kofi annan never came on the programme. no, i agree with you.interviews because it was a tough programme. not because of the name, but because of how the interviews were done. if you give somebody a tough question and you don't give them the opportunity to answer it, i think that's not fair play. and i think a lot of people watching may feel that sometimes. and that is why i defend calling it hardtalk, but i just think that it ought to be fair in the sense that if you ask somebody something, they should have the chance to answer it. nobody is ever going to agree on what is fair. and you get constantly criticised for interrupting. but if you don't interrupt certain people, you're going to get a speech for 20 minutes. of course. this shouldn't be a freeride. have you had anybody walk out? i have. yes. and didn't come back? yes. my walkout was with a gentleman called max clifford, who was a pr guru... he is now injail. nothing to do with my interview, but he is now injail! he walked out after about eight minutes, which i realise was quite a clever

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