bringing Blairism back to Labour's crime policies?

• 38 mins

The Kwajo Tweneboa One

The influential housing campaigner who lost his father and now wants to change the world.

• 37 mins

The Lee Anderson One

How did a miner who admired Tony Benn become deputy chairman of the Conservatives?

• 39 mins

The Suella Braverman One

The home secretary on how her parents came to Britain & her plans for policing UK borders.

• 42 mins

The Penny Mordaunt One

Penny Mordaunt reveals her preparation for holding that sword and what shapes her politics

• 34 mins

The Stephen Flynn One

Stephen Flynn sets out his terms in the event of a hung Parliament.

• 35 mins

The Feargal Sharkey One

How did a punk from Derry become one of the most high profile environmental campaigners?

• 34 mins

The Peter Kyle One

Nick Robinson asks the Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary what shapes his politics.

• 40 mins

The Louise Casey One

How has Baroness Louise Casey become one of the most influential people in the country?

• 42 mins

The Lord Finkelstein One

The Conservative peer, journalist and adviser on the fate of 'moderation' in politics.

• 39 mins

The George Freeman One

The Science minister sets out how a troubled childhood set him on a path to Parliament.

• 34 mins

The Anas Sarwar One

Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.

• 34 mins

The Paul Nowak One

The TUC boss on memories of Liverpool politics and working with ministers during Covid.

• 34 mins

The Theresa May One

The former prime minister on calling out abuses of power and three years in the top job.

• 58 mins

The Ed Davey Party Leader One

The Liberal Democrat leader on how a life of caring for family has shaped his politics.

• 38 mins

The Keir Starmer 2023 One

The Leader of the Opposition on hope, family and winning at all costs.

• 44 mins

The Roger Hallam One

A call to action from the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion.

• 51 mins

The Nick Gibb One

How has the schools minister survived almost 13 years of turbulent government?

• 41 mins

The Radek Sikorski One

Poland's former foreign minister on living under communism and the future of Europe.

• 34 mins

The Michelle Donelan One

Michelle Donelan on getting a grip on AI and why she decided, aged six, to become an MP.

• 34 mins

The Pat McFadden One

Labour's campaign chief on healing divisions in his party and being its 'great survivor'.

• 39 mins

The Michael Gove 2023 One

What lies behind Michael Gove's drive for reform?

• 46 mins

The Kishwer Falkner One

The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission sits down with Nick Robinson.

• 38 mins

The Ben Wallace 2023 One

Behind the scenes of life as defence secretary and what happens when you leave.

• 41 mins

The Humza Yousaf One

The First Minister opens up about his family's trauma during the bombing of Gaza.

• 38 mins

The Blair and Hague One

What happens when two former political rivals become allies?

• 45 mins

The Jeremy Hunt Chancellor One

What is it like living above your office and next door to your boss?

• 35 mins

Bonus episode: The Michelle O’Neill One - Revisited

Nick looks back at his 2021 conversation with the new First Minister of Northern Ireland

• 23 mins

The Shabana Mahmood One

Labour's most senior Muslim MP reflects on Gaza, her faith and Sunak the 'geek' at Oxford.

• 44 mins

The Emma Runswick One

How did the British Medical Association become a radical organisation?

• 45 mins

The Mariana Mazzucato One

Should governments be taking inspiration from the moon landing?

• 36 mins

The Nigel Farage 2024 One

'Timing is everything' when deciding whether to return to frontline politics

• 52 mins

The Emma Little-Pengelly One

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister talks to Nick Robinson.

• 39 mins