Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 20070410 | John Humphrys in conversation with people who have weathered storms in their careers. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers | |
| 20070417 | Sion Jenkins, who was convicted and then acquitted of murder, talks of his time in prison. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers | |
| 20070508 | John Humphrys talks to successful people who have weathered storms in their careers. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers | |
| Adam Ant | 20110329 | Flamboyant and charismatic, Adam Ant was the most successful pop star of the early 1980s. He is best remembered for his wild sense of style - dressed as a highwayman with a white-stripe painted across his face, crashing through a church window in the video for his biggest hit 'Stand and Deliver'. The extreme highs and lows of bipolar disorder affected his career and personal life - he attempted suicide; he's been sectioned and he's spent long periods in psychiatric care. He discusses the highs and lows of his life and career with John Humphrys. Adam Ant, flamboyant and charismatic star of 1980s pop, in conversation with John Humphrys Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Andrew Baker | 20080415 | John Humphrys talks to surgeon Andrew Baker, who was falsely accused of drug crimes. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Ashley Walters | 20080513 | John Humphrys talks to successful people who have weathered storms in their careers. His guest is actor Ashley Walters, who was jailed for possessing a gun when known as Asher D of So Solid Crew. During his seven months in a young offenders' unit he took a hard look at his life. He became reconciled with his father before he died and reverted to acting. The film Bullet Boy, which mirrored many of his own experiences, won him Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards in 2004. John Humphrys talks to actor Ashley Walters, formerly known as Asher D of So Solid Crew. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Birgit Cunningham | 20080422 | John Humphrys talks to former Hollywood socialite Birgit Cunningham about her descent. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Colin Freeman | 20090414 | John Humphrys talks to successful people who have weathered storms in their careers. Colin Freeman, chief foreign correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, was kidnapped in Somalia and held hostage for 40 days in remote caves in the north of the country. It is no longer as rare as it once was to hear of journalists being kidnapped, but Colin's story shows how distorted and unpredictable the rules of engagement for foreign correspondents have become. Journalist Colin Freeman was kidnapped in Somalia and held hostage for 40 days. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| David Bermingham | 20110322 | David Bermingham, one of the 'NatWest Three', speaks to John Humphrys. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Gillian Gibbons | 20090421 | John Humphrys talks to successful people who have weathered storms in their careers. Teacher Gillian Gibbons talks about her arrest in Sudan in 2007 for calling a teddy bear Mohammed. Recently divorced and with her children having left home, Gillian took the opportunity to travel and teach at the same time. She got a job at a primary school in Khartoum and settled into her new life. Everything was going smoothly until, as part of a class project, her pupils decided to name a teddy bear Mohammed. Gillian was arrested and held for two weeks - there were riots in the streets and the world's media reported that she had become a hate figure for Muslims. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Hans Blix | 20070424 | John Humphrys talks to Hans Blix about his days as UN weapons inspector in Iraq. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Henrietta Spink | 20070403 | John Humphrys in conversation with disabled rights campaigner Henrietta Spink. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| John Prescott | 20080527 | John Humphrys's guest is former deputy prime minister John Prescott. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Linford Christie | 20080622 | John Humphrys talks to Linford Christie about his time as a champion athlete and the drugs test which got him banned for life from the Olympic Games. Linford Christie is one of the fastest and most famous athletes in the world - the cream of his generation with a record-breaking haul of gold medals and titles for sprinting at European, Commonwealth, world and Olympic levels. He won 23 major championships, competed in more than 60 times for his country and captained the British team in a vintage period for athletics. He was the hero of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, when he took the gold medal for 100 metres at the age of 32, but he says his proudest moment came at the subsequent world championships. He is now 48, owns a management company and coaches and mentors young athletes. But the former Olympic champion has become an Olympic pariah. He can't coach his proteges at the Bejing games, he wasn't invited to run with the flame through the streets of London and he's shunned by certain figures in the athletics establishment. He is - officially at least - a cheat, a user of performance-enhancing drugs and, however often he denies it, the label has stuck. John Humphrys talks to Linford Christie and about the drugs test that got him banned. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Louise Campbell | 20080506 | John Humphrys interviews Louise Campbell about her life as a convert to Islam. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Marjorie Lambert | 20090505 | John Humphrys talks to successful people who have weathered storms in their careers. Marjorie Lambert talks about how her foster daughter shattered her life. Marjorie took on difficult teenagers and tried to give them a better life, but when one foster child made accusations of sexual abuse and began a string of threatening phone calls, her life was sent into turmoil. It took a further 10 years to discover that vital and disturbing information about the girl's past had been withheld - information which would have stopped her fostering the girl in the first place. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Max Mosley | 20110301 | Max Mosley ,the former President of Motor Racing's Governing body the FIA, has lived his life in the constant shadow of controversy: his parents were Oswold Mosley and Diana Mitford whose wedding was attended by Adolf Hitler. But in 2008 the full beam of public scrutiny fell directly upon Max Mosley himself, when the News of the World ran a story revealing his interest in sadomasochism and involvement with prostitutes. In a candid interview, Max Mosley discusses the impact on his life of this now infamous story. Mosley successfully sued the tabloid for breach of privacy and proved in court that the allegations of a Nazi element to the orgy were entirely false. He has now taken his case to the European Court of Human Rights; he wants the British government to be forced to introduce a law which would require journalists to inform people about stories featuring them, before they appear. This would allow time for an injunction to be issued, preventing publication. Journalists are against this proposal, saying it would hamper legitimate investigative journalism. In this programme Max Mosley tells John Humphrys about the moment his wife first saw the story in the News of the World (she thought it was a joke) and describes the impact the revelations about his extra-marital sexual activities have had on his family, and his marriage. He also reiterates his determination to see a change in the law and reveals he had a substantial fund available to carry on his campaign for many years. Former motor racing boss Max Mosley speaks to John Humphrys. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Peter Hain | 20081205 | John Humphrys's guest is former cabinet minister Peter Hain. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Peter Ridsdale | 20070501 | John Humphrys talks to former Leeds United chairman Peter Ridsdale. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Professor David Nutt | 20110315 | Professor David Nutt talks to John Humphrys about his short, controversial tenure as Chair of the Government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of drugs. He wrote a contentious paper comparing a made-up condition 'equasy' (an addiction to horse-riding) with the dangers of ecstasy. He recalls a phone-call from the then Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, who was infuriated by what he had written. She felt he was belittling the dangers of a Class A drug, and attempting to meddle in Government policy. Unbowed, he then gave a lecture where he re-stated his views. By this time Alan Johnson was Home Secretary and Professor David Nutt - in what he describes as an 'e-dismissal' - was sacked from his advisory role. Professor Nutt describes the events leading up to his dismissal, and discusses the impact on him personally when The Sun ran a piece illustrated by photos of his children, one of them apparently drunk (she wasn't) the other smoking a roll-up (of tobacco). The Sun later printed an apology. The sacked Government drugs advisor, Professor David Nutt, talks to John Humphrys. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Shy Keenan | 20080408 | John Humphrys meets Shy Keenan, who recalls how she survived over a decade of child abuse. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Terry Pratchett | 20080520 | John Humphrys talks to Terry Pratchett about being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |
| Valerie Plame Wilson | 20110308 | The former covert CIA agent, Valerie Plame Wilson, talks to John Humphrys. She describes the moment that her cover was blown, and the subsequent fall-out. So significant were the events, which centred on the core reasons given for the war in Iraq, that a Hollywood film has been made detailing the affair. The exposed covert CIA agent, Valerie Plame Wilson, talks to John Humphrys. Exploring the lives of successful people who have weathered storms in their careers |