Pt 1 How to interview 1. The starting line -- 2. The handshake and beyond -- 3. Discipline and spontaneity -- 4. Divided aim -- 5. Vox pop -- 6. Barging in -- 7. Working inwards -- 8. The Hitchcock Syndrome -- 9. Don't be a sheep -- 10. Political pressures -- 11. Victory in defeat -- 12. Special cases -- 13. Mood and fairness -- 14. The telephone interview -- 15. Almost interviews -- 16. Personal and functional -- 17. In action -- 18. Official answers -- 19. Transcribing notes -- 20. Writing it up -- Pt 2 How others interview 21. The big political set pieces -- 22. In writing -- 23. Seeing significance -- 24. The "magazine" approach -- 25. Pressing hard -- 26. Recreating the moment -- 27. Only as good as... -- Pt 3 How not to interview 28. Celebrity prattle -- 29. Too many questions -- 30. Too big a question -- 31. Over to you -- 32. Preconceived -- 33. The price of rudeness -- 34. You must be joking -- 35. Degrees of deference 1 -- 36. Degrees of deference 2 -- 37. Don't state -- 38. Showing the flag -- Pt 4 In conclusion 39. Rules and roles -- 40. Remember..
