.sc-c-sounds-nav { position: relative; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__menu-button { display: none; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__items { max-height: 500px; visibility: visible; position: static; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__overlay { display: none; } @media screen and (max-width: 659px) { .sc-c-sounds-nav__wrapper { padding-bottom: 0px; } .sc-c-sounds-nav__wordmark-link { padding-bottom: 18px; } }

Home
Music
Podcasts
My Sounds

Start the Week - Political leadership: George Ayittey, Simon Heffer, Martin Wolf and Maha Azzam - BBC Sounds

Start the Week

Political leadership: George Ayittey, Simon Heffer, Martin Wolf and Maha AzzamPolitical leadership: George Ayittey, Simon Heffer, Martin Wolf and Maha Azzam

Released On: 28 Nov 2011

Available for over a year

Andrew Marr with George Ayittey, Maha Azzam, Martin Wolf and Simon Heffer.

More episodes

Programme Website

Coming Up Next

now playing
Start the Week
Political leadership: George Ayittey, Simon Heffer, Martin Wolf and Maha Azzam
Andrew Marr with George Ayittey, Maha Azzam, Martin Wolf and Simon Heffer.
45 mins
Start the Week
Philosophy: Bernard-Henri Levy, Mary Warnock and Roger Scruton
Andrew Marr with Bernard-Henri Levy, Baroness Mary Warnock and Roger Scruton.
45 mins
Start the Week
12/12/2011
Andrew Marr with Mihir Bose, Julian Savulescu, Brian Moore and Janie Hampton.
45 mins
Start the Week
The Spirit of Christmas: Claire Tomalin, Susan Hill and Canon Giles Fraser
Andrew Marr on the idea of Christmas with Claire Tomalin, Giles Fraser and Susan Hill.
45 mins
Start the Week
David Hockney Special
Andrew Marr visits the artist David Hockney at his studio in Bridlington.
45 mins
Start the Week
Austerity: Antony Gormley, David Kynaston and Anna Coote
Andrew Marr is joined by Antony Gormley, David Kynaston, Anna Coote and Fintan O'Toole.
45 mins
Start the Week
Financial Crisis: Philip Coggan, Angela Knight, Maurice Glasman and Detlev Schlichter
Andrew Marr with Detlev Schlichter, Angela Knight, Maurice Glasman and Philip Coggan.
43 mins
Start the Week
Justice: with Simon Stephens, John Podmore, Shami Chakrabarti and Mike Hough
Andrew Marr with John Podmore, Simon Stephens, Mike Hough and Shami Chakrabarti.
43 mins
Start the Week
Revolution: Wael Ghonim, Paul Mason and Mary King
Andrew Marr discusses revolution with Wael Ghonim, Paul Mason and Mary King.
43 mins
Start the Week
Conservatism: Peter Hitchens, Margot James, Douglas Murray and Thomas Frank
Andrew Marr and Peter Hitchens, Margot James, Douglas Murray and Thomas Frank.
43 mins
Start the Week
Elizabethans: Max Hastings, Mary Beard, John Guy and Lola Young
Andrew Marr and Max Hastings, Mary Beard, John Guy and Lola Young.
43 mins
Start the Week
Ian Stewart, Peter Randall-Page, Mark Miodownik, Jane Rapley
Tom Sutcliffe with Mark Miodownik, Ian Stewart, Jane Rapley and Peter Randall-Page.
43 mins
Start the Week
Faith and Doubt: Richard Holloway, Karen Armstrong, Jonathan Safran Foer and Helen Edmundson
Andrew Marr and Jonathan Safran Foer, Richard Holloway and Karen Armstrong.
43 mins
Start the Week
Middle Age: David Bainbridge, Deborah Moggach, Simon Armitage and Claudia Hammond
Andrew Marr with David Bainbridge, Deborah Moggach, Simon Armitage and Claudia Hammond.
43 mins
Start the Week
Writers on Families: Colm Tóibín and AS Byatt
Andrew Marr with Colm Toibin, AS Byatt, Will Eaves and Mark Pagel.
43 mins
Start the Week
Nobel Prize winning author, Nadine Gordimer
Andrew Marr talks to Nadine Gordimer, Jack Mapanje and Richard Dowden.
43 mins
Start the Week
Werner Herzog on Start the Week
Anne McElvoy talks to Werner Herzog, Geoff Dyer, Liz Mermin and Paul Farley.
43 mins
Start the Week
The 'death of socialism'?
Andrew Marr with Alwyn Turner, Janet Daley, Tristram Hunt and Martin Rowson.
43 mins
Start the Week
Peter Carey on Start the Week
Andrew Marr talks to Peter Carey, Rebecca Stott and Philip Ball.
43 mins
Start the Week
China
Andrew Marr talks about China with Jonathan Fenby, Martin Jacques, Ou Ning, Julia Lovell.
43 mins
Start the Week
Iain Banks and David Hare
Andrew Marr with David Hare, Iain Banks, George Benjamin and Rachel Seiffert.
43 mins
Start the Week
Creativity: Jonah Lehrer
Andrew Marr on creativity with Jonah Lehrer, Scanner, Rachel O'Reilly and Joanna Kavenna.
43 mins
Start the Week
The Digital Future
Andrew Marr with Nick Harkaway, Anab Jain, Charles Arthur and Simon Ings.
43 mins
Start the Week
Spain in Crisis
Andrew Marr with Paul Preston, Maria Delgado, Daniel Hannan and Iain Begg.
43 mins
Start the Week
Michael Sandel on Money and Morality
Andrew Marr and guests Michael Sandel, Diane Coyle and Grigory Yavlinsky.
43 mins
Start the Week
Thomas Heatherwick on design and architecture
Andrew Marr and Thomas Heatherwick, Jonathan Meades, Anna Minton and Robert Macfarlane.
43 mins
Start the Week
Grayson Perry at the Charleston Festival
Andrew Marr with Grayson Perry, Virginia Nicholson, Faramerz Dabhoiwala & Janice Galloway.
43 mins
Start the Week
WWII with Antony Beevor and Max Hastings
Andrew Marr with Antony Beevor, Max Hastings, Niall Ferguson and Juliet Gardiner.
43 mins
Start the Week
Science and Politics: Professor David Nutt and David Blunkett
Andrew Marr with David Nutt, Mark Henderson, Jill Rutter and David Blunkett.
43 mins
Start the Week
The 'life unlived' with Adam Phillips and Helen Dunmore
Andrew Marr with Adam Phillips, Julian Baggini, Helen Dunmore and Frances Ashcroft.
43 mins
Start the Week
National Identity with Maajid Nawaz and Sir Christopher Meyer.
Andrew Marr with Maajid Nawaz, Robert Chesshyre, Elizabeth Truss and Christopher Meyer.
43 mins

Cymraeg
Gaeilge
Gàidhlig

BBC Sounds Help
Contacts, Privacy and Information
Help with Signing In
Newsletter