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1285 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Grace Blakeley
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   Grace Lorden
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   Guddi Singh
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   Gönül Tol

   Erdoğan’s War: The Quest for Power at Home and in Syria, with Gönül Tol · Sep 2022

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   Hadley Freeman

   Hadley Freeman and Bari Weiss on Anorexia · Apr 2023

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   Hana Walker-Brown

   A Delicate Game: Confronting Brain Injury in Sport, with Hana Walker-Brown · Apr 2022

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   Hannah Dawson

   Six Centuries of Feminist Writing, with Hannah Dawson and Merve Emre · Feb 2024

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   Hannah French

   Is Vivaldi Still the Soundtrack of the Seasons? With Dr Hannah French · Nov 2025

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   Hannah Kent

   How does a nation’s language shape its identity? Hannah Kent on her year in Iceland · Nov 2025

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    Hannah Lucinda Smith

    What Can Europe's Borderlands Tell Us About Its Future? With Hannah Lucinda Smith · Jun 2026

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    Hans van de Ven

    How Did World War II Create Modern Asia? With Professor Hans van de Ven · Jul 2026

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    Harry Shukman

    Is Britain in Denial About the Far Right? With Harry Shukman · Jun 2025

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    Harvey Whitehouse

    Surprise Gift: How Inherited Generational Traits Underpin Our Societies, with Harvey Whitehouse · Jul 2024

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    Hashi Mohamed

    Social Mobility and Making It in Modern Britain, with Hashi Mohamed and Razia Iqbal · Feb 2020

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    Helen Carr

    How did the fourteenth century shape England? With Helen Carr · Jul 2025

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    Helen Culver-Smith

    The Specialist | Fabergé’s Rediscovered Imperial Flower, with Helen Culver-Smith · Aug 2025

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    Helen Thompson

    Tariff Special: The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with Helen Thompson (Part Two) · 3 episodes

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    Helena Bonham Carter

    Cultural Favourites from the Archives – The Power of Poetry, with Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Isaacs · Dec 2022

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    Henry Dimbleby

    Henry Dimbleby and Alice Thomson On How The Global Food System Is Killing Us · Apr 2023

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    Henry Hale
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    Herman Narula

    Business Weekly: Into the Metaverse, with Herman Narula · Feb 2022

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    Horatio Clare

    Mental Health: Hope and Healing With Horatio Clare and Alex Riley · May 2022

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    Hugo Lindgren
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    Illia Ponomarenko

    The Story of Wartime Kyiv, with Illia Ponomarenko · Jul 2024

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    Ione Gamble

    Is the Algorithm Destroying Taste? With Polyester Editor-In-Chief Ione Gamble · Aug 2026

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    Ita O'Brien

    How Sex Scenes in Film Can Reshape Real Intimacy, With Intimacy Coordinator Ita O’Brien · Jul 2026

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    Ivana Bartoletti

    An Artificial Revolution, with Ivana Bartoletti and Yassmin Abdel-Magied · Jul 2020

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    JJ Sutherland

    The Power of the Scrum, with JJ Sutherland and Hugo Lindgren · Feb 2020

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    Jacob Rees-Mogg

    The Victorians Who Made Britain: Jacob Rees-Mogg vs Tristram Hunt · May 2019

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    James Fletcher

    The Accidental President, with James Fletcher and Mark Mardell · Mar 2021

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    James Griffiths

    China's Alternative Vision for the Internet, with James Griffiths and Carl Miller · Aug 2021

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    James Longman

    ABC’s James Longman on Family, Trauma, and Reporting from the Frontlines (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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    James McAuley
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    James Montague

    The Saudi Project, Part Three: Football Mad · 3 episodes

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    James Muldoon

    How is Artificial Intelligence Transforming our Relationships? With James Muldoon · Jan 2026

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    James Plunkett

    How to fix a country, with James Plunkett · Nov 2021

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    Jamie Susskind

    Breaking the Power of Big Tech, with Jamie Susskind · 2 episodes

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    Jamie Tahsin
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    Jan Ravens
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    Janine di Giovanni

    Keeping the faith in the Middle East with Janine di Giovanni · Dec 2021

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