Video interview with Jonathan Powell, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, by Sarah Montague for BBC World News programme HARDTalk on 20 March 2008. Ten years after the signing of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement Powell discusses the negotiation of that accord and further developments in the Peace Process. HARDTalk is the flagship news programme on BBC World News. This is part one of a two-part video interview.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 20 March 2008
Name of First Interviewee: Jonathan Powell
Role at time of Interview: Former Downing Street Chief of Staff
Interviewer: Sarah Montague
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: BBC © 2012
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC World News HARDTalk
Time Period covered: 1970-2008
Key Individuals: Jonathan Powell, Patrick Mayhew
Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, I.R.A., violence, British government, conflict resolution, Canary Wharf, Sinn Fein