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Season 1

  • S01E01 25/09/1979

    • September 25, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Michael Foot, Teddy Taylor, Edna O'Brien, Archbishop Derek Worlock.

  • S01E02 02/10/1979

    • October 2, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Tess Gill, Jo Grimond, Eric Morley, Peter Shore

  • S01E03 09/10/1979

    • October 9, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Sue Arnold, Michael Heseltine, Bill Rodgers, Arthur Scargill

  • S01E04 16/10/1979

    • October 16, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: James Anderton, Judith Hart, John Mortimer, Enoch Powell

  • S01E05 23/10/1979

    • October 23, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Anthony Frodsham, Clive Jenkins, Margo MacDonald, Nicholas Scott

  • S01E06 30/10/1979

    • October 30, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Roy Hattersley, Elspeth Howe, Emily Macfarquhar, Ray Whitney

  • S01E07 06/11/1979

    • November 6, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Julian Amery, Paul Johnson, Wendy Mantle, Sid Weighell

  • S01E08 13/11/1979

    • November 13, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Clement Freud, Ann Leslie, David Owen, Peter Thorneycroft

  • S01E09 20/11/1979

    • November 20, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Rachel Billington, Barbara Castle, Monty Finniston, William Waldegrave

  • S01E10 27/11/1979

    • November 27, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Janet Fookes, Robert Kilroy-Silk, William Rees-Mogg, Barbara Wootton

  • S01E11 04/12/1979

    • December 4, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Eldon Griffiths, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Gaia Servadio, Eric Varley

  • S01E12 11/12/1979

    • December 11, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: George Brown, Clare Francis, Joan Lester, Christopher Mayhew

  • S01E13 18/12/1979

    • December 18, 1979
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Neil Kinnock, Bel Mooney, Chris Patten, John Rae

Season 2

  • S02E01 15/01/1980

    • January 15, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panelists: Tony Benn, Germaine Greer, John Hackett, Norman St. John Stevas

  • S02E02 22/01/1980

    • January 22, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Tessa Jowell, William Rees-Mogg, William Waldegrave, Barbara Wootton

  • S02E03 29/01/1980

    • January 29, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panelists: Noel Annan, Kenneth Baker, Denis Healey, Sara Morrison

  • S02E04 05/02/1980

    • February 5, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panelists: Edward du Cann, Monty Finniston, Suzanne Lowry, Oonagh McDonald

  • S02E05 12/02/1980

    • February 12, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Alun Chalfont, Nigel Lawson, Merlyn Rees, Marina Warner.

  • S02E06 21/02/1980

    • February 21, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: David Basnett, Barbara Castle, Detta O'Cathain, Peter Tapsell.

  • S02E07 28/02/1980

    • February 28, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Anna Coote, Janet Fookes, Gerald Kaufman, Cyril Smith.

  • S02E08 06/03/1980

    • March 6, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Eric Heffer, Mary Kenny, David Marquand, Geoffrey Rippon.

  • S02E09 13/03/1980

    • March 13, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Rhodes Boyson, Austin Mitchell, Alfred Robens, Clare Short.

  • S02E10 20/03/1980

    • March 20, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: John Gale, Jill Knight, Michael Meacher, Donald Stokes.

  • S02E11 27/03/1980

    • March 27, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Joel Barnett, John Biffen, Alan Fisher, Sarah Hogg.

  • S02E12 03/04/1980

    • April 3, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Bonnie Angelo, Julian Critchley, Lena Jeger, Trevor Phillips.

  • S02E13 10/04/1980

    • April 10, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Elizabeth Hoodless, R.V. Jones, Sheila Roberts, John Silkin.

  • S02E14 17/04/1980

    • April 17, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Jock Bruce-Gardyne, Ray Buckton, Margaret Maden, John Methven.

  • S02E15 24/04/1980

    • April 24, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Liliana Archibald, Prof Tessa Blackstone, Nicholas Fairbairn, Dickson Mabon.

  • S02E16 01/05/1980

    • May 1, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Joe Ashton, John Biggs-Davison, Emma Nicholson, Ivor Richard.

  • S02E17 08/05/1980

    • May 8, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Alan Beith, John Grugeon, Stanley Orme, Claire Palley.

  • S02E18 15/05/1980

    • May 15, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Hugh Clegg, Reg Prentice, Jo Richardson, Angela Rumbold.

  • S02E19 22/05/1980

    • May 22, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Leon Brittan, Paul Foot, Walter Goldsmith, Shirley Williams.

  • S02E20 29/05/1980

    • May 29, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Patricia Hewitt, Robert Mellish, Timothy Raison, David Sheppard.

  • S02E21 05/06/1980

    • June 5, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Patrick Devlin, Patricia Hollis, Harold Lever, Janet Young.

  • S02E22 12/06/1980

    • June 12, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Ann Clwyd, James Goldsmith, Sally Oppenheim, Bill Sirs.

  • S02E23 16/10/1980

    • October 16, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: David Basnett, Patricia Hewitt, Daphne Park, James Prior.

  • S02E24 23/10/1980

    • October 23, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Roy Hattersley, Una Kroll, Nigel Lawson, Arnold Weinstock.

  • S02E25 30/10/1980

    • October 30, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Denis Healey, Mary Kaldor, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Peter Thorneycroft.

  • S02E26 06/11/1980

    • November 6, 1980
    • BBC One

  • S02E27 13/11/1980

    • November 13, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Liliana Brisby, Eric Heffer, Ann Leslie, Norman St. John Stevas.

  • S02E28 20/11/1980

    • November 20, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Michael Carver, Judith Hart, Gavin Laird, Angus Maude.

  • S02E29 27/11/1980

    • November 27, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: John Alderson, Dianne Hayter, Roy Shaw, Teddy Taylor.

  • S02E30 04/12/1980

    • December 4, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Tessa Blackstone, Lynda Chalker, Joe Gormley, John Harvey-Jones.

  • S02E31 11/12/1980

    • December 11, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: David Howell, Peter Jay, Neil Kinnock, Gillian Peele.

  • S02E32 18/12/1980

    • December 18, 1980
    • BBC One

    Panellists: Stanley Booth-Clibborn, Edward du Cann, Antonia Fraser, Shirley Williams.

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Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18

Season 19

Season 20

Season 21

Season 22

Season 23

Season 24

Season 25

Season 26

Season 27

Season 28

Season 29

Season 30

  • S30E01 17/01/2008

    • January 17, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a topical debate from Coventry, in front of an invited audience. Panel includes the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith and the Shadow Defence Secretary, Liam Fox.

  • S30E02 24/01/2008

    • January 24, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience from Salisbury, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel tonight are Geoffrey Robinson MP, the former Paymaster General and one of Gordon Brown’s most prominent supporters, Oliver Letwin, Chairman of the Conservative Policy Review, David Laws, Lib Dem spokesman on schools and families, the musician and campaigner Alex James, and the consultant editor of the Daily Mail, Sarah Sands.

  • S30E03 31/01/2008

    • January 31, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience from London, chaired by David Dimbleby. The panel includes Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; Ken Clarke, former Chancellor; actor John Sessions; and Amanda Platell, columnist for the Daily Mail.

  • S30E04 07/02/2008

    • February 7, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby invites an audience in Liverpool to put questions to Andy Burnham MP, Chris Grayling MP, Julia Goldsworthy MP, human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti and entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne.

  • S30E05 14/02/2008

    • February 14, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate chaired by David Dimbleby, with an invited audience in Watford. The panel includes newly-appointed housing minister Caroline Flint; former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo; the Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams; and writer and broadcaster Clive James.

  • S30E06 21/02/2008

    • February 21, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate from Newcastle, home of Northern Rock, chaired by David Dimbleby. Panellists include Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Transport, John Redwood, former Cabinet Minister and head of the Conservative Policy Group on Economic Competitiveness, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman, Derek Simpson, General Secretary of the 'superunion' Unite, and Fraser Nelson, political editor of the Spectator.

  • S30E07 28/02/2008

    • February 28, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate from Stirling, Scotland with an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby.

  • S30E08 06/03/2008

    • March 6, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs debate from Manchester. The panel includes Cabinet Office minister, Ed Miliband; the shadow Home Secretary, David Davis; Shirley Williams for the Lib Dems.

  • S30E09 13/03/2008

    • March 13, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate after the Budget Speech, with an invited audience from London, chaired by David Dimbleby. Panellists include Yvette Cooper, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, the former Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind, and businesswoman Nicola Horlick.

  • S30E10 03/04/2008

    • April 3, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Birmingham as questions are put to Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Sarah Teather MP, Rt Hon Clare Short MP and journalist Rod Liddle.

  • S30E11 17/04/2008

    • April 17, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Bristol with Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party; Caroline Spelman, Chairman of the Conservative Party; Lembit Opik of the Liberal Democrats; the author Tony Parsons; and Telegraph columnist Simon Heffer.

  • S30E12 24/04/2008

    • April 24, 2008
    • BBC One

    With only a week to go before the London mayoral elections Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick go head-to-head in a special debate on the issues that matter most to Londoners. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S30E13 01/05/2008

    • May 1, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from London. On the panel are Defence Secretary Des Browne, Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Ashdown, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee, and columnist and broadcaster Richard Littlejohn.

  • S30E14 08/05/2008

    • May 8, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from Dorking. On the panel are Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell, former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine, ex-Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell, TV personality Piers Morgan and and Rachel Johnson, Sunday Times journalist and sister of London's new mayor.

  • S30E15 15/05/2008

    • May 15, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is in Cardiff with an invited audience. On the panel is Health Secretary Alan Johnson, Conservative Business Spokesman Alan Duncan, journalist and broadcaster Lauren Booth, the founder of Yo Sushi! Simon Woodroffe, and Plaid Cymru's Helen Mary Jones.

  • S30E16 22/05/2008

    • May 22, 2008
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Chester with Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, shadow Cabinet Office Secretary Francis Maude, Liberal Democrat President Simon Hughes, the chief executive of the Royal Opera House, Tony Hall, and journalist and author Cristina Odone.

  • S30E17 29/05/2008

    • May 29, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby invites a studio audience in Lincoln to put their questions to a panel of leading politicians and public figures, including the government's Chief Whip, Geoff Hoon; the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles; the Green Party member of the European Parliament for the South East of England, Caroline Lucas; the historian and broadcaster Dan Snow; and the director of Global Vision, Ruth Lea.

  • S30E18 05/06/2008

    • June 5, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from Wolverhampton. With Foreign Secretary David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable, director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, and columnist Peter Hitchens.

  • S30E19 12/06/2008

    • June 12, 2008
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in London, with Security Minister Tony McNulty, Shadow Education Secretary Michael Gove, Shirley Williams of the Liberal Democrats, broadcaster June Sarpong and Sun journalist George Pascoe-Watson. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S30E20 19/06/2008

    • June 19, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from Portsmouth. On the panel are Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, American TV star Jerry Springer, former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, the UKIP leader Nigel Farage, and Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Jo Swinson.

  • S30E21 26/06/2008

    • June 26, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate from Bexhill-on-Sea, chaired by David Dimbleby. Featuring Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper, Shadow Security Minister Pauline Neville Jones, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman Chris Huhne, artist Grayson Perry, and journalist Ann Leslie.

  • S30E22 03/07/2008

    • July 3, 2008
    • BBC One

    Topical debate chaired by David Dimbleby from Musselburgh. On the panel are Transport Minister Tom Harris, Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Baroness Nicholson of the Liberal Democrats, Conservative Health Spokesman Andrew Lansley, and the Peep Show actor David Mitchell.

  • S30E23 10/07/2008 - Schools Question Time

    • July 10, 2008
    • BBC One

    A special schools edition of the programme. Panellists include International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander and also a member of the public as a 'People's Panellist'.

  • S30E24 18/09/2008

    • September 18, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from Bournemouth with deputy leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman, shadow business secretary Alan Duncan, the Liberal Democrat youth spokesperson Lynne Featherstone and editor of Private Eye Ian Hislop.

  • S30E25 25/09/2008

    • September 25, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from Manchester. Panellists include Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Theresa May, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable, the joint General Secretary of Unite Derek Simpson, and News of the Word columnist Fraser Nelson.

  • S30E26 02/10/2008

    • October 2, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from Birmingham. The panel includes Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, former Conservative defence secretary Michael Heseltine and former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy.

  • S30E27 09/10/2008

    • October 9, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the weekly political debate from Birmingham. Panellists include Ken Clarke, John Denham, Chris Huhne, Ruth Lea, Michael Nazir-Ali.

  • S30E28 16/10/2008

    • October 16, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs another instalment of the political debate from Stoke, which sees him joined by Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon and Dragon's Den entrepeneur James Caan, who will be tackling the questions posed by the studio audience.

  • S30E29 23/10/2008

    • October 23, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate, from Peterborough. The panel taking questions from a studio audience comprises Labour peer Lord Hattersley, SNP leader Alex Salmond, Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesperson Jo Swinson, shadow community minister Sayeeda Warsi, and Financial Times editor Lionel Barber.

  • S30E30 30/10/2008 - American Election Special

    • October 30, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate in Washington DC, for a programme ahead of the American election. The panel includes Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Presidential nominee John Edwards and an advisor to Barack Obama on health issues; Simon Schama, the renowned historian whose series the American Future is currently airing on BBC 2; and Clarence Page, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune journalist.

  • S30E31 06/11/2008

    • November 6, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Tottenham in London. The panel includes Justice Secretary Jack Straw, UKIP leader Nigel Farage, the Shadow Security Minister Pauline Neville-Jones, musician and Liberal Democrat youth adviser Brian Eno, and cultural commentator Bonnie Greer.

  • S30E32 13/11/2008

    • November 13, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Dover. The panel includes housing minister Margaret Beckett, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, Liberal Democrat Shirley Williams, former England rugby international Brian Moore, and associate editor of the Daily Telegraph, Simon Heffer.

  • S30E33 20/11/2008

    • November 20, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Glasgow. The panel includes Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy, deputy leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott, shadow chief secretary to the treasury Philip Hammond and the Daily Mail's Melanie Phillips.

  • S30E34 27/11/2008

    • November 27, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Basildon. Panellists include Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, Sainsbury's CEO Justin King, and Adam Price of Plaid Cymru.

  • S30E35 04/12/2008

    • December 4, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Newry. Panellists include the health secretary Alan Johnson, the DUP's Arlene Foster, Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy, Ulster Unionist peer Lord Maginnis and Mark Durkan, leader of the SDLP.

  • S30E36 11/12/2008

    • December 11, 2008
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate in Birkenhead. The panel includes Esther Rantzen, schools minister Jim Knight, the Conservative party's Nadine Dorries, Liberal Democrat Lembit Opik and author Will Self.

Season 31

  • S31E01 15/01/2009

    • January 15, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate in Leeds, with a panel including Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Chris Grayling, Liberal Democrat peer Jenny Tonge, Daily Mail columnist Amanda Platell and British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh.

  • S31E02 22/01/2009

    • January 22, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Crawley, with a panel including Europe Minister Caroline Flint, Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesman David Laws, and the former British ambassador to the United States, Sir Christopher Meyer.

  • S31E03 29/01/2009

    • January 29, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Fort William, with a panel including Shadow Schools Secretary Michael Gove, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesman Jo Swinson, comedy writer Hardeep Singh Kohli, and Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Deputy First Minister.

  • S31E04 05/02/2009

    • February 5, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Dunstable, with panellists Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon; musician Will Young; the director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti; shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May; and leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage.

  • S31E05 12/02/2009

    • February 12, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Bath. The panel includes broadcaster and gardener Monty Don, cabinet office minister Liam Byrne and Justine Greening, the Conservative local government spokesman.

  • S31E06 19/02/2009

    • February 19, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is in Peckham, south London where he is joined by a panel that includes former Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine, television personality and journalist Piers Morgan and the Liberal Democrat housing spokesman Sarah Teather.

  • S31E07 26/02/2009

    • February 26, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the discussion in Merthyr Tydfil. The panel includes former Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Kirsty Williams and Plaid Cymru's Elfyn Lllwyd.

  • S31E08 05/03/2009

    • March 5, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Dudley, with a panel including Solicitor General Vera Baird, Shadow International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, and author Toby Young.

  • S31E09 12/03/2009

    • March 12, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Toxteth in Liverpool. The panel includes Health Secretary Alan Johnson, Peep Show actor David Mitchell and Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer.

  • S31E10 19/03/2009

    • March 19, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Canary Wharf in London, with a panel including the Olympics minister Tessa Jowell, Shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke, Liberal Democrat economics spokesman Vince Cable, and This Morning presenter Fern Britton.

  • S31E11 26/03/2009

    • March 26, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Newcastle, with a panel including Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesman Ed Davey and leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas.

  • S31E12 23/04/2009

    • April 23, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Ealing, West London. On the panel, Universities and Skills Secretary, John Denham; the Liberal Democrat Economics Spokesman, Vince Cable; the historian David Starkey; Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Philip Hammond; and economist Ruth Lea. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E13 30/04/2009

    • April 30, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Great Yarmouth. The panel includes Harriet Harman, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Plaid Cymru's Adam Price.

  • S31E14 07/05/2009

    • May 7, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Dunfermline. The panel includes Iain Gray, Nadine Dorries, Nicola Sturgeon, Lord Steel and Bruce Anderson. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E15 14/05/2009

    • May 14, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Grimsby. On the panel, the Housing Minister Margaret Beckett; Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Theresa May; the former Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell; the UK Chief Executive of McDonalds, Steve Easterbrook; and Benedict Brogan, Associate Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

  • S31E16 21/05/2009

    • May 21, 2009
    • BBC One

    The topical debate chaired by David Dimbleby comes from Salisbury, with a panel including former Conservative leader William Hague, Marta Andreasen for UKIP, comedian and broadcaster Patrick Kielty, Martin Bell, Ben Bradshaw and Vince Cable.

  • S31E17 28/05/2009 - European Election Special

    • May 28, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in London for a European Election special. On the panel, the Europe Minister Caroline Flint; Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan; Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesman Jo Swinson; Green Party leader Caroline Lucas; UKIP Leader Nigel Farage; and the former chief executive of the Millennium Dome, PY Gerbeau. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E18 04/06/2009

    • June 4, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Croydon, with a panel including the former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown and former GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E19 11/06/2009

    • June 11, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Birmingham. On the panel, the Welsh Secretary Peter Hain; Shadow Local Government Secretary Caroline Spelman; Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokeman Chris Huhne; the Joint General Secretary of the Unite union Derek Simpson; and the economist Ruth Lea. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E20 18/06/2009

    • June 18, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Sunderland where the panel includes the Shadow Business secretary Ken Clarke; the Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesman, Ed Davey; Polly Toynbee of the Guardian; and broadcaster Esther Rantzen. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E21 25/06/2009

    • June 25, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Newquay. The panel includes Shadow Security Minister Pauline Neville Jones and the Liberal Democrat Communities Spokesman Julia Goldsworthy. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E22 02/07/2009

    • July 2, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Cambridge. The panel includes the Deputy Labour Leader Harriet Harman, former Conservative Leader Iain Duncan Smith, former Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy, and the musician and former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E23 09/07/2009 - Schools Question Time

    • July 9, 2009
    • BBC One

    Schools Question Time comes from Salford. The panel includes the winner of the People's Panellist competition, and Health Secretary Andy Burnham. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E24 16/07/2009

    • July 16, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the show from Colchester. The panel includes Foreign Office minister, Chris Bryant; Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party, Margot James; the talk show host and campaigner, Trisha Goddard; the editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber; and the Liberal Democrat spokesman on housing, Lembit Opik MP.

  • S31E25 23/07/2009

    • July 23, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Norwich. On the panel, the former Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon MP; the veteran politician and former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, Baroness Williams; the Shadow Community Cohesion Minister, Baroness Warsi; the writer and broadcaster Clive James; and Respect MP George Galloway. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E26 24/09/2009

    • September 24, 2009
    • BBC One

    Marking 30 years on air, Question Time returns in Bournemouth as the party conference season kicks off. On the panel are Harriet Harman, Michael Heseltine, Digby Jones, David Laws and the new editor of the Spectator magazine, Fraser Nelson. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E27 01/10/2009

    • October 1, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Brighton, location of the Labour Party conference. On the panel: Ben Bradshaw, Culture Secretary; the former Lib Dem leader, Charles Kennedy; the historian David Starkey; Theresa May for the conservatives; and the economist named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, Dambisa Moyo. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E28 08/10/2009

    • October 8, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Manchester, location of the Tory party conference. On the panel are George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor; Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; one of Britain's most powerful businessmen, the chairman of Marks and Spencer, Sir Stuart Rose; the editor of Private Eye, Ian Hislop; and Sarah Teather for the Liberal Democrats. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E29 15/10/2009

    • October 15, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Hull. The panel includes the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson; Damian Green for the Conservatives; Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat; Nigel Farage UKIP MEP; and journalist and broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell.

  • S31E30 22/10/2009

    • October 22, 2009
    • BBC One

    The political debate comes from London, with a panel including Justice Secretary Jack Straw; the Conservative spokeswoman for community cohesion, Baroness Warsi; Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman; the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin; and playwright and author, Bonnie Greer. David Dimbleby chairs. This episode was notable due to the appearance of BNP leader Nick Griffin. Worldwide press coverage, and record viewing figures - 7.9 million.

  • S31E31 29/10/2009

    • October 29, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Llandudno. The panel includes the former home secretary Jacqui Smith MP, shadow Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan MP, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Lembit Opik MP, Plaid Cymru's Elfyn Llwyd and the broadcaster John Sergeant.

  • S31E32 05/11/2009

    • November 5, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Reading. The panel includes Welsh Secretary Peter Hain MP; the shadow environment secretary Nick Herbert MP; the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair; the former MEP and broadcaster Robert Kilroy-Silk; and the comedian Natalie Haynes. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E33 12/11/2009

    • November 12, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Weston Super Mare, chaired by John Humphrys. The panel includes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward, the Conservative shadow security minister Pauline Neville-Jones, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on communities and local government Julia Goldsworthy, the cultural commentator and writer Will Self and the rowing champion, double Olympic gold medallist, television presenter and writer James Cracknell.

  • S31E34 19/11/2009

    • November 19, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Leicester, with a panel including Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling MP, Liberal Democrat MP Sir Menzies Campbell, the broadcaster Nick Ferrari and Independent MP Clare Short. David Dimbleby presents.

  • S31E35 26/11/2009

    • November 26, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Edinburgh, with guest panellists Lord Falconer, David Davis, Nicola Sturgeon, Melanie Phillips and Marcus Brigstocke. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S31E36 03/12/2009

    • December 3, 2009
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the show from London. The panel includes the former foreign secretary and Labour MP Margaret Beckett, the shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, the Liberal Democrats' treasury spokesman Vince Cable MP, the writer Clive Anderson and TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp.

  • S31E37 10/12/2009

    • December 10, 2009
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from the iconic town of Wootton Bassett. The panel includes the former head of the British Army General Sir Richard Dannatt, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces Bill Rammall MP, the shadow foreign secretary William Hague MP, the former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, the former newspaper editor Piers Morgan and the Respect Party's Salma Yaqoob. David Dimbleby chairs.

Season 32

  • S32E01 14/01/2010

    • January 14, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Finchley, North London. The panel includes Conservative MP Ken Clarke, Labour MP Peter Hain, Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne, comedian Shappi Khorsandi and former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie.

  • S32E02 21/01/2010

    • January 21, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Milton Keynes. The panel includes the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne MP, the Conservative shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Caroline Spelman MP, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on housing, Sarah Teather MP, the broadcaster Richard Madeley and the historian Andrew Roberts.

  • S32E03 28/01/2010

    • January 28, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Basildon. The panel includes the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Ben Bradshaw MP, the Conservative peer Lord Lawson, the Liberal Democrat Baroness Tonge of Kew, the columnist Jane Moore, and the journalist and writer Douglas Murray.

  • S32E04 04/02/2010

    • February 4, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate show in Coventry. The panel includes the former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer, the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Theresa May MP, the former Labour and now Independent MP Clare Short, the Respect MP George Galloway and the Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S32E05 11/02/2010

    • February 11, 2010
    • BBC One

    The panel includes Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward MP, Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly, Northern Ireland's finance minister and DUP member Sammy Wilson, the former Northern Ireland First Minister Lord Trimble and Jim Allister of the TUV and newly-elected SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie.

  • S32E06 18/02/2010

    • February 18, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Middlesbrough with panellists including the veteran Labour politician Lord Hattersley, the former deputy governor of a province of occupied Iraq and prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate Rory Stewart, the Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone, the economist and former head of policy at the Institute of Directors Ruth Lea and the actor and novelist Tom Conti.

  • S32E07 25/02/2010

    • February 25, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Cardiff, with a team of panellists answering questions from the studio audience, including senior Labour politician Peter Hain MP, shadow defence secretary Dr Liam Fox MP, Plaid Cymru leader Elfyn Llwyd MP, UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP and journalist Janet Street Porter.

  • S32E08 04/03/2010

    • March 4, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in London, with a panel including Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, London Mayor Boris Johnson, Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, broadcaster Carol Vorderman and novelist Will Self.

  • S32E09 11/03/2010

    • March 11, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Dewsbury. The panel includes the former Europe minister Caroline Flint, Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokeswoman Jo Swinson, Conservative MP Justine Greening, the broadcaster Monty Don and journalist Kelvin McKenzie.

  • S32E10 18/03/2010

    • March 18, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Wythenshawe, Manchester. The panel includes former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy, Green Party leader Caroline Lucas and the historian and broadcaster David Starkey.

  • S32E11 25/03/2010

    • March 25, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Glasgow, the day after the Chancellor has delivered his pre-election Budget. The panel includes Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne, shadow minister for communities Baroness Warsi, Liberal Democrat communities spokesman Julia Goldsworthy MP, First Minister for Scotland Alex Salmond and Sir Martin Sorrell, recently named one of the five most influential businessmen in Britain. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S32E12 01/04/2010

    • April 1, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Stevenage. The panel includes the Home Secretary Alan Johnson, the shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke, the Liberal Democrat housing spokesman Sarah Teather, and the broadcasters Richard Littlejohn and Victoria Coren.

  • S32E13 07/04/2010

    • April 7, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Woking. The panel includes David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary; Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Theresa May; the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell; the historian Simon Schama; and Daily Telegraph columnist Janet Daley.

  • S32E14 15/04/2010

    • April 15, 2010
    • BBC One

    With immediate public and political reaction to the first Prime Ministerial debate, Question Time comes from West London. The panel includes Ed Miliband, Michael Gove, David Laws, Nigel Farage, John Sergeant and Shami Chakrabarti. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S32E15 22/04/2010

    • April 22, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from London so that the panellists and the audience can react to the prime ministerial debate. The panel are the Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper, the shadow foreign secretary William Hague, the former Liberal Democrat leader Ming Campbell, Plaid Cymru's leader at Westminster Elfyn Llwyd and the journalist Ann Leslie.

  • S32E16 29/04/2010

    • April 29, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Birmingham, with a selection of panellists from the world of politics taking questions from the studio audience. Panellists are Ed Balls, Liam Fox, Vince Cable, Janet Street-Porter and Alex Salmond.

  • S32E17 13/05/2010

    • May 13, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby's guests in London are Conservative peer Lord Heseltine, Labour peer Lord Falconer, Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes, Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips and Mehdi Hasan of the New Statesman.

  • S32E18 20/05/2010

    • May 20, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby hosts the political debate show from Richmond. The panel includes the new Home Secretary Theresa May, Labour's Caroline Flint and Ming Campbell for the Liberal Democrats. Plus the Director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti and the journalist and writer Douglas Murray.

  • S32E19 27/05/2010

    • May 27, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Gravesend in Kent. David Dimbleby will be joined by the Conservative MP and former Welsh Secretary John Redwood and the Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer, who lost her Richmond Park seat in the recent general election. Tony Blair's former Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and the former newspaper editor Piers Morgan will also be on the panel together with the journalist and historian Sir Max Hastings.

  • S32E20 03/06/2010

    • June 3, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Brecon in Powys. David Dimbleby is joined by the Science Minister David Willetts, the Labour leadership candidate Diane Abbott, Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood, the political commentator Matthew Parris and former newspaper editor Kelvin MacKenzie.

  • S32E21 10/06/2010

    • June 10, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Plymouth. David Dimbleby is joined by the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary Ben Bradshaw, the leader of the Respect Party, Salma Yaqoob, the businesswomen Katie Hopkins and the journalist and author Toby Young.

  • S32E22 17/06/2010

    • June 17, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Witney in Oxfordshire. David Dimbleby is joined by the Energy Secretary and Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne, the shadow Welsh secretary Peter Hain and the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson. The panel also includes William Hague's former press chief Amanda Platell and the Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy.

  • S32E23 24/06/2010

    • June 24, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Canary Wharf in London. The panel includes Labour leadership contender, Ed Balls; Liberal Democrat politician, Vince Cable; Daily Mail columnist, Peter Hitchens; entrepreneur and founder of Lastminute.com, Brent Hoberman; and leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S32E24 01/07/2010

    • July 1, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate show from Ipswich, with a panel including: Conservative MP, Iain Duncan Smith, Labour MP, Alan Johnson; academic and historian, Prof. Mary Beard; Telegraph columnist, Simon Heffer; and founder ofchildren's charity Kids Company, Camila Batmanghelidjh.

  • S32E25 08/07/2010

    • July 8, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate show from Edinburgh, with a panel consisting of Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, shadow International Development secretary Douglas Alexander, Lib Dem MP and Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore, the Deputy First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, and Irish comedian Ed Byrne.

  • S32E26 15/07/2010

    • July 15, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is joined by the Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, former Respect MP George Galloway, Labour activist Sally Bercow, and the broadcaster Nick Ferrari.

  • S32E27 22/07/2010

    • July 22, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is joined in Hartlepool by the Immigration Minister Damian Green, Labour's Sadiq Khan, UKIP's Nigel Farage, the RMT leader Bob Crow and the economist Ruth Lea.

  • S32E28 16/09/2010 - Labour Party Leadership Special

    • September 16, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time returns with a Labour Leadership Special. David Dimbleby chairs as the five candidates - Diane Abbott, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, David Miliband and Ed Miliband - face questions from the audience.

  • S32E29 23/09/2010

    • September 23, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Liverpool, scene of the Liberal Democrat party conference. On the panel are Business Secretary Vince Cable, Caroline Flint, John Redwood, Ian Hislop, and the New Statesman's senior editor, Mehdi Hasan.

  • S32E30 30/09/2010

    • September 30, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs from Manchester, scene of the Labour Party conference. Conservative MP Grant Shapps; Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes; Labour leadership contender Diane Abbott; historian David Starkey; and the Hollywood actor Brian Cox are on the panel.

  • S32E31 07/10/2010

    • October 7, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate in Birmingham, scene of the Tory party conference. The panel includes former President of the FIA Max Mosley; Conservative MP Sayeeda Warsi; Labour MP, Charles Clarke; Liberal Democrat MP, Susan Kramer; and broadcaster Rageh Omaar.

  • S32E32 14/10/2010

    • October 14, 2010
    • BBC One

    Topical debate with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby in Cheltenham. The panel consists of David Willetts MP, Tessa Jowell MP, Lord Phil Willis, Sir Max Hastings and Dr Maria Misra.

  • S32E33 21/10/2010

    • October 21, 2010
    • BBC One

    Topical debate with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby in Middlesbrough. On the day after the Spending Review, David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Middlesbrough. On the panel: Philip Hammond, Transport Secretary; John Denham, Shadow Business Secretary; Caroline Lucas, Leader of the Green Party; General Sir Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army; the former political editor of The Sun, George Pascoe-Watson; and the Guardian's Polly Toynbee.

  • S32E34 28/10/2010

    • October 28, 2010
    • BBC One

    Topical debate with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby in Glasgow. On the panel: Scotland's Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon; Coalition Employment Minister Ed Davey; Shadow Justice Minister Chris Bryant; hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry; and the historian Simon Schama.

  • S32E35 04/11/2010

    • November 4, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate programme from Sheffield. On the panel are Liberal Democrat MP, Jeremy Browne; director of human rights organisation Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti; Conservative MP, David Davis; right-wing commentator, Jon Gaunt; and Labour MP, Jack Straw.

  • S32E36 11/11/2010

    • November 11, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is joined in London by Theresa May MP, Caroline Flint MP, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Clive James and Douglas Murray.

  • S32E37 18/11/2010

    • November 18, 2010
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents from Swansea, and is joined by the Employment Minister Chris Grayling and the Welsh First Minister, Labour's Carwyn Jones. Welsh Assembly members Kirsty Williams for the Liberal Democrats and Nerys Evans for Plaid Cymru will also be on the panel together with the editor of the Financial Times Lionel Barber and former editor of The Sun, Kelvin Mackenzie.

  • S32E38 25/11/2010

    • November 25, 2010
    • BBC One

    Topical debate with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby in Maidstone. The panel includes Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, shadow arts minister Gloria De Piero, former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, newly elected leader of UKIP Nigel Farage, and author Kate Mosse.

  • S32E39 02/12/2010

    • December 2, 2010
    • BBC One

    Topical debate with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby in Coventry. The panel are Danny Alexander, Nadine Dorries, Ken Livingstone, Sir Christopher Meyer and John Sergeant.

  • S32E40 09/12/2010

    • December 9, 2010
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from London, where the panel includes Defence Secretary Liam Fox, Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan, Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to Nick Clegg, Norman Lamb, President of the National Union of Students Aaron Porter and Daily Telegraph columnist Janet Daley.

Season 33

  • S33E01 13/01/2011

    • January 13, 2011
    • BBC One

    Topical debate from London with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel are Education Secretary Michael Gove MP, former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy MP, Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott MP, award-winning author Jeanette Winterson and businessman James Caan.

  • S33E02 20/01/2011

    • January 20, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Burnley. The panel includes Alastair Campbell; George Galloway; Lib Dem deputy leader, Simon Hughes; Secretary of State for the Environment, Caroline Spelman; and the Chairman of the Professional Footballers Association, the Burnley defender Clarke Carlisle.

  • S33E03 27/01/2011

    • January 27, 2011
    • BBC One

    Topical debate from Cambridge chaired by David Dimbleby. The panel includes Energy Secretary and Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne, Parliamentary private secretary to Labour leader Ed Miliband, Chuka Umunna, former Conservative MP Edwina Currie, businesswoman and former Apprentice contestant Kate Hopkins and journalist Will Self.

  • S33E04 03/02/2011

    • February 3, 2011
    • BBC One

    Topical debate from Workington with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby. The panel includes Immigration Minister Damian Green, Shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham, former Labour MP Clare Short, Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips and economist Dr Noreena Hertz.

  • S33E05 10/02/2011

    • February 10, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Bristol, with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience. The panel includes the Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude MP, former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell MP, former home secretary Jacqui Smith, the senior editor of the New Statesman Mehdi Hasan and author and journalist Douglas Murray.

  • S33E06 17/02/2011

    • February 17, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Barking in east London, with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience. The panel includes the Business Secretary Vince Cable MP, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper MP, UKIP leader Nigel Farage MEP, the former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Michael Heseltine and businesswoman and entrepreneur Victoria Barnsley.

  • S33E07 24/02/2011

    • February 24, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Newport, with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience. The panel includes Liberal Democrat politician Baroness Shirley Williams, Secretary of State for Wales and Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan, shadow Welsh Secretary and Labour MP Peter Hain and Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd. The panel will also include journalist Janet Street-Porter and editor of The Spectator Fraser Nelson.

  • S33E08 03/03/2011

    • March 3, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Derby, with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience. The panel includes work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith MP, Labour MP and former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, former UN deputy secretary general Lord Malloch Brown, historian David Starkey and economist and journalist Liam Halligan.

  • S33E09 10/03/2011

    • March 10, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a topical debate in front of an invited studio audience. He is joined in Edinburgh by Michael Moore MP, Douglas Alexander MP, Annabel Goldie MSP, Patrick Harvie MSP, Nicola Sturgeon MSP and Nick Ferrari.

  • S33E10 17/03/2011

    • March 17, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is joined by the Conservative Party Chairman Sayeeda Warsi, the shadow justice minister Chris Bryant and the Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes. The panel also includes the Green Party leader and MP Caroline Lucas and the journalist and broadcaster Kelvin MacKenzie.

  • S33E11 24/03/2011

    • March 24, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debates in front of an invited studio audience, with Danny Alexander, Niall Ferguson, Bianca Jagger, Ken Livingstone, Rory Stewart joining him on the panel.

  • S33E12 31/03/2011

    • March 31, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from east London, with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience. The panel includes the Minister of State for Children and Families Sarah Teather MP, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Shadow Minister for Public Health Diane Abbott MP, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union Mark Serwotka and writer and broadcaster Clive Anderson.

  • S33E13 07/04/2011

    • April 7, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Oxford in front of an invited studio audience, with a panel of guests from the world of politics. The panel includes the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Caroline Flint MP and Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson, as well as Labour peer and broadcaster Professor Lord Winston and actor Simon Callow.

  • S33E14 14/04/2011

    • April 14, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is joined in Liverpool by Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain, former Conservative leader Michael Howard, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and journalist Cristina Odone.

  • S33E15 05/05/2011

    • May 5, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is joined in London by the Transport Secretary Philip Hammond and the shadow education secretary Andy Burnham. The panel also includes the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Lord Ashdown, the journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and the neo-conservative author and the director for the centre of social cohesion, Douglas Murray.

  • S33E16 12/05/2011

    • May 12, 2011
    • BBC One

    The programme comes from Sheffield, where the panel includes Anna Soubry, Vince Cable, David Blunkett, Max Mosley and James O'Brien. David Dimbleby chairs.

  • S33E17 19/05/2011

    • May 19, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate show from Wormwood Scrubs Prison in west London with an invited audience. The panel includes Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke; former Home Secretary, Jack Straw; columnist Melanie Phillips; and the director of human rights organisation Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti.

  • S33E18 26/05/2011

    • May 26, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby is joined by Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne MP, Conservative MP and novelist Louise Bagshawe and Labour MP Hilary Benn. The panel also includes Britain's former Ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer and media lawyer Charlotte Harris.

  • S33E19 02/06/2011

    • June 2, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Wrexham where he is joined on the panel by Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Dorrell, columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer, author Simon Jenkins, Labour MP Alan Johnson, and Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd.

  • S33E20 09/06/2011

    • June 9, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Norwich where he's joined on the panel by Labour MP Charles Clarke, feminist icon Germaine Greer, right-wing columnist Peter Hitchens, Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell, and Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson.

  • S33E21 16/06/2011

    • June 16, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debates in front of an invited studio audience, with a panel of guests from the world of politics. The panel includes Margaret Curran, Michael Forsyth, Tom Hunter, Michael Moore, Alex Salmond.

  • S33E22 23/06/2011

    • June 23, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Huddersfield in front of an invited studio audience, with a panel of guests from the world of politics. The panel includes Norman Baker, Fern Britton, David Mitchell, John Redwood, Rachel Reeves.

  • S33E23 30/06/2011

    • June 30, 2011
    • BBC One

    Topical debate from Birmingham with a panel of prominent public figures and an invited audience, chaired by David Dimbleby The panel: Philip Hammond MP; John Denham MP; Polly Toynbee; Sir Richard Lambert, former Head of the CBI; Christine Blower, Gen Sec NUT.

  • S33E24 07/07/2011

    • July 7, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate programme from Basingstoke. On the panel: the actor Hugh Grant; Employment Minister Chris Grayling; Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander; Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Shirley Williams; and the radio presenter and former Sun columnist Jon Gaunt with an invited audience.

  • S33E25 Riots Special

    • August 11, 2011
    • BBC One

    In a week when riots have spread from Tottenham across London and now other major UK cities, and the Prime Minister and Mayor of London have cut short their holidays to deal with the crisis, Question Time returns for a special edition. David Dimbleby chairs a panel of politicians and public figures as they take questions from the audience on what sparked the rioting, the police response and how to deal with the root causes of the unrest. The panel includes founder of children's charity Kids Company, Camila Batmanghelidjh; Conservative MP David Davis; journalist Fraser Nelson; police officer Brian Paddick; Labour MP John Prescott; and Anglican bishop John Sentamu.

  • S33E26 September 11 Attacks Special

    • September 8, 2011
    • BBC One

    Question Time returns for a new series with a special programme - ten years on from the September 11 attacks. On the panel: Defence Secretary Liam Fox, former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, the leading advocate of regime change in Iraq Richard Perle, anti-war campaigner Tariq Ali, American-born playwright Bonnie Greer and Christina Schmidt, whose husband Olaf, a British Army bomb disposal expert, was killed in Afghanistan. Chaired by David Dimbleby from London.

  • S33E27 15/09/2011

    • September 15, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Londonderry in Northern Ireland. On the panel are Labour MP Diane Abbott; Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; Ian Paisley, Junior MP of the DUP; Sinn Féin MP Martina Anderson; barrister Nigel Dodds; and investment fund manager Nicola Horlick.

  • S33E28 22/09/2011

    • September 22, 2011
    • BBC One

    As the Liberal Democrats' party conference draws to a close, David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Birmingham, with a panel of guests including business secretary Vince Cable, Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman and Conservative MP Priti Patel, as well as Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and Justine Roberts, co-founder of Mumsnet.

  • S33E29 29/09/2011

    • September 29, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. On the panel are Grant Shapps, housing minister; Tim Farron, president of the Liberal Democrats; Caroline Flint, shadow communities and local government secretary; journalist and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter; and columnist and commentator Peter Oborne.

  • S33E30 06/10/2011

    • October 6, 2011
    • BBC One

    As the Conservative party conference draws to a close, Question Time comes from Salford. On the panel are: Conservative Party Chairman Baroness Warsi, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham, Liberal Democrat MP Charles Kennedy, Sun columnist Jane Moore and the musician and campaigner Billy Bragg. Chaired by David Dimbleby.

  • S33E31 13/10/2011

    • October 13, 2011
    • BBC One

    From London, David Dimbleby is joined by Andrew Lansley, Ken Livingstone, Sarah Sands, Dr Phil Hammond and Mark Littlewood from the Institute of Economic Affairs.

  • S33E32 20/10/2011

    • October 20, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Glasgow. On the panel are: Alistair Carmichael MP, Deputy Chief Whip; Brian Cox, actor; Margaret Curran MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland; Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Conservative MP; Mike Russell MSP, Scottish Education Secretary; and Cristina Odone, Daily Telegraph Columnist.

  • S33E33 27/10/2011

    • October 27, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Winchester, with a panel including Downton Abbey writer and creator Julian Fellowes; Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Gloria De Piero, Shadow Home Office Minister; Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat MP, and Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP.

  • S33E34 03/11/2011

    • November 3, 2011
    • BBC One

    For the first time in the programme's history, Question Time comes from the Houses of Parliament. David Dimbleby chairs a panel including Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Home Secretary Theresa May, Lib Dem peer Shirley Williams, poet Benjamin Zephaniah and the Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens. Part of Parliament Week.

  • S33E35 10/11/2011

    • November 10, 2011
    • BBC One

    Question Time is in Newcastle this week. The panel includes: Michael Moore, Secretary of State for Scotland; Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury; Nadine Dorries, Conservative MP; Stephen Pollard, editor of the Jewish Chronicle; and Professor Colin Blakemore. Chaired by David Dimbleby.

  • S33E36 17/11/2011

    • November 17, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Aberystwyth. The panel includes Labour MP Chris Bryant, economist Will Hutton, journalist Simon Jenkins, Plaid Cymru member Elin Jones, and Conservative MP Grant Shapps.

  • S33E37 24/11/2011

    • November 24, 2011
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Bath. On the panel are energy secretary Chris Huhne, Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, shadow minister for older people Liz Kendall and Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan.

  • S33E38 01/12/2011

    • December 1, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Dagenham. The panel includes Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary; Chuka Umunna, Shadow Business Secretary; Mary Bousted, head of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers; David Frum, former speechwriter to President George W. Bush; and Deborah Meaden, businesswoman.

  • S33E39 08/12/2011

    • December 8, 2011
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Stoke-on-Trent, with panellists including Labour MP Tristram Hunt, Conservative MP Claire Perry, the chief executive of Next Lord Wolfson, Mehdi Hasan of the New Statesman and the author and barrister Constance Briscoe.

Season 34

  • S34E01 12/01/2012

    • January 12, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a debate in Tower Hamlets in east London. He is joined by a panel comprising of transport secretary Justine Greening; former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown; Labour's shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander; deputy first minister of Scotland and deputy leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon; and Daily Mail columnist and former editor of the Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie.

  • S34E02 19/01/2012

    • January 19, 2012
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Shrewsbury. David Dimbleby is joined by Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairman of the Conservative Party; Stephen Twigg MP, Labour's shadow education secretary; Green MP, Caroline Lucas; Germaine Greer, feminist writer and academic and Charles Moore, columnist and former editor at the Telegraph and the Spectator.

  • S34E03 26/01/2012

    • January 26, 2012
    • BBC One

    Question Time comes from Plymouth, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Liberal Democrat Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne, Labour's former higher education minister David Lammy, Conservative MP Liz Truss, comedian Mark Steel and Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S34E04 02/02/2012

    • February 2, 2012
    • BBC One

    BBC Question Time comes from Southport, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: International Development Minister Alan Duncan MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan MP, former head of the CBI Digby Jones, creator of Grange Hill & Brookside Phil Redmond, and Emma Boon from the Taxpayers Alliance.

  • S34E05 09/02/2012

    • February 9, 2012
    • BBC One

    BBC Question Time comes from London, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Defence Secretary Philip Hammond; Labour's Alastair Campbell, who was director of communications under Tony Blair; Liberal Democrat peer, Shirley Williams; comedian and actor Steve Coogan; and veteran Daily Mail journalist Ann Leslie.

  • S34E06 16/02/2012

    • February 16, 2012
    • BBC One

    BBC Question Time comes from Nottingham, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Kramer, Julie Meyer founder of the investment firm Ariadne Capital, and Owen Jones author of the book "Chavs".

  • S34E07 23/02/2012

    • February 23, 2012
    • BBC One

    BBC Question Time comes from Tunbridge Wells, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Communications Minister Ed Vaizey, the Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry, UKIP's deputy leader Paul Nuttall, Daily Telegraph columnist Cristina Odone and historian Simon Schama.

  • S34E08 01/03/2012

    • March 1, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week from Dewsbury. On the panel: Conservative MP John Redwood, Labour MP Rachel Reeves, Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson, historian David Starkey, and professional footballer Clarke Carlisle.

  • S34E09 08/03/2012

    • March 8, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week from Guildford, with a studio audience and a panel of guests which includes communities secretary Eric Pickles, shadow energy and climate change secretary Caroline Flint, singer Will Young, Daily Mail columnist Janice Atkinson-Small and novelist Will Self.

  • S34E10 15/03/2012

    • March 15, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from St Andrews. On the panel: the former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson MSP, Labour's Frank Field MP, the SNP's Humza Yousaf MSP and the broadcaster and journalist Janet Street-Porter.

  • S34E11 22/03/2012

    • March 22, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a debate from Grimsby on the big stories of the week. On the panel: business secretary Vince Cable, former shadow home secretary David Davis, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, journalist Melissa Kite, and author Marina Lewycka.

  • S34E12 29/03/2012

    • March 29, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Portsmouth. On the panel: the comedian Alexei Sayle, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, children's minister Sarah Teather MP, conservative Anna Soubry MP, and the columnist and chair of the National Trust Sir Simon Jenkins.

  • S34E13 19/04/2012

    • April 19, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Leeds. On the panel: the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, the Conservative party co-chairman Sayeeda Warsi, Respect MP George Galloway, president of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron, and the Times columnist David Aaronovitch.

  • S34E14 26/04/2012

    • April 26, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Romford in East London. On the panel: Employment Minister Chris Grayling MP, Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes MP, UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage MEP and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

  • S34E15 03/05/2012

    • May 3, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week, from London. The panel includes work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith MP, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell MP, leader of the PCS union Mark Serwotka and the businessman and star of Dragons' Den Theo Paphitis.

  • S34E16 10/05/2012

    • May 10, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Oldham. On the panel: environment secretary Caroline Spelman MP, shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant MP, Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge Mary Beard, and the Daily Telegraph columnist Peter Oborne.

  • S34E17 17/05/2012

    • May 17, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week from Cardiff. On the panel are former shadow Welsh secretary Peter Hain; minister for disabled people Maria Miller; Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru; Kelvin MacKenzie, Daily Mail columnist and former editor of the Sun; author and comedy scriptwriter John O'Farrell.

  • S34E18 24/05/2012

    • May 24, 2012
    • BBC One

    Joining David Dimbleby on Question Time from King's Lynn are former deputy prime minister John Prescott, universities minister David Willetts, leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, comedian and actor Griff Rhys Jones and Sunday Times columnist Minette Marrin.

  • S34E19 31/05/2012

    • May 31, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week from Rugby. Joining him on the panel are: Alan Duncan, minister for international development; shadow Home Office minister, Stella Creasy; Mark Oaten, former Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman; Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spectator; and broadcaster and columnist Victoria Coren.

  • S34E20 07/06/2012

    • June 7, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Inverness. On the panel, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, Labour's leader in Scotland Johann Lamont MSP, Conservative former Secretary of State for Scotland Lord Forsyth, Infrastructure Minister in the Scottish Government Alex Neil MSP, Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips and the actor Alan Cumming.

  • S34E21 14/06/2012

    • June 14, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Stockton-on-Tees. On the panel: television executive and former Director General of the BBC Greg Dyke, President of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron MP, Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens, Housing Minister Grant Shapps MP and Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry MP.

  • S34E22 21/06/2012

    • June 21, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs from West Bromwich. On the panel are justice secretary Ken Clarke, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, general secretary of the Unite trade union Len McCluskey, economist Ruth Lea and Midlands businesswoman of the year Julie White.

  • S34E23 28/06/2012

    • June 28, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Luton. On the panel: Transport Secretary Justine Greening MP, Shadow Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown, comic actor & broadcaster Tony Robinson and the businessman Terry Smith, chief executive of the City brokerage Tullett Prebon.

  • S34E24 05/07/2012

    • July 5, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Derby. Panellists include energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey MP, former home secretary Alan Johnson MP, Conservative MP Louise Mensch, Sunday Times and Independent columnist Dominic Lawson, and John Lydon, former lead singer of the Sex Pistols and founder of the band Public Image Ltd.

  • S34E25 27/09/2012

    • September 27, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Brighton. On the panel: Labour's Deputy Leader Harriet Harman MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander MP, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp and comedian Steve Coogan.

  • S34E26 04/10/2012

    • October 4, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Manchester. On the panel - cabinet minister Kenneth Clarke MP, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat Baroness Kramer, the broadcaster and columnist Janet Street-Porter and Willie Walsh, chief executive of the parent company of British Airways and Iberia.

  • S34E27 11/10/2012

    • October 11, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Birmingham. On the panel: Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP, Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint MP, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Simon Hughes MP, the poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah and the Daily Telegraph columnist Cristina Odone.

  • S34E28 18/10/2012

    • October 18, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Easterhouse in Glasgow. Panellists include Deputy First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon MSP, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party Ruth Davidson MSP, Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran MP, Daily Telegraph Scottish Editor Alan Cochrane and Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the PCS trade union.

  • S34E29 25/10/2012

    • October 25, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Slough. He is joined by a panel comprising business secretary Vince Cable, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry, Claire Perry, UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall and Mehdi Hasan, political director of the Huffington Post website.

  • S34E30 01/11/2012

    • November 1, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents from central London in the week before the US presidential election. On the panel are former foreign secretary David Miliband, US television presenter and former Democratic Party mayor of Cincinnati Jerry Springer, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Colleen Graffy, former chairman of Republicans Abroad, and Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty.

  • S34E31 08/11/2012

    • November 8, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Bexhill. The panel includes police minister Damian Green, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, novelist and Sun columnist Jane Moore and Professor David Blanchflower, economics editor of the New Statesman and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

  • S34E32 15/11/2012

    • November 15, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Corby as the polls close in the by-election. On the panel are justice secretary Chris Grayling MP, Labour's deputy leader and shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman, UKIP Leader Nigel Farage, Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt and Moray MacLennan, chief executive of the advertising agency M&C Saatchi.

  • S34E33 22/11/2012

    • November 22, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament. On the panel: Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith MP, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, businesswoman and star of Dragons' Den Deborah Meaden and the Independent columnist Owen Jones.

  • S34E34 29/11/2012

    • November 29, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Swansea on the day Lord Justice Leveson's report on press standards is published. On the panel are singer and phone hacking campaigner Charlotte Church, former News of the World executive editor Neil Wallis, columnist Simon Jenkins, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin MP and shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant MP.

  • S34E35 06/12/2012

    • December 6, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Liverpool. On the panel: Francis Maude MP, minister for the cabinet office; Andy Burnham MP, Labour's shadow health secretary; Tim Farron MP, president of the Liberal Democrats; Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times; and Leanne Wood AM, leader of Plaid Cymru.

  • S34E36 13/12/2012

    • December 13, 2012
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Bristol. On the panel: Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for International Development; Stella Creasy MP, Shadow Home Office Minister; Cross-bench peer Lord Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer; author Will Self, and Peter Hitchens, Columnist for the Mail on Sunday.

Season 35

  • S35E01 10/01/2013

    • January 10, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the first Question Time of 2013, from Lewisham in south London. Joining him on the panel are: Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary; Lord Prescott, former deputy prime minister; Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid Bedfordshire; John Bird, founder of the Big Issue; and Times columnist Camilla Cavendish.

  • S35E02 17/01/2013

    • January 17, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Lincoln. On the panel are Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP; Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint MP; UKIP leader Nigel Farage; Chairman of RLM Finsbury and founding Chairman of Business for New Europe, Roland Rudd; and Dr Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge.

  • S35E03 24/01/2013

    • January 24, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Weymouth. On the panel conservative health minister Anna Soubry MP, former Labour culture secretary Ben Bradshaw MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell MP, editor of Private Eye Ian Hislop and journalist Angela Epstein.

  • S35E04 31/01/2013

    • January 31, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Lancaster. On the panel are Baroness Warsi, foreign and Commonwealth Office minister; Alan Johnson, former home secretary for Labour; comedian Dom Joly; Guardian columnist Zoe Williams; James Delingpole of the Daily Telegraph.

  • S35E05 07/02/2013

    • February 7, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Stirling. On the panel: Scottish Secretary and Liberal Democrat Michael Moore MP; Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for External Affairs in the Scottish Government; Lord Falconer, former Justice Secretary; Mary Macleod MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth; and Sir Brian Souter, Chief Executive of Stagecoach Group.

  • S35E06 14/02/2013

    • February 14, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Leicester. On the panel are: secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Maria Miller; shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh; Liberal Democrat peer Susan Kramer; Respect MP for Bradford West, George Galloway; and editor of the Spectator, Fraser Nelson.

  • S35E07 21/02/2013

    • February 21, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from St Paul's Cathedral in London. On the panel are business secretary and Liberal Democrat Vince Cable MP; Labour shadow health minister Diane Abbott MP; former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine; Rev Giles Fraser, who resigned from his position at St Paul's in 2011; and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens. This is the first time Question Time has been hosted from St Paul's. The debate takes place directly under the Cathedral's iconic dome.

  • S35E08 28/02/2013

    • February 28, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Eastleigh, the former seat of disgraced ex-MP Chris Huhne and now the site of a fierce by-election battle between the coalition partners. The panel includes minister for crime prevention Jeremy Browne, Labour's shadow leader of the House Angela Eagle, Conservative MP for Devizes Claire Perry, former Conservative MP and now a member of UKIP's national executive committee, Neil Hamilton and the film director Ken Loach.

  • S35E09 07/03/2013

    • March 7, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Dover. On the panel are Labour's shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg MP; Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT union; Justice Secretary Ken Clarke; Diane James of the Brexit Party; and Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S35E10 14/03/2013

    • March 14, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents from Cardiff. On the panel are Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office; Chuka Umunna MP, Shadow Business Secretary for Labour; Kirsty Williams AM, Leader of Welsh Liberal Democrats; Leanne Wood AM, Leader of Plaid Cymru; and businessman Theo Paphitis.

  • S35E11 21/03/2013

    • March 21, 2013
    • BBC One

    Joining David Dimbleby on the panel of BBC Question Time in York: Michael Gove MP, Education Secretary; Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Attorney General for Labour; Natalie Bennett, Leader of the Green Party; Mark Littlewood, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs; and bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.

  • S35E12 11/04/2013

    • April 11, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Lady Thatcher's former constituency of Finchley. On the panel are Conservative Cabinet Minister Ken Clarke MP, Labour's former Home Secretary David Blunkett MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell MP, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and Lady Thatcher's authorised biographer Charles Moore.

  • S35E13 18/04/2013

    • April 18, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Aldershot. On the panel are former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard, Labour's Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint MP, former Liberal Democrat minister Sarah Teather MP, Daily Mail columnist Amanda Platell and comedian and television presenter Griff Rhys Jones, who is also president of the campaign group Civic Voice.

  • S35E14 25/04/2013

    • April 25, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Worcester in the last programme before the local elections. On the panel are economic secretary to the treasury, Sajid Javid MP; shadow energy and climate change minister, Luciana Berger MP; deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, Simon Hughes MP; Nigel Farage MEP, leader of UKIP; and Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party.

  • S35E15 02/05/2013

    • May 2, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Dartford on the night of the local elections. On the panel are Justine Greening, secretary of state for international development; deputy leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman; Lib Dem peer Shirley Williams; historian David Starkey; broadcaster and columnist Victoria Coren.

  • S35E16 09/05/2013

    • May 9, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Coventry. On the panel: Business minister, Jo Swinson MP; former Shadow Home Secretary, David Davis MP; Shadow Education Minister, Tristram Hunt MP; Germaine Greer, feminist writer and academic; and Jerry Hayes, criminal barrister and former Conservative MP.

  • S35E17 16/05/2013

    • May 16, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Ipswich. On the panel: defence secretary, Philip Hammond MP; shadow immigration minister, Chris Bryant MP; former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy MP; Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett; and the chair of Arts Council England, Peter Bazalgette.

  • S35E18 23/05/2013

    • May 23, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Belfast, where the panel includes Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers, shadow Northern Ireland secretary Vernon Coaker, education minister John O' Dowd, MP for North Antrim Ian Paisley Jnr, gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and former Islamist radical and chairman of the Quilliam Foundation Maajid Nawaz.

  • S35E19 30/05/2013

    • May 30, 2013
    • BBC One

    On the panel in London are Conservative health minister Anna Soubry MP, Labour's former home secretary Alan Johnson MP, UKIP prospective candidate for European Parliament Diane James, political director of the Huffington Post Mehdi Hasan and Julian Fellowes, the writer and creator of Downton Abbey.

  • S35E20 06/06/2013

    • June 6, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Blackburn. On the panel are Margot James, Conservative MP for Stourbridge, Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, Lord Oakeshott, Liberal Democrat peer, writer AN Wilson and Salma Yaqoob, the former Leader of Respect.

  • S35E21 13/06/2013

    • June 13, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Edinburgh, with an audience of 16 and 17-year-olds. The 2014 referendum on Scottish independence will be the first time anyone under 18 has had a vote in the UK.

  • S35E22 20/06/2013

    • June 20, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from London. On the panel are Ed Davey MP, secretary of state for energy and climate change; Dame Tessa Jowell MP, Labour's former minister for the Olympics; Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London; comedian Russell Brand; and Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S35E23 27/06/2013

    • June 27, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Newcastle. With universities and science minister David Willetts MP, shadow health minister Liz Kendall MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes MP, comedian and campaigner Mark Steel and former director of the Centre for Policy Studies Jill Kirby.

  • S35E24 04/07/2013

    • July 4, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Basildon. On the panel are: Danny Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the Treasury; Labour's Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the Public Accounts Committee; Dr Sarah Wollaston, Conservative MP for Totnes; actor and television presenter, Tony Robinson; and contributing editor of the Spectator, Douglas Murray.

  • S35E25 12/09/2013

    • September 12, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from London, with international development secretary Justine Greening MP, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna MP, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Times columnist David Aaronovitch, and a former State Department official in the Bush administration Colleen Graffy.

  • S35E26 19/09/2013

    • September 19, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Rochdale. On the panel: Conservative Cabinet Minister Ken Clarke MP; Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman MP; Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams; Laurie Penny, contributing editor of the New Statesman and chef and restaurateur Antony Worrall Thompson.

  • S35E27 26/09/2013

    • September 26, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Uxbridge, with education secretary Michael Gove MP, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, UKIP candidate and Daily Express chief political commentator Patrick O'Flynn, novelist Will Self and journalist Louise Cooper.

  • S35E28 03/10/2013

    • October 3, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Birmingham. On the panel are chairman of the Conservative Party, Grant Shapps MP; Labour's shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper; Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats; Mehdi Hasan, political director of the Huffington Post UK; and Quentin Letts, parliamentary sketch writer of the Daily Mail.

  • S35E29 10/10/2013

    • October 10, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cambridge. On the panel are business minister and Liberal Democrat, Jo Swinson MP; Labour MP, Diane Abbott; Conservative MP, Adam Afriyie; Sarah Churchwell, professor of American literature at the University of East Anglia; and The Times columnist, Matthew Parris.

  • S35E30 17/10/2013

    • October 17, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Basingstoke. His guests are immigration minister, Mark Harper MP; Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt MP; Diane James of UKIP; Daily Telegraph chief political commentator Peter Oborne; playwright and chancellor of Kingston University Bonnie Greer.

  • S35E31 24/10/2013

    • October 24, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Liverpool, with Conservative education minister Liz Truss, Labour's shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint, president of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron, author of the book 'Chavs', Owen Jones and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens.

  • S35E32 31/10/2013

    • October 31, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from St Austell, Cornwall. On the panel, business minister Matthew Hancock MP, shadow work and pensions minister Chris Bryant MP, Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne MP, author and journalist Harriet Sergeant and the Gay Times columnist and campaigner for transgender rights Paris Lees.

  • S35E33 07/11/2013

    • November 7, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Boston in Lincolnshire. With defence minister Anna Soubry MP, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP, UKIP leader Nigel Farage MEP, poet Benjamin Zephaniah and Vicky Pryce, author of the book Prisonomics.

  • S35E34 14/11/2013

    • November 14, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Portsmouth where shipbuilding is about to end with the loss of almost a thousand jobs. On the panel: Energy Secretary, Ed Davey; Shadow Business Minister for Labour, Stella Creasy; Nigel Lawson, Conservative former Chancellor; Paul Kenny, General Secretary of the GMB union; and Nikki King, director at Isuzu Trucks UK.

  • S35E35 21/11/2013

    • November 21, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Salford, with an audience who are all either under 30 or over 60 years old. With health secretary Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan MP, Liberal Democrat peer Olly Grender, writer and broadcaster Joan Bakewell and Daily Telegraph blogger Tim Stanley.

  • S35E36 28/11/2013

    • November 28, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Falkirk, with Scotland's deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Liberal Democrat secretary of state for Scotland Alistair Carmichael MP, former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Annabel Goldie MSP, Labour's shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran MP, co-convenor of the Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie MSP and the singer-songwriter and member of Artists for Independence Eddi Reader.

  • S35E37 05/12/2013

    • December 5, 2013
    • BBC Two

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from east London. On the panel are chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander, Labour's shadow secretary for work and pensions Rachel Reeves, former shadow home secretary David Davis, professor of classics at Cambridge University Dr Mary Beard and Nick Ferrari, LBC radio presenter.

  • S35E38 Question Time Special

    • December 12, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents a special Question Time from Johannesburg, looking at South Africa after Mandela. On the panel are foreign minister in the last apartheid government Pik Botha, former host of the South African version of The Apprentice and ANC leader imprisoned on Robben Island with Mandela, Tokyo Sexwale, leading anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain MP, the parliamentary leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance party, Lindiwe Mazibuko, radical black consciousness activist Andile Mngxitama, and the journalist Eusebius McKeiser.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 EU Special: In or Out

Season 36

  • S36E01 09/01/2014

    • January 9, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from London. On the panel are: Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Home Office minister; Chuka Umunna MP, Labour shadow business secretary; Nadine Dorries MP, Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire; Paul Nuttall MEP, deputy leader of UKIP; and Susie Boniface, Mirror columnist and author of the Fleet Street Fox blog.

  • S36E02 16/01/2014

    • January 16, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Durham. On the panel are Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP; Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint MP; UKIP leader Nigel Farage; Chairman of RLM Finsbury and founding Chairman of Business for New Europe, Roland Rudd; and Dr Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge.

  • S36E03 23/01/2014

    • January 23, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Dundee with Scottish government finance secretary John Swinney, leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson, former deputy leader of the SNP Jim Sillars and Scottish Labour's shadow education secretary Kezia Dugdale.

  • S36E04 30/01/2014

    • January 30, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Norwich. On the panel are Conservative cabinet minister Ken Clarke MP, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP, Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott, comedian and feminist activist Kate Smurthwaite, and director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs Mark Littlewood.

  • S36E05 06/02/2014

    • February 6, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Gillingham in Kent. On the panel are skills and enterprise minister Matthew Hancock MP, former culture secretary Tessa Jowell MP, Respect MP George Galloway, historian David Starkey and economist Professor Alison Wolf of King's College London.

  • S36E06 13/02/2014

    • February 13, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Scunthorpe, with a panel including Home Office minister Damian Green MP, shadow employment minister Chris Bryant MP, UKIP's Janice Atkinson, scientist and broadcaster Lord Winston and Daily Telegraph blogger Cristina Odone.

  • S36E07 20/02/2014

    • February 20, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Swindon, with a panel including author Jeanette Winterson and philosopher Roger Scruton.

  • S36E08 27/02/2014

    • February 27, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Newport in Wales. On the panel are Conservative defence minister Anna Soubry MP, Labour's shadow education minister Rushanara Ali MP, Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Elfyn Llwyd MP, restaurant critic and novelist Jay Rayner and columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S36E09 06/03/2014

    • March 6, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Barking in east London. On the panel are Conservative former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine, Liberal Democrat justice minister Simon Hughes MP, Rachel Reeves MP, Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary, associate editor of The Times David Aaronovitch, and Daily Mail columnist Amanda Platell.

  • S36E10 13/03/2014

    • March 13, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Nottingham. On the panel are shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat transport minister Baroness Kramer, Conservative MP and member of the Number 10 Policy Unit Nadhim Zahawi, journalist Isabel Oakeshott and star of The Apprentice, Nick Hewer.

  • S36E11 20/03/2014

    • March 20, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Warrington. On the panel are chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander MP, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham MP, Conservative Dominic Raab MP, former director of the Centre for Policy Studies Jill Kirby and crime writer Val McDermid.

  • S36E12 27/03/2014

    • March 27, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Brighton, with international development secretary Justine Greening MP, Labour backbencher Diane Abbott MP, UKIP MEP Roger Helmer, singer-songwriter Mick Hucknall and the chief executive of Next, Lord Wolfson.

  • S36E13 03/04/2014

    • April 3, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Bristol. The panel includes Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable MP, Labour's former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain MP, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, associate editor of The Times Camilla Cavendish and Guardian columnist Julie Bindel.

  • S36E14 10/04/2014

    • April 10, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Hammersmith in West London, with Conservative culture secretary Sajid Javid MP, deputy leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman MP, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Kirsty Williams AM, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg and chief executive of the global advertising company WPP Sir Martin Sorrell.

  • S36E15 01/05/2014

    • May 1, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Leeds, with Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, president of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron, Conservative MP Conor Burns, UKIP's communities spokesman Suzanne Evans and Simon Jenkins, columnist for the Guardian and Evening Standard.

  • S36E16 08/05/2014

    • May 8, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents from Southampton. Taking questions from the audience are Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps MP, Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna MP, Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, UKIP leader Nigel Farage MEP and the Green Party's Caroline Lucas MP.

  • S36E17 15/05/2014

    • May 15, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Coventry. On the panel are Conservative MP Esther McVey, Labour's Caroline Flint MP, former Liberal Democrats leader Lord Ashdown, the SNP's Humza Yousaf MSP and Daily Telegraph blogger Tim Stanley.

  • S36E18 22/05/2014

    • May 22, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time on the night of the European and local elections, from Radlett in Hertfordshire. On the panel are Conservative justice secretary Chris Grayling MP, Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt MP, Liberal Democrat former Home Office minister Jeremy Browne MP, television presenter Kirstie Allsopp, and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe.

  • S36E19 29/05/2014

    • May 29, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport. On the panel are Conservative universities and science minister David Willetts MP, Labour's shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran MP, newly elected Ukip MEP Louise Bours, journalist and television presenter Piers Morgan and footballer Joey Barton.

  • S36E20 05/06/2014

    • June 5, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Llandudno in Wales, with Conservative secretary of state for Wales David Jones MP, Labour's shadow minister for care and older people Liz Kendall MP, Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams MP, assistant editor of The Spectator Isabel Hardman and the businessman Nev Wilshire, star of BBC3's The Call Centre.

  • S36E21 12/06/2014

    • June 12, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from King's Lynn. Panellists include Conservative work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith MP, Labour's shadow welfare reform minister Chris Bryant MP, Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt MP, editor of Private Eye Ian Hislop and former leader of the Respect Party Salma Yaqoob, who leads the Hands Off Birmingham Schools campaign group.

  • S36E22 26/06/2014

    • June 26, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Wolverhampton, with Conservative defence minister Anna Soubry MP, Labour's former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott, deputy leader of UKIP, Paul Nuttall MEP, anti-extremism campaigner and Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Maajid Nawaz and the former executive editor of the News of the World, Neil Wallis.

  • S36E23 03/07/2014

    • July 3, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Croydon. The panel includes Liberal Democrat business minister Jo Swinson MP, and Labour's former home secretary Alan Johnson MP.

  • S36E24 10/07/2014

    • July 10, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Inverness. Scotland votes on independence in September 2014, and the panel features campaigners for both sides from a range of occupations: singer-songwriter Ricky Ross, Daily Record columnist and agony aunt Joan Burnie, businessman and chairman of Orion Group Alan Savage, and the Scotland and British Lions rugby player Scott Hastings.

  • S36E25 25/09/2014

    • September 25, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Kelso in the Scottish Borders, with an audience from both the English and Scottish sides of the border. The panel includes Labour's shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP, the Scottish government's finance secretary John Swinney MSP, Conservative chairman of the defence select committee Rory Stewart MP, Scotsman columnist Lesley Riddoch and editor-at-large of the Independent on Sunday, Janet Street-Porter.

  • S36E26 02/10/2014

    • October 2, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Northampton. On the panel are Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps MP, Labour's shadow business minister Stella Creasy MP, Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert, Fleet Street Fox blogger and Mirror columnist Susie Boniface and the founder and chief executive of Pimlico Plumbers, Charlie Mullins.

  • S36E27 09/10/2014

    • October 9, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate live from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex on the night of its by-election. On the panel are Conservative communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles MP, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman MP, UKIP MEP Patrick O'Flynn, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Malcolm Bruce MP and novelist Jeanette Winterson.

  • S36E28 16/10/2014

    • October 16, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Newbury in Berkshire. On the panel are Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt MP, Labour's shadow leader of the commons Angela Eagle MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell MP, author and commentator Isabel Oakeshott and broadcaster Giles Fraser.

  • S36E29 23/10/2014

    • October 23, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel are Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond MSP, Labour's shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint MP, Conservative minister for disabled people Mark Harper MP, UKIP's Louise Bours MEP and the leader of the Unite trade union Len McCluskey.

  • S36E30 30/10/2014

    • October 30, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Taunton in Somerset, with a panel including Liberal Democrat transport minister Baroness Kramer, Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt MP, Conservative former cabinet minister Owen Paterson MP, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz.

  • S36E31 06/11/2014

    • November 6, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Middlesbrough. On the panel are former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, Conservative housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis MP, Times columnist Melanie Phillips and comedian Matt Forde, who describes himself as one of the last defenders of Tony Blair.

  • S36E32 13/11/2014

    • November 13, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Cardiff. The panel includes Conservative secretary of state for Wales Stephen Crabb MP, Labour's first minister of Wales Carwyn Jones AM, the leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood AM, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Kirsty Williams AM and the Spectator and Sun columnist Rod Liddle.

  • S36E33 20/11/2014

    • November 20, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Birmingham. On the panel are Conservative former chancellor Ken Clarke MP, Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham MP, UKIP's Douglas Carswell MP, columnist on The Independent Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and the political director of the Taxpayers' Alliance Dia Chakravarty.

  • S36E34 27/11/2014

    • November 27, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Romford in London. The panel includes chief whip Michael Gove MP, Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna MP, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, comedian and television presenter Jo Brand, and Daily Mail columnist Amanda Platell.

  • S36E35 04/12/2014

    • December 4, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The panel includes Conservative culture secretary Sajid Javid MP, Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper MP, Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, actor and comedian Omid Djalili and the former director of the Centre for Policy Studies Jill Kirby.

  • S36E36 11/12/2014

    • December 11, 2014
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Canterbury in Kent. The panellists are Conservative communities and local government minister Penny Mordaunt MP, Labour's shadow international development secretary Mary Creagh MP, the leader of UKIP Nigel Farage MEP, comedian and campaigner Russell Brand and Times columnist Camilla Cavendish.

Season 37

  • S37E01 08/01/2015

    • January 8, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Watford. The panel includes Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable MP, Labour's shadow health minister Liz Kendall MP, Conservative former shadow home secretary David Davis MP, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and the broadcaster and columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S37E02 15/01/2015

    • January 15, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Lincoln. On the panel: Conservative defence minister Anna Soubry MP, Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, president of the Liberal Democrats Baroness Brinton, journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan and historian David Starkey.

  • S37E03 22/01/2015

    • January 22, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Eastleigh in Hampshire. Panellists include Conservative employment minister Esther McVey, Labour's Diane Abbott, deputy leader of UKIP Paul Nuttall, former president of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron and editor of The Independent Amol Rajan.

  • S37E04 29/01/2015

    • January 29, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Wrexham in Wales. The panel includes Conservative culture secretary Sajid Javid MP, former Labour secretary of state for Wales Peter Hain MP, Plaid Cymru's economy spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth AM, author and critic Germaine Greer and Telegraph.co.uk blogger Kate Maltby.

  • S37E05 05/02/2015

    • February 5, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Finchley in north London. The panel includes Conservative education secretary Nicky Morgan MP, Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt MP, Respect MP George Galloway, Cristina Odone of the Legatum Institute think tank and the Guardian's executive editor and columnist Jonathan Freedland.

  • S37E06 12/02/2015

    • February 12, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Norwich. On the panel are Liberal Democrat energy secretary Ed Davey MP, Labour's shadow culture minister Chris Bryant MP, Conservative chair of the health select committee Sarah Wollaston MP, UKIP deputy chairman Suzanne Evans and the satirist Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick of It and co-creator of Alan Partridge.

  • S37E07 19/02/2015

    • February 19, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stockton-on-Tees. The panel includes former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine, Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Labour's shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint MP and star of Dragons' Den Duncan Bannatyne.

  • S37E08 26/02/2015

    • February 26, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Telford in Shropshire. The panel includes Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps MP, Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves MP, Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt MP, UKIP's Mark Reckless MP and the Sunday Times journalist and critic Camilla Long.

  • S37E09 05/03/2015

    • March 5, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Glasgow. The panel includes Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander MP, SNP minister for Europe Humza Yousaf MSP, leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson MSP, Labour's deputy leader in Scotland Kezia Dugdale MSP, journalist Toby Young and crime writer Val McDermid.

  • S37E10 12/03/2015

    • March 12, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Leeds. On the panel are Conservative defence minister Anna Soubry MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, Labour's shadow minister for the Cabinet Office Lucy Powell MP, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and Private Eye editor and broadcaster Ian Hislop.

  • S37E11 19/03/2015

    • March 19, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Croydon, London. Panellists include Conservative culture secretary Sajid Javid, Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, Dia Chakravarty of the TaxPayers' Alliance and novelist Will Self.

  • S37E12 26/03/2015

    • March 26, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bolton. On the panel are Conservative education secretary Nicky Morgan MP, Labour's leader in Scotland Jim Murphy MP, Plaid Cymru's leader Leanne Wood AM, Ukip immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe MEP, and broadcaster and Independent on Sunday columnist Janet Street-Porter.

  • S37E13 02/04/2015

    • April 2, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Salford on the night of the leaders' debate. On the panel are Conservative chief whip Michael Gove, Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander, Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens.

  • S37E14 09/04/2015

    • April 9, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bristol. On the panel are Conservative environment secretary Elizabeth Truss, Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable, former leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas and the Daily Telegraph blogger and leader writer Tim Stanley.

  • S37E15 16/04/2015

    • April 16, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from London on the night of the BBC Election Debate. Panellists are Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps, Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, SNP leader at Westminster Angus Robertson, Liberal Democrat business minister Jo Swinson, UKIP's Douglas Carswell and journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan.

  • S37E16 23/04/2015

    • April 23, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from West Bromwich. On the panel are former Conservative Party leader William Hague, Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney of the SNP, UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall and Green Party leader Natalie Bennett.

  • S37E17 Election Leaders Special

    • April 30, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an Election Leaders Special Question Time, with David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg.

  • S37E18 General Election Special

    • May 8, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents a special Friday edition of Question Time on the night after the general election. With the results in, this is the first chance to get the public's reaction, as the Question Time audience quizzes leading politicians about what the result means for the country. Panellists include Labour's former director of communications Alastair Campbell, Conservative cabinet minister Francis Maude, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown, Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney MSP and broadcaster and columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S37E19 14/05/2015

    • May 14, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Uxbridge. On the panel are Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt MP, Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt MP, leader of UKIP Nigel Farage MEP, musician and campaigner Brian May and editor of the Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes.

  • S37E20 21/05/2015

    • May 21, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Derby. Panellists include Conservative education secretary Nicky Morgan MP, Labour's shadow business minister Stella Creasy MP, Liberal Democrat Tim Farron MP, Guardian columnist Owen Jones and businesswoman Hilary Devey.

  • S37E21 28/05/2015

    • May 28, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Aberdeen. On the panel are leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson MSP, Labour's shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer, newly elected SNP MP John Nicolson, Scotsman columnist Lesley Riddoch and Scotland editor of The Spectator Alex Massie.

  • S37E22 04/06/2015

    • June 4, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Plymouth. On the panel are Conservative international development secretary Justine Greening MP, Labour leadership contender and shadow international development secretary Mary Creagh MP, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb MP, Daily Mirror columnist and 'Fleet Street Fox' blogger Susie Boniface and former director of the Centre for Policy Studies Jill Kirby.

  • S37E23 11/06/2015

    • June 11, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Gateshead. He is joined by Conservative Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock MP, Labour's shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant MP, SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Ukip MP Douglas Carswell and Daily Telegraph columnist Cristina Odone.

  • S37E24 18/06/2015

    • June 18, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from High Wycombe. The panel includes former leader of the SNP Alex Salmond MP, Conservative former shadow home secretary David Davis MP, Labour's shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint MP, editor of the Financial Times Lionel Barber and columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S37E25 25/06/2015

    • June 25, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Southampton. The panel includes Conservative energy secretary Amber Rudd MP, Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham MP, deputy chairman of Ukip Suzanne Evans, editor of The Spectator Fraser Nelson, and the parish priest and Guardian columnist Giles Fraser.

  • S37E26 02/07/2015

    • July 2, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Grays in Essex. On the panel are Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt MP, Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn MP, Anne McElvoy of The Economist, comedian Shappi Khorsandi and Douglas Murray of The Spectator.

  • S37E27 09/07/2015

    • July 9, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Sheffield. Panellists include Conservative former chancellor of the exchequer Ken Clarke MP, Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna MP, the SNP's Tommy Sheppard MP, Ukip's Louise Bours MEP and the journalist and author Rachel Johnson.

  • S37E28 17/09/2015

    • September 17, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Wembley, north west London. On the panel are Conservative environment secretary Elizabeth Truss MP, Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell MP, former leader of the SNP Alex Salmond MP, comedian and presenter Sandi Toksvig and Daily Telegraph columnist and leader writer Tim Stanley.

  • S37E29 24/09/2015

    • September 24, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Cambridge. On the panel are former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, Conservative former chancellor Ken Clarke MP, Labour's shadow leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP, deputy chairman of Ukip Suzanne Evans and columnist and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S37E30 01/10/2015

    • October 1, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Cardiff. He is joined on the panel by Conservative secretary of state for Wales Stephen Crabb MP; newly-elected Labour MP Stephen Kinnock; leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood AM; Daily Telegraph columnist and Margaret Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore; singer and campaigner Charlotte Church.

  • S37E31 08/10/2015

    • October 8, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Leicester. On the panel are Conservative employment minister Priti Patel MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron MP, deputy leader of the SNP Stewart Hosie MP, Labour's shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy MP and Times columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S37E32 15/10/2015

    • October 15, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Dover. On the panel are Conservative energy secretary Amber Rudd, Labour's shadow digital minister Louise Haigh, UKIP's leader in the European Parliament Roger Helmer, Sun and Spectator columnist Rod Liddle and historian Simon Schama.

  • S37E33 22/10/2015

    • October 22, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Grimsby. Panellists are Conservative Nadhim Zahawi, Labour's former home secretary Alan Johnson, leader of UKIP Nigel Farage, writer Germaine Greer and businesswoman and winner of 'The Apprentice' Michelle Dewberry.

  • S37E34 29/10/2015

    • October 29, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Edinburgh. On the panel are cabinet secretary for infrastructure in the Scottish government Keith Brown MSP, former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Annabel Goldie MSP, leader of Scottish Labour Kezia Dugdale MSP, singer and campaigner Billy Bragg and editor of MoneyWeek Merryn Somerset Webb.

  • S37E35 05/11/2015

    • November 5, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Tottenham, London. Panellists include Conservative international development secretary Justine Greening, Labour's Chuka Umunna, the Green Party's Jenny Jones, Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens and writer and broadcaster Victoria Coren Mitchell.

  • S37E36 12/11/2015

    • November 12, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stoke-on-Trent. The panellists are Conservative business secretary Sajid Javid MP, Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell MP, Ukip deputy leader Paul Nuttall MEP, writer and campaigner Paris Lees and managing editor of The Sun Stig Abell.

  • S37E37 19/11/2015

    • November 19, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents from London. On the panel are Conservative business minister Anna Soubry MP, Labour's shadow home secretary Andy Burnham MP, former editor of Le Monde Natalie Nougayrede, Daily Mail columnist and former editor of the Daily Telegraph Sir Max Hastings, Al Jazeera English presenter Mehdi Hasan, and the British/Russian businessman and owner of the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers Evgeny Lebedev.

  • S37E38 26/11/2015

    • November 26, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Manchester. On the panel are Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock MP, Labour's Ken Livingstone, the SNP's Pete Wishart MP, comedian Matt Forde and Kate Andrews of the Adam Smith Institute.

  • S37E39 03/12/2015

    • December 3, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel are Conservative education secretary Nicky Morgan MP, Labour's shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott MP, the Green Party's Caroline Lucas MP, co-founder of the Quilliam anti-extremism think tank Maajid Nawaz, and former director of the Centre for Policy Studies Jill Kirby.

  • S37E40 10/12/2015

    • December 10, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bath. On the panel are Conservative communities secretary Greg Clark MP, Labour's Caroline Flint MP, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, classicist and broadcaster Mary Beard and the Daily Mail's parliamentary sketch writer Quentin Letts.

  • S37E41 17/12/2015

    • December 17, 2015
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Slough. On the panel are Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour's Emily Thornberry MP, Ukip's Mark Reckless, the SNP's Hannah Bardell MP and journalist Piers Morgan.

Season 38

  • S38E01 14/01/2016

    • January 14, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from London. On the panel are Conservative business and education minister Nick Boles MP, Labour's shadow minister for women Cat Smith MP, Ukip's Patrick O'Flynn MEP, Camilla Long of The Sunday Times and former editor of The Sun Kelvin MacKenzie.

  • S38E02 21/01/2016

    • January 21, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Belfast. On the panel are Conservative Northern Ireland secretary of state Theresa Villiers MP, Labour's former cabinet minister Peter Hain, deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Nigel Dodds MP, Sinn Fein national chairman Declan Kearney and the comedian and writer Grainne Maguire.

  • S38E03 28/01/2016

    • January 28, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Stamford, Lincolnshire. He is joined on the panel by Conservative transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, Labour's Jess Phillips, SNP leader at Westminster Angus Robertson, Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and the boss of advertising firm M&C Saatchi, Moray MacLennan.

  • S38E04 04/02/2016

    • February 4, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bradford. On the panel: Conservative energy secretary Amber Rudd MP, Labour's former shadow chief secretary to the treasury Shabana Mahmood MP, deputy leader of Ukip Paul Nuttall MEP, president of the Liberal Democrats Baroness Brinton and the Daily Mail's soon to be political editor-at-large Isabel Oakeshott.

  • S38E05 11/02/2016

    • February 11, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Llanelli. On the panel are Conservative Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb MP, Labour's First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones AM, leader of Ukip Nigel Farage MEP, leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood AM and the comedian Romesh Ranganathan.

  • S38E06 18/02/2016

    • February 18, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents from Stratford-upon-Avon. Panellists include Conservative international development secretary Justine Greening, Labour's shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy, the SNP's John Nicolson, broadcaster June Sarpong and businessman and former Dragon Theo Paphitis.

  • S38E07 25/02/2016

    • February 25, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Poole, Dorset. On the panel: Conservative environment secretary Elizabeth Truss MP, Labour's shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott MP, broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer, parish priest and Guardian columnist Giles Fraser and the creator of Downton Abbey Julian Fellowes.

  • S38E08 03/03/2016

    • March 3, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Liverpool. Panellists include Conservative justice minister Dominic Raab, Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell, UKIP's Louise Bours, Guardian columnist Zoe Williams and former England footballer Jermaine Jenas.

  • S38E09 10/03/2016

    • March 10, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Dundee. On the panel: leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson MSP, deputy first minister of Scotland John Swinney MSP, Labour's health spokeswoman Jenny Marra MSP, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie MSP, co-convener of the Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie MSP and Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley.

  • S38E10 17/03/2016

    • March 17, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Chelmsford. On the panel: Conservative education secretary Nicky Morgan MP, Labour's shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry MP, the SNP's trade and industry spokesperson Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP, Ukip's leader in the European Parliament Roger Helmer MEP and director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Mark Littlewood.

  • S38E11 07/04/2016

    • April 7, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Ilford, East London. On the panel: Conservative business minister Anna Soubry MP, Labour's shadow leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP, UKIP's Douglas Carswell MP, economist Ruth Lea and novelist Irvine Welsh.

  • S38E12 14/04/2016

    • April 14, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs debate from Doncaster. On the panel are Conservative Daniel Hannan MEP, shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith, Westminster leader of the SNP Angus Robertson, Green Party peer Baroness Jones and Dia Chakravarty of the TaxPayers' Alliance.

  • S38E13 21/04/2016

    • April 21, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Exeter. On the panel: Conservative former defence secretary Liam Fox MP, Labour's Kate Hoey MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Ashdown, leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood AM and founder and chairman of Wetherspoon Tim Martin.

  • S38E14 28/04/2016

    • April 28, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of political debate from Hull. Panellists include Conservative communities secretary Greg Clark, Labour's shadow home secretary Andy Burnham, former leader of the SNP Alex Salmond, former director of the Centre for Policy Studies Jill Kirby and hedge fund manager and chairman of the ARK chain of academies Paul Marshall.

  • S38E15 05/05/2016

    • May 5, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Manchester. On the panel: Conservative former chancellor of the exchequer Lord Lawson, Labour's shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy MP, chief executive of Ryanair Michael O'Leary, poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah and Daily Mail political editor-at-large Isabel Oakeshott.

  • S38E16 12/05/2016

    • May 12, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Aberdeen. The panellists are Conservative secretary of state for Scotland David Mundell MP, the SNP's minister for Europe Humza Yousaf MSP, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale MSP, former SNP deputy leader Jim Sillars and editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek magazine Merryn Somerset Webb.

  • S38E17 19/05/2016

    • May 19, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Walsall. Panellists include Conservative energy secretary Amber Rudd, Labour former cabinet minister Yvette Cooper, leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron, deputy leader of UKIP Paul Nuttall and broadcaster Paul Mason.

  • S38E18 26/05/2016

    • May 26, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Ipswich. On the panel: Labour's former leader Ed Miliband MP, Conservative former shadow home secretary David Davis MP, the Green Party's former leader Caroline Lucas MP, crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell and David Cameron's former director of strategy Steve Hilton.

  • S38E19 02/06/2016

    • June 2, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Cardiff. The panellists are Conservative environment secretary Elizabeth Truss MP, Labour's Frank Field MP, Ukip's leader in the Welsh Assembly Neil Hamilton AM, Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville-Roberts MP and author and Guardian columnist Owen Jones.

  • S38E20 09/06/2016

    • June 9, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Folkestone. Panellists include Conservative leader of the House of Commons Chris Grayling MP, Labour's shadow soreign secretary Hilary Benn MP, leader of UKIP Nigel Farage MEP, comedian and campaigner Eddie Izzard and Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson.

  • S38E21 The Case for Leave

    • June 15, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the first of two special editions of Question Time. Justice secretary Michael Gove MP answers questions on the case for leaving the European Union from an audience in Nottingham. A second special edition of Question Time featuring Prime Minister David Cameron follows on Sunday 19 June.

  • S38E22 The Case for Remain

    • June 19, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents the second of two special editions of Question Time. Prime minster David Cameron MP answers questions on the case for remaining in the European Union from an audience in Milton Keynes.

  • S38E23 EU Special

    • June 26, 2016
    • BBC One

    A special live edition of Question Time discussing the implications of the UK's vote to leave the European Union. The audience is comprised of a balance of Leave and Remain voters, while the panel is also divided in two. For Remain, Alex Salmond, Diane Abbott and Anna Soubry, and for Leave, Dominic Raab, Paul Nuttall and Giles Fraser.

  • S38E24 30/06/2016

    • June 30, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Preston. On the panel are Conservative education minister Sam Gyimah MP, Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, Ukip's Douglas Carswell MP, comedian Russell Kane and the Times columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S38E25 07/07/2016

    • July 7, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Brighton. On the panel are Labour peer Lord Falconer, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, Liberal Democrat Party President Baroness Brinton, former Respect MP George Galloway and journalist Ian Hislop.

  • S38E26 Labour Leadership Special

    • September 8, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents a special edition of Question Time from Oldham featuring the two candidates for leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn MP and Owen Smith MP.

  • S38E27 15/09/2016

    • September 15, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Salisbury. The panellists are Conservative former minister Anna Soubry MP, Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell MP, the SNP's justice spokesperson in the Commons Joanna Cherry MP, the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts and Tony Blair's former director of communications Alastair Campbell.

  • S38E28 22/09/2016

    • September 22, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Sutton Coldfield. On the panel are Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Labour's Liz Kendall MP, Green Party leader Caroline Lucas MP, Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb MP, and broadcaster and columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S38E29 29/09/2016

    • September 29, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Boston, Lincolnshire. On the panel are Conservative international development secretary Priti Patel MP, Labour's shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon MP, UKIP's Steven Woolfe MEP, playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer and Sun and Spectator columnist Rod Liddle.

  • S38E30 06/10/2016

    • October 6, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Neath, Port Talbot. On the panel are Conservative secretary of state for Wales Alun Cairns MP, Labour's Chuka Umunna MP, leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood AM, comedian Andy Parsons and Neil Hamilton AM.

  • S38E31 13/10/2016

    • October 13, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from the RAF Museum in London. On the panel are Conservative work and pensions secretary Damian Green MP, Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, former SNP leader Alex Salmond MP, editor-at-large of the Independent Amol Rajan and the Daily Mail's political-editor-at-large Isabel Oakeshott.

  • S38E32 20/10/2016

    • October 20, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Hartlepool. On the panel are Conservative former chancellor Ken Clarke MP, Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner MP, runner up in the UKIP leadership election Lisa Duffy, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and the previous owner of the Daily Telegraph Conrad Black.

  • S38E33 27/10/2016

    • October 27, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Gloucester. On the panel are Conservative business secretary Greg Clark MP, Labour's shadow brexit secretary Keir Starmer MP, president of the Liberal Democrats Baroness Brinton, film maker Ken Loach and Dia Chakravarty of the TaxPayers' Alliance.

  • S38E34 03/11/2016

    • November 3, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Watford. On the panel are Conservative communities secretary Sajid Javid MP, Labour's Lisa Nandy MP, editor-in-chief of the Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes, talk show host and former director of Republicans Abroad UK Charlie Wolf, and radio presenter and frontman of the Fun Lovin' Criminals Huey Morgan.

  • S38E35 10/11/2016

    • November 10, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Southend-on-Sea. Panellists include Conservative Dominic Raab, Labour's Yvette Cooper, the SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, professor of American literature at the University of London Sarah Churchwell and Jan Halper-Hayes of Republicans Overseas.

  • S38E36 17/11/2016

    • November 17, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stirling, Scotland. The panellists are: Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Labour's former Europe minister Chris Bryant MP, the SNP's John Nicolson MP, the editor of MoneyWeek magazine Merryn Somerset Webb and co-founder of the Radical Independence Campaign Cat Boyd.

  • S38E37 24/11/2016

    • November 24, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from London. On the panel are Conservative chief secretary to the Treasury David Gauke, Labour's Chris Leslie, leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron, businessman and chief executive of the Timpson chain of shoe repair shops John Timpson and professor of economics at the University of Sussex Mariana Mazzucato.

  • S38E38 01/12/2016

    • December 1, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Wakefield. Panellists include Conservative leader in Scotland Ruth Davidson MSP, Labour's former home secretary Alan Johnson MP, Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, New Statesman contributing editor Laurie Penny and co-founder of Leave.EU Richard Tice.

  • S38E39 08/12/2016

    • December 8, 2016
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Maidenhead. On the panel are Conservative chair of the Health Select Committee Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Labour's shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon MP, former leader of UKIP Nigel Farage MEP, novelist Will Self and author and commentator Louise Mensch.

Season 39

  • S39E01 12/01/2017

    • January 12, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Solihull. On the panel are David Lidington, Conservative leader of the House of Commons; Labour MP and chair of the Vote Leave campaign Gisela Stuart; businessman, Brexit campaigner and Ukip donor Arron Banks; journalist and broadcaster Paul Mason; professor of planetary space science at the Open University Monica Grady.

  • S39E02 19/01/2017

    • January 19, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Peterborough. On the panel are transport secretary Chris Grayling, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, broadcaster Piers Morgan, American author Lionel Shriver and the co-editor of The Conservative Woman website, Laura Perrins.

  • S39E03 26/01/2017

    • January 26, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from London. On the panel are Conservative MP James Cleverly, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, SNP leader in Westminster Angus Robertson, Mirror Online journalist Susie Boniface and the self-styled 'Britain's only Conservative-voting comedian' Geoff Norcott.

  • S39E04 02/02/2017

    • February 2, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Wallasey. Joining him to answer audience questions are Nick Hewer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Patrick McLoughlin, Maajid Nawaz, and Laura Perrins.

  • S39E05 09/02/2017

    • February 9, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Torquay. Joining him to answer audience questions are Billy Bragg, Claire Perry, Owen Smith, Ann Widdecombe, and Peter Whittle.

  • S39E06 16/02/2017

    • February 16, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Glasgow. Joining him to answer audience questions are David Mundell, Shami Chakrabarti, John Swinney, Val McDermid, and Mark Littlewood.

  • S39E07 23/02/2017

    • February 23, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Stoke-on-Trent. Joining him to answer audience questions include Isabel Oakeshott, Peter Coates, Justine Greening, Angela Rayner, and Douglas Carswell.

  • S39E08 02/03/2017

    • March 2, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bedford. The Panellists are justice secretary Liz Truss, Labour MP Dawn Butler, former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell, Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens and Bombay Bicycle Club guitarist Jamie MacColl.

  • S39E09 09/03/2017

    • March 9, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Sunderland. On the panel are culture secretary Karen Bradley MP, Scottish Labour Party leader Kezia Dugdale MSP, SNP international trade spokesperson Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spectator.

  • S39E10 16/03/2017

    • March 16, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bognor Regis. The panellists are Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour MP Angela Eagle, the SNP's home affairs and justice spokesperson Joanna Cherry, the chairman of the Wetherspoon pub chain Tim Martin and the Times columnist, Matthew Parris.

  • S39E11 23/03/2017

    • March 23, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bangor, north Wales. On the panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith, leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood, Church of England priest and Guardian columnist Giles Fraser and the Times, Spectator and GQ columnist Hugo Rifkind.

  • S39E12 Britain after Brexit

    • March 27, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents a special edition of Question Time from Birmingham - Britain after Brexit. On the panel are secretary of state for exiting the EU David Davis, shadow secretary of state for exiting the EU Sir Keir Starmer, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, deputy chair of Ukip Suzanne Evans and Times columnist Melanie Phillips.

  • S39E13 30/03/2017

    • March 30, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Carlisle. On the panel are Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson, Labour MP Lisa Nandy, Ukip leader Paul Nuttall, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and the news editor of the Institute of Economic Affairs think tank, Kate Andrews.

  • S39E14 06/04/2017

    • April 6, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Gillingham. On the panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, co-leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley, businesswoman and broadcaster Michelle Dewberry, and Gerard Coyne, the West Midlands secretary of the Unite union who is a candidate in the election for general secretary.

  • S39E15 27/04/2017

    • April 27, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Oxford. On the panel are Conservative work and pensions secretary Damian Green, Labour MP Clive Lewis, Liberal Democrat minister Jo Swinson, the SNP's Europe spokesman Stephen Gethins, and the journalist and member of the House of Lords Camilla Cavendish.

  • S39E16 04/05/2017

    • May 4, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Wigan. On the panel are Conservative Brexit secretary David Davis, Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and the CEO of Siemens UK Juergen Maier.

  • S39E17 11/05/2017

    • May 11, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Edinburgh. On the panel are Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Conservative Home Office minister Ben Wallace, the SNP's Joanna Cherry, actor David Hayman and Financial Times columnist Merryn Somerset Webb.

  • S39E18 18/05/2017

    • May 18, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Norwich. On the panel are Conservative international development secretary Priti Patel; Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner; Lib Dem and former business secretary Vince Cable; Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley; former Daily Telegraph editor and official Margaret Thatcher biographer Charles Moore.

  • S39E19 25/05/2017

    • May 25, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Salford in Greater Manchester. On the panel are home secretary Amber Rudd, mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, anti-extremism campaigner Sara Khan, head of the Police and Crime Commissioners Association Nazir Afzal, and peace campaigner Colin Parry.

  • S39E20 01/06/2017

    • June 1, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Barnet in north London. On the panel are Conservative Brexit secretary David Davis, Labour's shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, Liberal Democrat former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson and Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans.

  • S39E21 Leaders Special Countdown

    • June 2, 2017
    • BBC News

    Simon McCoy presents live from the spin room ahead of the BBC Question Time Leaders Special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

  • S39E22 Leaders Special

    • June 2, 2017
    • BBC One

    Conservative Party leader and prime minister Theresa May and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn face a Question Time audience in York. Presented by David Dimbleby.

  • S39E23 Leaders Special Reaction

    • June 2, 2017
    • BBC News

    Simon McCoy presents all the reaction live from the spin room following the BBC Question Time Leaders Special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

  • S39E24 Leaders Special with Tim Farron and Nicola Sturgeon

    • June 5, 2017
    • BBC One

    Nick Robinson presents as first minister of Scotland and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon and Tim Farron of the Liberal Democrats take turns to answer questions from voters in Edinburgh.

  • S39E25 09/06/2017

    • June 9, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from London. Asking audience questions are Conservative MP Chris Grayling; director of human rights organisation Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti; right-wing journalist Isabel Oakeshott; comedian and writer Armando Iannucci; and Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell.

  • S39E26 15/06/2017

    • June 15, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Coventry. On the panel are Conservative defence minister Tobias Ellwood, Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Lib Dem former health minister Norman Lamb, co-founder of the Conservative Woman website Laura Perrins, and Rob Delaney, comedian, writer and star of the sitcom Catastrophe.

  • S39E27 22/06/2017

    • June 22, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Plymouth. Joining him to answer audience questions are Jonathan Ashworth, Ian Blackford, David Lidington, Gina Miller, and Peter Oborne.

  • S39E28 29/06/2017

    • June 29, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Hastings. On the panel are Conservative international trade secretary Liam Fox, Labour MP Stella Creasy, editor-in-chief of The Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes, founder and editor of left-wing news site The Canary Kerry-Anne Mendoza, and LBC radio host Nick Ferrari.

  • S39E29 06/07/2017

    • July 6, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Burton upon Trent. On the panel: Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour's shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Mirror columnist Susie Boniface and David Cameron's former director of communications, Craig Oliver.

  • S39E30 14/09/2017

    • September 14, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Stratford, east London. The panel includes Conservative work and pensions secretary David Gauke, Labour's shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler, the SNP's deputy leader in the House of Commons Kirsty Blackman, novelist Will Self and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S39E31 21/09/2017

    • September 21, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bridgwater in Somerset. On the panel are leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Labour MP Jess Phillips, Guardian columnist Paul Mason, and the Daily Telegraph's Brexit editor Dia Chakravarty.

  • S39E32 28/09/2017

    • September 28, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Wolverhampton. The panel includes Conservative culture secretary Karen Bradley, Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery, Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens, comedian and former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika and the businessman who co-chairs pressure group Leave Means Leave, Richard Tice.

  • S39E33 05/10/2017

    • October 5, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stockport in Greater Manchester. The panel includes Conservative first secretary of state Damian Green, Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner, Spectator editor and Daily Telegraph columnist Fraser Nelson, professor of American literature Sarah Churchwell and businesswoman Michelle Dewberry.

  • S39E34 12/10/2017

    • October 12, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Belfast. The panel includes former Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers, Jonathan Lynn, Owen Smith, Simon Hamilton, and John O'Dowd.

  • S39E35 19/10/2017

    • October 19, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Dunstable in Bedfordshire. On the panel are Conservative transport secretary Chris Grayling, Labour MP Lisa Nandy, president of the Liberal Democrats Sal Brinton, the chief executive of Next Simon Wolfson, and the Church of England priest - and Strictly Come Dancing contestant - Richard Coles.

  • S39E36 26/10/2017

    • October 26, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Portsmouth. Panellists include Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour's shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti, SNP's former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, feminist writer Germaine Greer and political editor of the Sunday Express Camilla Tominey.

  • S39E37 02/11/2017

    • November 2, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Kilmarnock. On the panel are Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party Kezia Dugdale MSP, SNP minister for social security Jeane Freeman MSP, writer and political commentator Owen Jones, and The Economist's senior editor Anne McElvoy.

  • S39E38 09/11/2017

    • November 9, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Croydon. On the panel are secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities Justine Greening, Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy, television presenter Kirstie Allsopp, Guardian columnist and lead writer on the Paradise Papers Aditya Chakrabortty, and Daily Telegraph and Spectator columnist Charles Moore.

  • S39E39 16/11/2017

    • November 16, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Newcastle. The panel includes shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, novelist Val McDermid and journalist Rod Liddle.

  • S39E40 23/11/2017

    • November 23, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Colchester. The panel includes secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy Greg Clark, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Hogan-Howe, former CEO of Marks and Spencer Lord Rose and crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell.

  • S39E41 30/11/2017

    • November 30, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Scarborough, with a panel including Conservative MP and prisons minister Sam Gyimah, Labour's Chuka Umunna, Ukip's new leader Henry Bolton, deputy editor of The Sunday Times, Sarah Baxter and the economist and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis.

  • S39E42 07/12/2017

    • December 7, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Swansea. The panel includes Conservative MP and member of the Vote Leave campaign Bernard Jenkin, the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour's Owen Smith MP, the leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster, Liz Saville-Roberts MP, TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon and Kate Andrews of the Institute of Economic Affairs.

  • S39E43 14/12/2017

    • December 14, 2017
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Barnsley in South Yorkshire. On the panel are Conservative MP and former secretary of state for education Nicky Morgan, Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, scientist and broadcaster Professor Robert Winston, comedian Geoff Norcott and political journalist and commentator Isabel Oakeshott.

Season 40

  • S40E01 11/01/2018

    • January 11, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Islington in north London. On the panel are the Conservative housing minister Dominic Raab MP, Labour's shadow secretary for women and equalities Dawn Butler MP, the businesswoman Gina Miller, comedian Nish Kumar and broadcaster Piers Morgan.

  • S40E02 18/01/2018

    • January 18, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Hereford. On the panel, the Conservative culture minister, Margot James MP, the mayor of Greater Manchester and former Labour MP, Andy Burnham, chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Howard Davies, arts advisor and former deputy mayor of London for culture, Munira Mirza, and the Oscar-winning screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black.

  • S40E03 25/01/2018

    • January 25, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Dumfries, with a panel featuring Conservative peer and former secretary of state for Scotland Michael Forsyth, the Labour MP, and close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, Chris Williamson, the SNP's minister for culture Fiona Hyslop MSP, co-convenor of the Scottish Greens Maggie Chapman and Daily Mail journalist and commentator Peter Oborne.

  • S40E04 01/02/2018

    • February 1, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Grantham, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are Conservative MP and former education secretary Justine Greening, Labour MP John Mann, who voted for Brexit and once described Jeremy Corbyn as 'not remotely up to the job' of leading the Labour Party into power, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson MP, head of the New Economics Forum and former advisor to Ed Miliband Miatta Fahnbulleh, and the Daily Telegraph writer and columnist Tim Stanley.

  • S40E05 08/02/2018

    • February 8, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Darlington. On the panel are Conservative energy minister Claire Perry MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, businessman and co-chair of the pressure group Leave Means Leave Richard Tice, political columnist for the Times Rachel Sylvester, and broadcaster and author Terry Christian.

  • S40E06 15/02/2018

    • February 15, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Yeovil. On the panel are the Conservatve's Theresa Villiers MP, former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour's David Lammy MP, author of the Lammy Review into the treatment and outcomes of BAME offenders in the justice system, Richard Walker, managing director, Iceland Foods, Faiza Shaheen, director of CLASS (Centre for Labour and Social Studies) and Camilla Cavendish, former head of policy for David Cameron.

  • S40E07 22/02/2018

    • February 22, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs an hour of topical debate from JCB's world headquarters near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire. On the panel: Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis, Labour peer and former deputy prime minister John Prescott, the chief executive of Siemens UK, Juergen Maier, the political editor of the Sunday Express, Camilla Tominey and left-wing writer and activist Ash Sarkar, a senior editor for the news and comment site Novara Media.

  • S40E08 01/03/2018

    • March 1, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Blackpool. Panellists include Ken Clarke MP, former chancellor of the exchequer and minister under three successive Conservative prime ministers and currently the father of the House of Commons, Owen Smith MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland who challenged Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party, Nigel Farage MEP, former leader of UKIP, Michelle Dewberry, businesswoman and former winner of the BBC's The Apprentice, and Radzi Chanyanganya, presenter of Blue Peter, the Olympics and Cannonball.

  • S40E09 08/03/2018

    • March 8, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs debate from Westminster. On the panel are secretary of state for international trade Liam Fox, shadow minister for labour Laura Pidcock, restaurateur, writer and Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, Roma Agrawal, structural engineer who worked on the Shard and diversity campaigner for women in engineering, and spoken word artist and social campaigner George the Poet.

  • S40E10 15/03/2018

    • March 15, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Dover. Panellists include secretary of state for transport Chris Grayling, shadow secretary of state for Brexit Keir Starmer, Irish MEP and vice president of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness, presenter at RT Afshin Rattansi and hollywood actor and SNP supporter Brian Cox.

  • S40E11 22/03/2018

    • March 22, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Leeds. On the panel are James Cleverly, deputy chair of the Conservative Party who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU, shadow attorney general and member of the House of Lords, Shami Chakrabarti, the SNP shadow spokesman for defence, Stewart McDonald, journalist and transgender activist, Paris Lees and the Mail on Sunday columnist, Peter Hitchens.

  • S40E12 12/04/2018

    • April 12, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel are minister of state for transport and minister for London, former head of David Cameron's policy unit and Conservative MP for Orpington Jo Johnson, Labour MP and shadow secretary of state for international trade Barry Gardiner, investment fund manager and author Nicola Horlick, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland and Kate Andrews from the Institute of Economic Affairs.

  • S40E13 19/04/2018

    • April 19, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Chesterfield. On the panel are chief secretary to the treasury and former justice secretary Liz Truss MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable MP, Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik and LBC presenter Iain Dale.

  • S40E14 26/04/2018

    • April 26, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bury St Edmunds. Panellists include Matt Hancock MP, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Conservative, Diane Abbott MP, shadow home secretary, Labour, Caroline Lucas MP, co-leader of Green Party, Jen Robinson, human rights lawyer representing Julian Assange, and Simon Evans, comedian and BBC Radio 4 presenter.

  • S40E15 03/05/2018

    • May 3, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from St Albans. On the panel are the minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington MP, shadow business minister and Labour MP Chi Onwurah, comedian and broadcaster Matt Forde, political editor of the Sunday Express Camilla Tominey and personal finance guru, broadcaster and founder of MoneySavingExpert.com Martin Lewis.

  • S40E16 10/05/2018

    • May 10, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Kettering. Panellists include work and pensions secretary and former TV presenter Esther McVey, Labour MP and pro-EU campaigner Chuka Umunna, CEO of electric car racing championship Formula E and a former MEP for the Spanish conservative party Alejandro Agag, campaign manager at the Tax Payers' Alliance and a member of the Vote Leave campaign Chloe Westley, and BAFTA and MOBO-winning rapper and writer Akala.

  • S40E17 17/05/2018

    • May 17, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. On the panel are housing minister Dominic Raab, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Aditya Chakrabortty of The Guardian, and Camilla Cavendish, former head of policy for David Cameron.

  • S40E18 24/05/2018

    • May 24, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Worthing. On the panel - Conservative MP, former business minister and campaigner for a referendum on the Brexit deal, Anna Soubry MP; shadow minister at the Treasury and former MEP, Anneliese Dodds MP; Daily Mail and Sunday Times columnist and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph, Dominic Lawson; professor of American literature, Sarah Churchwell; and the novelist and author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver.

  • S40E19 31/05/2018

    • May 31, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Perth. On the panel are the parliamentary private secretary to Philip Hammond and Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, former Europe minister and Labour MP Caroline Flint, Scottish National Party MSP Kate Forbes, the author of Poverty Safari - which is nominated for the Orwell Prize 2018 - Darren 'Loki' McGarvey, and the founder and chairman of Stagecoach Brian Souter.

  • S40E20 07/06/2018

    • June 7, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Reading. On the panel are secretary of state for education Damian Hinds MP, shadow attorney general Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, entrepreneur and co-founder of Innocent Drinks Richard Reed, Daily Mirror's deputy editor-in-chief Alison Phillips and television presenter and author Richard Madeley.

  • S40E21 14/06/2018

    • June 14, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Caernarfon with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience.

  • S40E22 21/06/2018

    • June 21, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel are Theresa May's former deputy Damian Green MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin, journalist and author Afua Hirsch and Spiked columnist Ella Whelan.

  • S40E23 28/06/2018

    • June 28, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Exeter with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are minister for Brexit Suella Braverman, shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis, who left the shadow cabinet to vote against Brexit, former adviser to William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith and CEO of sportswear firm Head Johan Eliasch, deputy editor of the New Statesman Helen Lewis and journalist, broadcaster and regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women Janet Street-Porter.

  • S40E24 05/07/2018

    • July 5, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from King's Lynn with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are former secretary of state for international development Priti Patel MP, Lisa Nandy MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster Ian Blackford MP, CEO of Mansfield Town Football Club Carolyn Radford and columnist for The Times and Spectator Matthew Paris.

  • S40E25 12/07/2018

    • July 12, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Dartford in Kent. On the panel are minister of state for energy and clean growth Claire Perry MP, who attends Cabinet and was at the Chequers meeting on Friday 6 July; Labour's shadow secretary of state for international trade Barry Gardiner MP; Gina Miller, fund manager and campaigner who took the government to the Supreme Court over Brexit; Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, now a columnist for both; and the broadcaster, journalist and friend of Donald Trump, Piers Morgan.

  • S40E26 13/09/2018

    • September 13, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Banbury. On the panel - prisons minister Rory Stewart MP, former shadow chancellor of the exchequer and minister under Tony Blair Chris Leslie MP, businessman and former Dragon's Den investor Theo Paphitis, Faiza Shaheen, director of the left-wing think-tank CLASS and talkRADIO presenter and newspaper columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S40E27 20/09/2018

    • September 20, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Dewsbury. On the panel are vice-chair of the Conservative Party, Chris Skidmore MP, shadow secretary of state for international trade, Labour MP Barry Gardiner, leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable MP, lawyer, campaigner and former chief prosecutor for north west England, Nazir Afzal, and the associate editor of the Daily Telegraph, Camilla Tominey.

  • S40E28 27/09/2018

    • September 27, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Bishop Auckland. On the panel are Conservative backbencher and leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, chair of the Labour Party and Corbyn supporter Ian Lavery MP, columnist for The Sun and The Times newspapers and associate editor of The Spectator Rod Liddle, comedian and former Labour advisor Ayesha Hazarika, and director of the think-tank Demos and former advisor to Nick Clegg Polly Mackenzie.

  • S40E29 04/10/2018

    • October 4, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs debate from Canary Wharf. On the panel are David Gauke MP, Emily Thornberry MP, Claude Littner, George the Poet and Isabel Oakeshott.

  • S40E30 11/10/2018

    • October 11, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. On the panel: Conservative MP for Aberdeen South Ross Thomson, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party and former contestant on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Kezia Dugdale MSP, Brexit minister for the Scottish government Mike Russell MSP, crime writer Val McDermid and Spectator editor Fraser Nelson.

  • S40E31 18/10/2018

    • October 18, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Guildford. On the panel are: James Cleverly MP, deputy chairman of the Conservative Party; Sir Keir Starmer MP, shadow Brexit secretary; Nish Kumar, comedian, television presenter and satirist; Michael Dobbs, former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, Tory peer and author of House of Cards; and Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of The Economist.

  • S40E32 25/10/2018

    • October 25, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Barrow-in-Furness. He is joined by Andrea Jenkyns MP, who resigned a junior government post over the government's attitude to Brexit and has called for Theresa May to either drop the Chequers deal or resign. He is also joined by former shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy MP, who ran Owen Smith's campaign for the labour leadership, culture spokesperson for the SNP Hannah Bardell MP, journalist, author and former economics editor at Channel 4 Paul Mason, and political reporter at the Financial Times Seb Payne.

  • S40E33 01/11/2018

    • November 1, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Clacton-on-Sea. Panellists include Conservative MP Giles Watling, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald, senior editor of The Economist Anne McElvoy, associate director of the Institute of Economic Affairs Kate Andrews and comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi.

  • S40E34 08/11/2018

    • November 8, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Dulwich. Panellists include parliamentary private secretary to chancellor Philip Hammond Kwasi Kwarteng MP, a Brexit supporter who was educated at Eton, Cambridge and Harvard and worked in the financial sector before being elected as a Tory MP in 2010; shadow home secretary Diane Abbott MP, who is also a member of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's inner circle; vice president of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness MEP, representing Irish political party Fine Gael; journalist, author, radio presenter and columnist for The Times David Aaronovitch; as well as the Canadian author, public speaker and psychologist Jordan Peterson.

  • S40E35 15/11/2018

    • November 15, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Milford Haven.   On the panel are business and energy minister Claire Perry, shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, Westminster leader for Plaid Cymru Liz Saville Roberts, Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Service Union (PCS) and newly-elected president of the Trades Union Council, and Tim Stanley, columnist for the Daily Telegraph.

  • S40E36 22/11/2018

    • November 22, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Cannock. On the panel are Conservative MP and secretary of state for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley, shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis MP, the managing director of the supermarket chain Iceland, Richard Walker, former president of the John Lewis Partnership Council and former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips, and journalist and presenter on talkRadio Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S40E37 29/11/2018

    • November 29, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs debate from Penzance, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. The panellists are: Nadhim Zahawi MP, minister for education, Conservative; Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, shadow business secretary, Labour; Layla Moran MP, education spokesperson, Liberal Democrats; Tim Martin, chairman of the Wetherspoon pub chain; and Benjamin Zephaniah, poet and writer.

  • S40E38 06/12/2018

    • December 6, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs debate from Bishop's Stortford. On the panel are Conservative secretary of state for housing, communities and local government James Brokenshire MP, Labour's shadow attorney general and member of the House of Lords Shami Chakrabarti, the SNP's leader in Westminster Ian Blackford MP, director of the Institute for Government Jill Rutter, and columnist and former newspaper editor Charles Moore.

  • S40E39 13/12/2018

    • December 13, 2018
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Southwark in south London. On the panel are former Brexit secretary, former Europe minister and Conservative Party chairman David Davis MP, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner MP, former secretary of state for education and current chair of the treasury select committee Nicky Morgan MP, former co-leader of the Green Party and the party's only MP Caroline Lucas, and comedian, writer and broadcaster Jo Brand.

Season 41

  • S41E01 10/01/2019

    • January 10, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents her first Question Time from London, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. She is joined by deputy chairman of the Conservative Party James Cleverly MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson MP, author, broadcaster and columnist for The Times Melanie Phillips and comedian, satirist and presenter of BBC2's The Mash Report Nish Kumar.

  • S41E02 17/01/2019

    • January 17, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents debate from Derby, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. She is joined by minister for justice with responsibility for prisons Rory Stewart, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, deputy leader of the SNP at Westminster Kirsty Blackman, journalist Isabel Oakeshott and Anand Menon, professor of European politics and foreign affairs at King's College, London and director of UK in a Changing Europe.

  • S41E03 24/01/2019

    • January 24, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents debate from Winchester. On the panel are the Brexiteer and former Brexit minister who resigned her post over Theresa May's deal, Suella Braverman MP, the shadow secretary of state of housing, John Healey MP, chief leader writer at the Observer and former policy adviser to Ed Miliband, Sonia Sodha, the executive chairman of the communications agency Cicero Group, Iain Anderson, and Express columnist and radio host on the weekday breakfast programme at LBC, Nick Ferrari.

  • S41E04 31/01/2019

    • January 31, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Lincoln. On the panel are vice chair for women of the Conservative Party Helen Whately MP, shadow justice secretary and shadow chancellor Richard Burgon MP, chief executive of Siemans UK Juergen Maier, businesswoman Gina Miller, and Camilla Tominey, associate editor of the Daily Telegraph and writer on politics and the royal family.

  • S41E05 07/02/2019

    • February 7, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce chairs the debate from Motherwell. On the panel are British financier and Conservative politician, Michael Forsyth, SNP politician and Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, Labour politician, Anneliese Dodds, columnist for The Times, Hugo Rifkind, and model and activist, Eunice Olumide.

  • S41E06 14/02/2019

    • February 14, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents debate from Aylesbury. On the panel are ardent Brexiteer and Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour politician, Lisa Nandy, the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, economist commentator for The Spectator, Grace Blakeley, and "right-leaning" comedian, Geoff Norcott.

  • S41E07 21/02/2019

    • February 21, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents debate from Chester. On the panel are the financial secretary to the treasury Mel Stride MP, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald MP, shadow transport secretary Chris Leslie MP, former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes, and commentator for the libertarian website Spiked, Ella Whelan.

  • S41E08 28/02/2019

    • February 28, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Catford in London. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, under secretary of state for children and families, chief strategy officer of the oil company Gulf Keystone Petroleum International and co-founder of the polling group YouGov, Conservative; Barry Gardiner MP, shadow secretary of state for international affairs, he also held junior government posts in both the Blair and Brown administrations, Labour; Layla Moran MP, education spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats and the first British MP of Palestinian descent; Lionel Shriver, US-born author of numerous books including the best-selling We Need to Talk about Kevin; and the German comedian, Henning Wehn.

  • S41E09 07/03/2019

    • March 7, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Dudley. Panellists include: former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, who argues the case for a hard Brexit from the backbenches; Dame Margaret Beckett, the first woman to become deputy leader of the Labour Party as well as the first female foreign secretary; The Times columnist Iain Martin; chief executive of Barnardo's, Javed Khan; and author and Guardian columnist, Owen Jones.

  • S41E10 14/03/2019

    • March 14, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Ealing. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, deputy chair of the Conservative Party, Conservative; Clive Lewis MP, shadow treasury minister, Labour; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Julia Hartley Brewer, journalist, columnist and host of a weekly programme on talkRadio; and Catherine Barnard, professor of European law at Cambridge University.

  • S41E11 21/03/2019

    • March 21, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Belfast. On the panel: Conservative defence minister and former captain in the Royal Green Jackets Tobias Ellwood MP, who became the focus of public attention two years ago when he attempted to save the life of PC Keith Palmer who was fatally wounded in the Westminster Bridge attack; shadow solicitor general for England and Wales Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, previously a barrister and academic, as well as an author of books on Clement Attlee and Nye Bevan; the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson MP, a former corporal in the Ulster Defence Regiment and Northern Ireland’s longest serving current MP; Sinn Fein's John O’Dowd MLA, minister of education at Stormont between 2011-2016; and chief executive of the think-tank Demos Polly MacKenzie, who was previoisly chief policy advisor to Nick Clegg.

  • S41E12 28/03/2019

    • March 28, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Sheffield. On the panel are secretary of state for education Damian Hinds MP, shadow Brexit minister Jenny Chapman MP, economist, author and former Greek minister of finance Yanis Varoufakis, chief executive of clothing retailer Next and a Conservative peer Simon Wolfson, and editor of personal finance magazine MoneyWeek Merryn Somerset Webb.

  • S41E13 04/04/2019

    • April 4, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dulwich in South London. On the panel: Jeremy Wright MP, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, conservative; David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, Labour; Mairead McGuinness MEP, vice president of the European Parliament and a member of Leo Varadkar's Fine Gael party; Ash Sarkar, senior editor at Novara media, lecturer and left-wing activist; and Charles Moore, columnist for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator, former editor of both publications and of the Sunday Telegraph, and biographer of Margaret Thatcher.

  • S41E14 25/04/2019

    • April 25, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Nottingham with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are: Victoria Atkins MP, crime minister and minister for women, Conservative; Jon Ashworth MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; Vince Cable MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats; Caroline Lucas MP, former leader of the Green Party and the party's only MP; John Rhys-Davies, actor, best known for his roles in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Indiana Jones movies.

  • S41E15 02/05/2019

    • May 2, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Warrington. On the panel are Ken Clarke MP, former chancellor of the exchequer and home secretary, currently the longest-serving MP in the House of Commons; Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP; comedian and broadcaster Simon Evans; Sonia Sodha, chief leader writer at the Observer and former advisor to Ed Miliband; and Kate Andrews, associate director of free market think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs.

  • S41E16 09/05/2019

    • May 9, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Northampton. On the panel: Amber Rudd MP, secretary of state for Work and Pensions and former home secretary, Conservative; Jonathan Reynolds MP, shadow economic minister, Labour; Anna Soubry MP; former Conservative minister, Change UK; Nigel Farage MEP, leader of the Brexit Party; and John Mills, businessman and founder of Labour Leave.

  • S41E17 16/05/2019

    • May 16, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce invites a studio audience in Elgin to put their questions to a panel of politicians and other guests. On the panel are Bim Afolami MP, Richard Leonard MSP, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, John Swinney MSP, deputy first minister and Scottish education secretary, Christine Jardine MP, work and pensions spokesperson, and Eilidh Douglas, vice chair Amnesty International.

  • S41E18 23/05/2019

    • May 23, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Frome. On the panel: Damian Green MP, former first secretary to the cabinet and Work and Pensions secretary, Conservative; Tracy Brabin, MP, shadow education minister and former Coronation Street actress, Labour; Camilla Cavendish, author, columnist and former head of policy at Number 10 under David Cameron; Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the left of centre New Economics Foundation; and Simon Jordan, businessman, sports commentator and former Chairman of Crystal Palace football club.

  • S41E19 30/05/2019

    • May 30, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Epsom. On the panel: Rory Stewart MP, secretary of state for international development and Tory leadership candidate; Barry Gardiner MP, shadow international trade secretary, Labour; Jo Swinson MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats; Alex Phillips MEP, Brexit Party; and Steven Pinker, cognitive psychologist, linguist and author of books on language, the mind and human nature.

  • S41E20 06/06/2019

    • June 6, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Thetford. On the panel: Nicky Morgan MP, former education secretary, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour's shadow treasury minister and a former MEP; Drew Hendry MP, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy spokesperson, SNP; Alison Phillips, editor of the Daily Mirror; and Piers Morgan, journalist, broadcaster and presenter of ITV's Good Morning Britain.

  • S41E21 13/06/2019

    • June 13, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Brecon. On the panel: Theresa Villiers MP, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Conservative; Stephen Kinnock MP, Labour; Adam Price AM, Leader of Plaid Cymru; Mark Reckless AM, Leader of the Brexit Party in the Welsh Assembly; Francesca Martinez, comedian and author.

  • S41E22 20/06/2019

    • June 20, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Tottenham in north London. On the panel are Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng MP, digital minister Margot James MP, shadow business, energy and industrial strategy minister Laura Pidcock MP, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for home affairs Ed Davey MP and Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin.

  • S41E23 27/06/2019

    • June 27, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Halifax. On the panel: Liz Truss MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Caroline Flint MP, former shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Labour; Richard Walker, Managing Director of the frozen food chain, Iceland; Ayesha Hazarika, comedian, broadcaster and former adviser to Ed Miliband; and Tom Newton Dunn, Political Editor, The Sun newspaper.

  • S41E24 04/07/2019

    • July 4, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Chichester. On the panel Vicky Ford MP, supports Jeremy Hunt's campaign to become party leader and PM, Conservative; Louise Haigh MP, shadow policing minister, Labour; Sian Berry AM, Co-leader of the Green Party in England and Wales and a member of the London Assembly; Tom Harwood, journalist for the right-leaning online political website, Guido Fawkes; and Martin Lewis, broadcaster and founder of the Money Saving Expert website.

  • S41E25 05/09/2019

    • September 5, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Westminster. On the panel: Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Brexit minister, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Layla Moran MP, education and digital, culture, media and sport spokesperson, Liberal Democrats; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster; Richard Tice MEP, chairman of the Brexit party; and Iain Dale, radio host and political commentator.

  • S41E26 12/09/2019

    • September 12, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Norwich. On the panel: Brandon Lewis MP, security minister and former Conservative party chairman, Conservative; John Healey MP, shadow housing secretary, Labour; Jeffrey Donaldson MP, chief whip at Westminster for the Democratic Unionist Party; Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law, University of Cambridge; and Afua Hirsch, author, journalist and broadcaster.

  • S41E27 19/09/2019

    • September 19, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Southampton. Panellists include home office minister and minister for women Victoria Atkins, Labour peer, former lord chancellor and secretary of state for the constitution Charles Falconer, deputy leader and former coalition minister Ed Davey and journalists Ash Sarkar and Camilla Tominey.

  • S41E28 26/09/2019

    • September 26, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from the National Assembly for Wales, the Senedd, in Cardiff. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, Conservative Party chairman; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow solicitor general; Adam Price AM, leader of Plaid Cymru; Mark Reckless AM, leader of the Brexit Party in the Welsh Assembly; and Gina Miller, businesswoman and complainant against the government's decision to prorogue Parliament.

  • S41E29 03/10/2019

    • October 3, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Wallasey. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, business minister, Conservative; Sarah Jones MP, shadow housing minister and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime, Labour; Bonnie Greer, playwright and novelist; Melanie Phillips. author, broadcaster and columnist for The Times: Anand Menon, professor of Politics and European Affairs, Kings College London and director of the independent research initiative, UK in a Changing Europe.

  • S41E30 10/10/2019

    • October 10, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Beckenham. Panellists include secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps MP, Lisa Nandy MP, businessman Theo Paphitis, associate professor of philosophy at the University of East Anglia Rupert Read and journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer.

  • S41E31 17/10/2019

    • October 17, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Leicester. On the panel: Matt Hancock MP, secretary of state for health, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow treasury minister, Labour; Philippa Whitford MP, health spokesperson, SNP; Martin Daubney MEP, Brexit Party; and Javed Khan, chief executive of Barnardo's.

  • S41E32 24/10/2019

    • October 24, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from South Shields. On the panel: Norman Lamont, former chancellor of the exchequer 1990-93, and a Conservative peer since 1998; Richard Leonard MSP, leader of the Scottish Labour Party; Caroline Voaden MEP, Liberal Democrat; Kate Andrews, associate editor at the right-leaning Institute of Economic Affairs; and Ken Loach,award-winning film director.

  • S41E33 31/10/2019

    • October 31, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel are: Paul Scully MP, deputy chairman of the Conservative Party; Jon Ashworth MP, shadow health secretary; Layla Moran MP, education and digital, culture, media and sport spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; Mairead McGuinness MEP, first vice-president of the European Parliament; and Isabel Oakeshott, journalist and co-author of an unauthorised biography of David Cameron and ghostwriter of the inside story of the Leave.EU referendum campaign, The Bad Boys of Brexit.

  • S41E34 07/11/2019

    • November 7, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Glasgow. Panellists include Conservative Kirstene Hair, shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, Scottish government justice secretary Humza Yousaf, journalist and broadcaster Angela Haggerty, and businessman Iain Anderson.

  • S41E35 14/11/2019

    • November 14, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Brighton. On the panel: James Cleverly, chairman of the Conservative party, Conservative; Clive Lewis, shadow treasury minister, Labour; Alex Phillips MEP, Brexit party; Liz Saville Roberts, leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; and former Olympic gold medallist and world record-breaking racing cyclist, Chris Boardman.

  • S41E36 Leaders Special: Brexit Party

    • November 19, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a Question Time Leaders Special from Peterborough with the leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage. Thirty minutes of questions and debate from a selected audience as part of a series of special election programmes on the BBC.

  • S41E37 21/11/2019

    • November 21, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Bolton. Panellists include secretary of state for housing, communities and local government Robert Jenrick, shadow secretary of state for justice and shadow lord chancellor Richard Burgon, Liberal Democrat and spokesperson on foreign affairs Chuka Umunna, the SNP's health spokesperson at Westminster Philipa Whitford and assistant comment editor at the Daily Telegraph Sherelle Jacobs.

  • S41E38 Leaders Special

    • November 22, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a special election edition from Sheffield with the leaders of the main political parties.

  • S41E39 28/11/2019

    • November 28, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Swindon. On the panel: Brandon Lewis, chairman of the Conservative Party, Conservative; Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary, Labour; Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist; Lionel Shriver, writer and author of books such as 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.

  • S41E40 05/12/2019

    • December 5, 2019
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Hull. On the panel are: James Cleverly, chairman of the Conservative Party; Anneliese Dodds, shadow treasury minister, Labour; Ed Davey, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, and former energy secretary in the coalition government; Ian Blackford, leader of the SNP at Westminster; and Richard Tice MEP, chairman of the Brexit Party.

  • S41E41 Under 30s Special

    • December 9, 2019
    • BBC One

    Emma Barnett presents topical debate in a Question Time Election Special from York, with an audience of 18- to 30-year-olds. On the panel are: Robert Jenrick, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, Conservative; Angela Rayner, shadow education secretary, Labour; Jo Swinson, leader of the Liberal Democrats; Humza Yousaf MSP, justice secretary in the Scottish government, SNP; Adam Price AM, leader of Plaid Cymru; Jonathan Bartley, co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales; and Nigel Farage MEP, leader of the Brexit Party.

  • S41E42 Election Special - The Result

    • December 13, 2019
    • BBC One

    A special episode presented by Fiona Bruce from Wandsworth. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Stephen Kinnock MP, Labour; Drew Hendry MP, transport spokesperson at Westminster, SNP; Helen Lewis, political journalist with The Atlantic; and Michael Dobbs, Conservative peer and author of the novel 'House of Cards'.

Season 42

  • S42E01 09/01/2020

    • January 9, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Oxford. On the panel: Brandon Lewis MP, minister for security and deputy for EU Exit and No Deal preparation, Conservative; Clive Lewis MP, shadow minister for Sustainable Economics and a candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party, Labour; Max Hastings, author, military historian, former editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph and former editor of the Evening Standard; Miatta Fahnbulleh, Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation; and Anne McElvoy, broadcaster and Senior Editor at The Economist.

  • S42E02 16/01/2020

    • January 16, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel: Helen Whately MP, Culture Minister, Conservative; Shami Chakrabarti, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales and a Labour peer, Labour; Alyn Smith MP, Westminster Shadow Spokesperson for International Affairs and Europe, SNP; Madeline Grant, Assistant Comment Editor, The Daily Telegraph; and Laurence Fox, actor and musician, best known for playing DC Hathaway in ITV's detective drama 'Lewis'.

  • S42E03 23/01/2020

    • January 23, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate in Stoke Newington. On the panel: Theresa Villiers MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow foreign secretary and candidate for the Labour leadership, Labour; Trevor Phillips, businessman, broadcaster and campaigner on equality; Mike Barton, former chief constable of Durham Police; and deputy editor of the Sunday Times, Sarah Baxter.

  • S42E04 30/01/2020

    • January 30, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Buxton. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, chairman of the Conservative party, Conservative; Sarah Jones MP, shadow housing minister, Labour; Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union; Sacha Lord, cocreator of the Parklife Festival and the Warehouse Project and Greater Manchester’s night time economy adviser; and comedian, writer and political commentator, Geoff Norcott.

  • S42E05 06/02/2020

    • February 6, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce chairs an hour of topical debate from Harpenden. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, secretary of state for justice, Conservative; Stella Creasy MP, Labour; Ed Davey MP, acting leader of the Liberal Democrats and former energy secretary in the coalition government; journalist and author of a book on the Middle East, Rachel Shabi; and actor, campaigner and TV presenter Adam Pearson.

  • S42E06 13/02/2020

    • February 13, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dundee. On the panel: Tom Tugendhat MP, chair of the foreign affairs select committee at Westminster, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army until 2013, serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Conservative; Ian Murray MP, the last remaining Labour MP in Scotland and candidate for deputy leader of the Labour Party; Joanna Cherry MP, SNP justice and home affairs spokesperson at Westminster, and a leading litigant in the case against the UK government’s decision to prorogue Parliament, SNP; Val McDermid, bestselling, prize-winning crime writer; and Alex Massie, Scotland editor of the Spectator magazine.

  • S42E07 20/02/2020

    • February 20, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weymouth. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Alison McGovern MP, chair of the Labour political organisation Progress, Labour; Howard Davies, chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, former Director of the London School for Economics, and the first chairman of the Financial Services Authority; Ash Sarkar, journalist, commentator and contributing editor at Novara Media; and Michael Portillo, broadcaster and former Conservative politician.

  • S42E08 27/02/2020

    • February 27, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Middlesbrough. On the panel, business and industry minister Nadhim Zahawi MP; Jon Ashworth MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; John Bird, founder of The Big Issue and crossbench peer; Alison Phillips, editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper; and Ayesha Vardag, celebrity divorce lawyer, known for strengthening the status of pre-nuptial agreements in English law.

  • S42E09 05/03/2020

    • March 5, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Tunbridge Wells. On the panel: Matt Hancock MP, secretary of state for Health, Conservative; Margaret Beckett MP, former foreign secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party, Labour; Layla Moran MP, education spokesperson, Liberal Democrats; Tim Stanley, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist; and Xander van Tullekin, doctor, author and television presenter on CBBC's 'Operation Ouch' and a range of programmes on issues such as diet, binge drinking and health.

  • S42E10 12/03/2020

    • March 12, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West Bromwich. On the panel, Steve Barclay MP, chief secretary to the treasury, former Brexit secretary under Theresa May and Boris Johnson, Conservative; Louise Haigh MP, shadow policing minister, Labour; Pete Wishart MP, SNP shadow leader of the House of Commons, and chair of the Scottish affairs select committee, SNP; Richard Walker, managing director of the supermarket chain, Iceland Foods; and Professor John Ashton, former director of public health in the north west and former professor of public health at Southampton University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

  • S42E11 19/03/2020

    • March 19, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weston-super-Mare. On the panel: secretary of state for health Matt Hancock MP, Mayor of Greater Manchester and former secretary of state for health Andy Burnham, chair of neurology and director of the National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at the University of Liverpool Tom Solomon, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress Frances O'Grady and chef, author, television presenter and restaurant owner Angela Hartnett.

  • S42E12 26/03/2020

    • March 26, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with questions from West London and live social media reaction. On the panel: Robert Jenrick MP, secretary of state for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of the medical journal The Lancet; and Humphrey Cobbold, chief executive officer of PureGym, the UK's leading gym provider.

  • S42E13 02/04/2020

    • April 2, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London, with audience questions from Rugby and live question and comments from social media. On the panel: Matt Hancock MP, health secretary, Conservative; Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the commons' home affairs select committee, former secretary of state for work and pensions under Gordon Brown, former shadow health Secretary, Labour; Dame Donna Kinnair, nurse and chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing; and the archbishop of York, John Sentamu.

  • S42E14 09/04/2020

    • April 9, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London, with audience questions from Uxbridge and live question and comments from social media. On the panel: secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis; shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and shadow minister for the cabinet office, Rachel Reeves; professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College and a member of the NERVTAG committee (New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats) advising government, Peter Openshaw; Scottish musician, social campaigner and winner of the 2018 Orwell Prize author Darren McGarvey; and actress, comedian, psychotherapist and author, Ruby Wax.

  • S42E15 16/04/2020

    • April 16, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate. On the panel are Robert Buckland MP, justice secretary and lord chancellor, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Karan Bilimoria, founder and chairman of Cobra Beer, vice-president of the Confederation of British Industry and cross-bench peer, and Rachel Clarke, doctor specialising in palliative care and author of Dear Life, a book on grief and the work of hospices.

  • S42E16 30/04/2020

    • April 30, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London with pre-recorded questions from Leeds and questions and comments from social media. On this week's panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow chancellor of the exchequer, Labour; Jeane Freeman MSP, Scottish government health secretary, SNP; Sir Paul Nurse, chief executive of the Francis Crick Institute and former director of the Royal Society; and George Osborne, editor of the Evening Standard, former Conservative MP and chancellor of the exchequer, 2010-2016.

  • S42E17 07/05/2020

    • May 7, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London, with audience questions from Newcastle and from social media. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour; Juergen Maier, industrialist and former chief executive of Siemans UK; Chris Hopson, chief executive, NHS Providers; and Afua Hirsch, writer, broadcaster, and author of a book on British identity - Brit(ish): on Race, Identity and Belonging.

  • S42E18 14/05/2020

    • May 14, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with live and pre-recorded questions, and comments from social media. On the panel: Stephen Barclay MP, chief secretary to the treasury, Conservative; Bridget Phillipson MP, shadow chief secretary to the treasury, Labour; Mick Cash, general secretary of rail, maritime and transport workers; Luke Johnson, entrepreneur, former chairman or owner of various restaurant and bar chains such as Pizza Express, Strada, and Patisserie Valerie; and Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at Edinburgh University and a member of the Scottish government Covid-19 advisory group.

  • S42E19 21/05/2020

    • May 21, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with questions from London and from social media. Panellists include justice minister Chris Philp, mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, chief executive of Save the Children International and former Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, playwright and screenwriter James Graham and associate editor of the Daily Telegraph Camilla Tominey.

  • S42E20 28/05/2020

    • May 28, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with an audience from Glasgow. Panellists include shadow secretary of state for Scotland Ian Murray, deputy first minister and education secretary for the Scottish government John Swinney, Scotland editor of The Spectator and columnist for The Times Alex Massie, Conservative Minister for Care Helen Whately, and director of international relations at the NHS Confederation Layla McCay.

  • S42E21 04/06/2020

    • June 4, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from Southampton. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, minister for Business and Industry, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow Justice secretary, Labour; Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing; and Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen.

  • S42E22 11/06/2020

    • June 11, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with an audience from Cardiff. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, justice secretary and lord high chancellor of Great Britain, Conservative; Vaughan Gething MS, health and social services minister in the Welsh government, Labour; Liz Saville Roberts MP, leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; Rocco Forte, founder of the Rocco Forte luxury hotel chain; and Bernardine Evaristo, author of several novels, including Girl, Woman, Other which won the Booker Prize and was listed by Barack Obama as one of his favourite novels of 2019.

  • S42E23 18/06/2020

    • June 18, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Plymouth. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, former Conservative Party chairman, now minister for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign Office, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Munira Wilson MP, Health and Social Care spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; Steve Parish, businessman and chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club; and Jed Mercurio, former hospital doctor and writer of TV dramas such as Line of Duty, Bodyguard and Cardiac Arrest.

  • S42E24 25/06/2020

    • June 25, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience of voters under the age of thirty. Panellists include chief secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding Jess Phillips, entrepreneur Theo Paphitis, founder of Young Money Iona Bain, and George Mpanga, better known as George the Poet.

  • S42E25 17/09/2020

    • September 17, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Oldham. Panellists include business and industry minister Nadhim Zahawi, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth, co-founder of Phones4U John Caudwell, bestselling novelist Nicci Gerrard and Sunetra Gupta, infectious disease epidemiologist and Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.

  • S42E26 24/09/2020

    • September 24, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from Chingford. On the panel: Alok Sharma MP, secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Conservative; Louise Haigh MP, shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Labour; Ed Davey MP, leader, the Liberal Democrats; Peter Borg Neal, founder and chief executive of Oakman Inns; and Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the Scottish Government's coronavirus advisory group.

  • S42E27 01/10/2020

    • October 1, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Carlisle. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for Transport, with cabinet responsibility for the northern powerhouse, Conservative; Alison McGovern MP, shadow sports minister, Labour; David Linden MP, SNP; Stuart Rose, retailer and chair of Ocado, formerly CEO of Marks and Spencer, and a Conservative peer; and Helen Stokes-Lampard, GP and chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

  • S42E28 08/10/2020

    • October 8, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Coventry. On the panel: Gillian Keegan MP, minister for apprenticeships and skills, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester and former health secretary, Labour; Dame Donna Kinnair, general secretary and chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing; Yanis Varoufakis, economist, author and former finance minister of Greece; and Michael Portillo, television presenter and former Conservative MP and defence secretary.

  • S42E29 15/10/2020

    • October 15, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Edinburgh. On the panel: Douglas Ross MP, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Conservative; Seema Malhotra MP, shadow employment minister, Labour; Kate Forbes MSP, finance secretary for the Scottish Government, SNP; Sir Ian Wood, businessman and philanthropist; Miriam Brett, economic advisor and commentator and former advisor to the SNP; and Sir Mark Walport, immunologist, former chief scientific advisor and a member of the government's scientific advisory body, Sage.

  • S42E30 22/10/2020

    • October 22, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Sedgefield. On the panel: Nicky Morgan, former secretary of state for Education and former culture secretary, now a Conservative peer, Conservative; Bridget Phillipson MP, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Labour; Joseph Stiglitz, US economist, former chief economist of the World Bank and winner of the Nobel Prize for economics; Anne Longfield, Children's Commissioner for England; and Stephen Fitzpatrick, founder and chief executive of OVO Energy, the UK's second largest energy supplier.

  • S42E31 29/10/2020

    • October 29, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Lincoln. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, Home Office minister, conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour; Anthony Scaramucci, American financier, republican and former White House chief of communications under Donald Trump; Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; and Bonnie Greer, playwright, critic and broadcaster.

  • S42E32 05/11/2020

    • November 5, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Lewisham, South London. On the panel, Oliver Dowden MP, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Conservative, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour, Hannah Fry, mathematician, author, TV and radio presenter and associate professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, Simon Wolfson, chief executive of fashion and homeware chain Next, and a Conservative peer, and Rose McGowan, activist and former Hollywood actor.

  • S42E33 12/11/2020

    • November 12, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Dover. On the panel: Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care; David Lammy MP, Shadow Justice Secretary; Professor Robin Shattock, immunologist; Merryn Somerset Webb, Editor-in-Chief of Money Week; and Rosie Jones, comedian.

  • S42E34 19/11/2020

    • November 19, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Windsor. On the panel are: former Conservative Party Chair and current minister at the Foreign Office, James Cleverly MP; Labour's Shadow Secretary for Trade, Emily Thornberry MP; former investment banker and SNP leader, Ian Blackford; journalist and Editor of The Spectator magazine, Fraser Nelson; and the Bishop of Dover, Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin.

  • S42E35 26/11/2020

    • November 26, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Swansea. On the panel: Conservative MP and the current Business & Industry minister, Nadhim Zahawi; Labour MP and Secretary for Health & Social Services in the Welsh Government, Vaughan Gething; Leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price; Brexit Party MP, Baroness Claire Fox; Paralympian, campaigner, and Crossbench Peer, Tanni Grey-Thompson.

  • S42E36 03/12/2020

    • December 3, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Bath. On the panel is Michelle Donelan MP, minister for universities, Conservative, Sarah Jones MP, shadow police and fire services minister, Labour, Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College, immunologist and specialist in respiratory diseases, Liam Halligan, economist, journalist and author of books on the housing crisis and on Brexit, and Tom Kerridge, chef, restaurant owner, author and television presenter.

  • S42E37 10/12/2020

    • December 10, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Chelmsford. Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with an audience from Chelmsford. Panellists include Robert Buckland MP, justice secretary and Lord high chancellor, Conservative, Wes Streeting MP, shadow schools minister, Labour; Malcolm Turnbull, former prime minister of Australia 2015-18 and twice leader of the Liberal Party in Australia; Anand Menon, Professor of European and foreign politics at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe; and Julia Hartley-Brewer, Talkradio host and columnist.

Season 43

  • S43E01 06/01/2021 - COVID Special

    • January 6, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a Question Time covid special live. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, minister for the deployment of the Covid 19 vaccine and business minister, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, Labour; Rachel Clarke, palliative care doctor and author of the bestselling book 'Dear Life: a Doctor's Story of Love and Loss'; Humphrey Cobbold, chief executive of the UK's largest gym chain, Pure Gym; and Sir Mark Walport, immunologist, former government chief scientific advisor and a member of SAGE, the government's scientific advisory body

  • S43E02 14/01/2021

    • January 14, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with a virtual audience from across the UK. Panellists include minister for children Vicky Ford MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Westminster spokesperson on health and social care Philippa Whitford MP, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing Dame Donna Kinnair and Mike Barton, former chief constable of Durham.

  • S43E03 21/01/2021

    • January 21, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from Northern Ireland. On the panel, Brandon Lewis MP, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Conservative, Louise Haigh MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour, Arlene Foster MLA, first minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Michelle O'Neill MLA, deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and cice president of Sinn Fein, and Anand Menon, professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe.

  • S43E04 28/01/2021

    • January 28, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Gillian Keegan MP, minister for apprenticeships and skills, Conservative, Kate Green MP, shadow secretary of state for education, Labour, Deborah Meaden, businesswoman and long-standing contributor to BBC Two's Dragon's Den, Layla McCay, director of international relations at the NHS Confederation, and Camilla Tominey, associate editor of the Daily Telegraph.

  • S43E05 04/02/2021

    • February 4, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Oliver Dowden MP, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Conservative; Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow housing secretary, Labour; Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, farmer and founder of the Black Farmer range of products ; Wanda Wyporska, executive director of the Equality Trust; and professor Robin Shattock, head of mucosal infection and immunity at Imperial College London.

  • S43E06 11/02/2021

    • February 11, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Scotland, with a virtual audience from the north east of the country. On the panel are: Michael Forsyth, former secretary of state for Scotland, Conservative peer and chair of the Economic Affairs Committee in the House of Lords, Conservative; Ian Murray MP, shadow secretary of state for Scotland, Labour; Jeane Freeman MSP, secretary for health and sport in the Scottish government, SNP; Angela Haggerty, journalist and broadcaster; and Stephen Fitzpatrick, founder of OVO energy and president of Vertical Aerospace.

  • S43E07 18/02/2021

    • February 18, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Mark Harper MP, chairman of the Covid Recovery Group, Conservative; Nadia Whittome MP, Labour; Layla Moran MP, spokesperson for foreign affairs and international relations, Liberal Democrat; Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh; and Peter Borg-Neal, Founder and CEO of Oakman Inns.

  • S43E08 25/02/2021

    • February 25, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow chancellor of the exchequer, Labour; Tony Danker, director general of the Confederation of British Industry; Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union; and Jeremy King, co-founder and co-owner of the Corbin and King restaurants, which include The Wolseley and Brasserie Zedel.

  • S43E09 04/03/2021

    • March 4, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel are: Kwasi Kwarteng MP, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Andy Palmer, former CEO and president of Aston Martin and former executive vice-president at Nissan, founder and CEO of Palmer Automotive Ltd; Miatta Fahnbulleh, economist and chief executive of the New Economics Foundation; and Theo Paphitis, businessman, entrepreneur and former dragon on the BBC's Dragons' Den.

  • S43E10 11/03/2021

    • March 11, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel are: employment minister Mims Davies MP, Conservative; shadow secretary of state for communities and local government Steve Reed MP, Labour; chair of the NHS Confederation and crossbench peer Victor Adebowale; playwright, author and critic Bonnie Greer; and Dan Hodges, journalist and columnist for the Mail on Sunday.

  • S43E11 18/03/2021

    • March 18, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Victoria Atkins MP, safeguarding minister, Conservative; Jess Phillips MP, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Labour; Kirsten Oswald MP, deputy leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Mark Carney, economist, former governor of the Bank of Canada and of the Bank of England, 2013-2020; and Ian Hislop, journalist and broadcaster, editor of Private Eye and team captain on the BBC's satirical show Have I Got News for You.

  • S43E12 25/03/2021

    • March 25, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff. On the panel: Andrew RT Davies MS, leader of the Welsh Conservatives; Vaughan Gething MS, Welsh Cabinet minister for health and social services, Labour; Adam Price MS, leader of Plaid Cymru; Claire Fox, former Brexit Party MEP, independent peer and founder of the free speech organisation the Academy of Ideas; and Nigel Owens, former international rugby referee and campaigner for LGBT equality.

  • S43E13 15/04/2021

    • April 15, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from across the UK. On the panel: Bernard Jenkin MP, chair of the Commons Liaison Committee, Conservative; Rosie Duffield MP, chair of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party, Labour; Xand van Tulleken, doctor and broadcaster, including as co-presenter of CBBC's Operation Ouch!; Ayesha Hazarika, journalist, commentator and former Labour adviser; and Geoff Norcott, comedian and writer.

  • S43E14 22/04/2021

    • April 22, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Edinburgh with a virtual audience from Scotland. On the panel: Keith Brown, deputy leader of the Scottish National Party; Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party; Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party; Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats; and Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Greens.

  • S43E15 29/04/2021

    • April 29, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, minister for business, energy and clean growth, Conservative; Jon Ashworth MP, shadow secretary of state of health and social care, Labour; Daisy Cooper MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party's education spokesperson; Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam GB; and Tim Stanley, historian, contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day and columnist for The Daily Telegraph.

  • S43E16 06/05/2021

    • May 6, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Robert Jenrick MP, housing, communities and local government secretary, Conservative; Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow housing secretary, Labour; John Bercow, former Conservative MP and speaker of the House of Commons; Hugh Osmond, founder of Punch Taverns and former director of Pizza Express; and Deborah Frances-White, comedian, writer and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast.

  • S43E17 13/05/2021

    • May 13, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, secretary of state for justice and lord chancellor, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, Labour; Kate Forbes MSP, finance secretary in the Scottish government, SNP; Michelle Dewberry, former Brexit Party parliamentary candidate and presenter at GB News; and Paul Mason, journalist, author and broadcaster.

  • S43E18 20/05/2021

    • May 20, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment minister and Business minister, Conservative, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour, Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland Foods and author of The Green Grocer, Harriet Green OBE, businesswoman, former CEO of IBM Asia Pacific and former CEO of the Thomas Cook Group, and Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.

  • S43E19 27/05/2021

    • May 27, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow secretary for international trade, Labour; Nadra Ahmed OBE, executive chairman of the National Care Association; Kate Clanchy, poet, novelist and playwright, winner of the Orwell Prize for political writing; and Tom Newton Dunn, presenter and chief political commentator at Times Radio.

  • S43E20 03/06/2021

    • June 3, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Lucy Frazer MP, solicitor general for England and Wales, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow minister for schools, Labour; Professor Anthony Costello, paediatrician, former World Health Organisation director for maternal, child and adolescent health and a member of Independent SAGE; Professor Heather McGregor, executive dean of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot Watt University; and Jenni Murray, journalist, broadcaster and presenter of Radio 4's Women's Hour between 1987 and 2020.

  • S43E21 10/06/2021

    • June 10, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Gillian Keegan MP, minister for apprenticeships and skills, Conservative; Lucy Powell MP, shadow secretary of state for housing, Labour; Yanis Varoufakis, economist, author, former finance minister of Greece, member of the Greek parliament and founder of the Greek political party the European Realistic Disobedience Front, or MeRA25; Kavita Oberoi OBE, entrepreneur and founder of an IT company specialising in healthcare, contributor to Channel 4's 'The Secret Millionaire' and the BBC's 'The Apprentice: You're Fired'; and political commentator and former pollster for the Republican Party, Frank Luntz.

  • S43E22 17/06/2021

    • June 17, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Mark Harper MP, backbencher and chair of the Covid Recovery Group, Conservative; Sarah Jones MP, shadow minister for police and the fire service, Labour; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the Scottish National Party at Westminster, SNP; Dame Rosemary Squire DBE, theatre owner and producer, founder of the Ambassador Theatre Group and co-founder, joint CEO and executive chair of Trafalgar Entertainment; and Conservative peer, author and journalist, Daniel Finkelstein.

  • S43E23 24/06/2021

    • June 24, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, secretary of state for justice and lord chancellor, Conservative; Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow health and social care secretary, Labour; Caroline Lucas MP, Green Party; Victor Adebowale OBE, chair of the NHS Confederation; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent at The Spectator.

  • S43E24 01/07/2021

    • July 1, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: David Davis MP, backbencher and former home secretary and Brexit secretary, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, Labour; Chika Russell, entrepreneur and founder of the African-inspired snack range Chika's Foods; Madeline Grant, parliamentary sketch writer at the Daily Telegraph and columnist at The Sunday Telegraph; and Benjamin Zephaniah, poet, playwright and author.

  • S43E25 18/08/2021 - Afghanistan Special

    • August 18, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of the programme on the subject of Afghanistan. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Rory Stewart, former Conservative cabinet secretary, diplomat, academic and author of The Places in Between, an account of his two-year walk across Afghanistan; Nelufar Hedayat, journalist and documentary film-maker who came to Britain as an Afghan refugee; and Mehdi Hasan, British-American broadcaster and host of the Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC.

  • S43E26 16/09/2021

    • September 16, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Croydon. On the panel, armed forces minister James Heappey MP, shadow education secretary Kate Green MP, executive chairman of the National Care Association Nadra Ahmed, writer, satirist, co-founder of the Black Writers Guild and author of 'Think Like a White Man’ Nels Abbey and Andrew Neil, chairman of the Spectator Magazine Group, former editor of the Sunday Times, founding chairman of SKY TV, ex-BBC presenter and former chairman and lead presenter of GB News.

  • S43E27 23/09/2021

    • September 23, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cambridge. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow secretary of state for justice, Labour; Munira Wilson MP, spokesperson for health, wellbeing and social care, Liberal Democrat; Richard Walker, managing director, Iceland Foods; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent, The Spectator Magazine.

  • S43E28 30/09/2021

    • September 30, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel: Wes Streeting MP, shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty, Labour; Ella Whelan, political commentator and assistant editor at spiked; George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer and life peer in the UK House of Lords; and Amy Hart, reality television star and influencer.

  • S43E29 07/10/2021

    • October 7, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Aldershot. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, secretary of state for Education, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow Foreign secretary, Labour; Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Nick Ferrari, journalist, columnist and host of LBC's weekday breakfast programme; and Rosie Jones, comedian and actress.

  • S43E30 14/10/2021

    • October 14, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Nottingham. On the panel: Penny Mordaunt MP, minister for International Trade, Conservative; Alison McGovern MP, shadow Sport minister, Labour; professor Robert Winston, scientist, doctor, broadcaster and Labour peer; Samuel Kasumu, former special advisor to Boris Johnson on civil society and communities and co-founder of the head-hunting company Inclusive Boards; and Anne McElvoy, BBC presenter and senior editor at The Economist.

  • S43E31 21/10/2021

    • October 21, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Glasgow. On the panel: Kate Forbes MSP, Cabinet secretary for finance and the economy for the Scottish government, SNP; Andrew Bowie MP, vice chairman of the Conservative Party, Conservative; Anas Sarwar MSP, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Labour; Professor Heather McGregor, journalist, academic and executive dean of Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University; and Brian Cox, actor and star of HBO television drama Succession.

  • S43E32 28/10/2021

    • October 28, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stockport. On the panel: Simon Clarke MP, chief secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Bridget Phillipson MP, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Labour; Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the NatWest Group and former director of the London School of Economics; Dr Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Forum; and Jenny Campbell, entrepreneur and former dragon on BBC 1's Dragons' Den.

  • S43E33 04/11/2021

    • November 4, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Eastleigh.

  • S43E34 11/11/2021

    • November 11, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Hartlepool. Panellists include business and industry minister Lee Rowley MP, shadow secretary of state for housing Lucy Powell MP, chief executive at Energy UK Emma Pinchbeck, writer, consultant strategist and former Number 10 director of communications and strategy Alastair Campbell, and Tom Newton Dunn, presenter and chief political commentator at Times Radio.

  • S43E35 18/11/2021

    • November 18, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Beckenham. On the panel: Mims Davies MP, Employment minister, Conservative; Stella Creasy MP, Labour; Stephen Flynn MP, SNP Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy spokesperson at Westminster, SNP; Nazir Afzal OBE, solicitor, former chief crown prosecutor for North West England; and professor Jordan Peterson, clinical psychologist and author of the best-selling book 12 Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos.

  • S43E36 25/11/2021

    • November 25, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff. On the panel, Robert Buckland MP, former justice secretary, Conservative; Eluned Morgan MS, minister for health and social services in the Welsh government and a Labour peer; Liz Saville Roberts MP, leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; Guto Harri, broadcaster, political commentator and former adviser to Boris Johnson when he was mayor of London; and Timandra Harkness, comedian, science writer and author of Big Data: does size matter?

  • S43E37 02/12/2021

    • December 2, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weston-super-Mare. On the panel: Maggie Throup MP, minister for Vaccines and Public Health, Conservative. Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow leader of the Commons, Labour; Wendy Chamberlain MP, Work and Pensions spokesperson and chief whip for the Liberal Democrats; Professor Peter Openshaw, immunologist and professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London and a member of NERVTAG, the Government's advisory body on respiratory diseases; and retail entrepreneur and former dragon from BBC 1's Dragons Den, Theo Paphitis.

  • S43E38 09/12/2021

    • December 9, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Hendon. On the panel: Rachel Maclean MP, Home Office minister responsible for Safeguarding, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow secretary for Women and Equalities and chair of the Labour Party, Labour; Steven Bartlett, founder of the social media marketing company Social Chain, author of Happy Sexy Millionaire and an investor on BBC1's Dragons Den; Michael Portillo, former Conservative cabinet minister, television presenter and commentator; and Adjoa Andoh, actor, star of the Netflix series Bridgerton, lead actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and regular on TV series such as Casualty and Eastenders.

  • S43E39 16/12/2021

    • December 16, 2021
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stoke-on-Trent. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Conservative, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Labour; Stewart Hosie MP, SNP spokesperson for the Duchy of Lancaster and the cabinet office at Westminster, SNP; Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers; and Olivia Utley, assistant comment editor for The Telegraph.

Season 44

  • S44E01 13/01/2022

    • January 13, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Shrewsbury. On the panel: Simon Hart MP, secretary of state for Wales, Conservative; Jess Phillips MP, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Labour; Daisy Cooper MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party's spokesperson on health, wellbeing and social care, Liberal Democrat; Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam UK; and Isabel Oakeshott, GB News presenter and commentator.

  • S44E02 20/01/2022

    • January 20, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from St. Andrews. On the panel: Stephen Kerr MSP, chief whip for the Scottish Conservative Party at Holyrood, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow attorney general for England and Wales, Labour; Màiri McAllan MSP, Scottish government minister for Environment and Land Reform, SNP; Iain Anderson, chief executive of the PR company Cicero Group, and the UK government's first LGBT Business champion; and Christopher Brookmyre, prize-winning crime novelist.

  • S44E03 27/01/2022

    • January 27, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Morecambe. On the panel: James Heappey MP, minister for the armed forces, Conservative; Jonathan Reynolds MP, shadow business secretary, Labour; Alison Phillips, editor of the Daily Mirror; Kavita Oberoi OBE, businesswoman and founder of Oberoi Consulting; and Liam Halligan, economist, author and economics and business editor at GB News.

  • S44E04 03/02/2022

    • February 3, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from London. On the panel: Crispin Blunt MP, former Justice Minister, Conservative; Rosena Allin-Khan MP, shadow minister for Mental Health, Labour; Professor Robin Shattock, head of Mucosal Infection and Immunity at Imperial College London; Victor Adebowale CBE, chair of the NHS Confederation and a crossbench peer; and Tim Stanley, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist.

  • S44E05 10/02/2022

    • February 10, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Newport. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Vaughan Gething MS, minister for the economy for the Welsh government, Labour; Delyth Jewell MS, Plaid Cymru; Laura McAllister, professor of Public Policy and Governance of Wales at the University of Cardiff and former international football player; and Sebastian Payne, Whitehall editor at the Financial Times.

  • S44E06 17/02/2022

    • February 17, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Leeds. On the panel: Jake Berry MP, chair of the Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs, former minister for the Northern Powerhouse, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, Labour; Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress; Juergen Maier, industrialist and former chief executive of Siemens UK, co-chair of the UK's Made Smarter programme and vice chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership; and Inaya Folarin Iman, journalist, commentator and presenter of a weekly politics discussion programme on GB News.

  • S44E07 24/02/2022

    • February 24, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Harrow. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, Foreign minister, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow Foreign secretary, Labour; Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European studies at Oxford University; Anne McElvoy, executive editor at the Economist and BBC Radio presenter; and Radislaw Sikorski MEP, politician and journalist, former Polish foreign minister and defence minister.

  • S44E08 03/03/2022

    • March 3, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Norwich. On the panel: Penny Mordaunt MP, Trade minister and former International Development secretary and secretary of state for Defence, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour; Kirsten Oswald MP, deputy leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Bridget Kendall, master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge University and former Moscow correspondent and diplomatic correspondent at the BBC; and Russian-British podcaster, social commentator and comedian, Konstantin Kisin.

  • S44E09 09/03/2022 - Ukraine Special

    • March 9, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a special edition on Ukraine, from London. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, secretary of state for education, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Olesya Khromeychuk, Director of the Ukrainian Institute London; Vadym Prystaiko, ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom and former minister for foreign affairs of Ukraine; Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former prime minister of Denmark, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board; and Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of war studies at King's College London.

  • S44E10 17/03/2022

    • March 17, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel: Suella Braverman MP, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, Conservative; Wes Streeting MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; Lesia Vasylenko, member of the Ukrainian Parliament and co-chair of the UK-Ukrainian Friendship Group, Holos Party; Rev Richard Coles, Church of England parish priest, musician and Radio 4 presenter; and Max Hastings, historian and former editor of The Daily Telegraph.

  • S44E11 24/03/2022

    • March 24, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Reading. On the panel: Damian Hinds MP, minister for Security and Borders, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Labour; Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union; Dom Joly, comedian and ambassador for Save the Children; and Kate Andrews, economics editor at the Spectator.

  • S44E12 31/03/2022

    • March 31, 2022
    • BBC One

    Victoria Derbyshire presents an hour of topical debate from Bath. On the panel: Maria Caulfield MP, minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care, Conservative; Steve Reed MP, shadow secretary of State for Justice, Labour; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist; and Julia Hartley-Brewer, journalist and TalkRadio Breakfast presenter.

  • S44E13 07/04/2022

    • April 7, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Canterbury. On the panel: Greg Hands MP, minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow attorney general for England and Wales, Labour; the most reverend Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury; Zing Tsjeng, author and executive editor of Vice UK; and Dan Hodges, journalist and columnist for the Mail on Sunday.

  • S44E14 28/04/2022

    • April 28, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Romford.

  • S44E15 05/05/2022

    • May 5, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Walsall.

  • S44E16 12/05/2022

    • May 12, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Hackney. On the panel: Suella Braverman MP, Shabana Mahmood MP, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Geoff Norcott, and Sebastian Vettel.

  • S44E17 19/05/2022

    • May 19, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel: Lucy Frazer MP, Lucy Powell MP, Alyn Smith MP, Mo Hussein and Emily Carver.

  • S44E18 26/05/2022

    • May 26, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Belfast. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Labour; John Finucane MP, Sinn Fein; Emma Little-Pengelly MLA, Democratic Unionist Party; and Naomi Long MLA, leader of the Alliance Party.

  • S44E19 09/06/2022

    • June 9, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dorking. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Conservative; Wes Streeting MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; Layla Moran MP, Foreign Affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; Rory Stewart, author, podcaster and former Conservative minister; and Tom Harwood, journalist and political correspondent at GB News.

  • S44E20 16/06/2022

    • June 16, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Newcastle. On the panel: Matt Vickers MP, Conservative, Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow leader of the Commons, Labour; Alison Thewliss MP; SNP Treasury spokesperson at Westminster, SNP; Richard Walker, managing director of the supermarket chain, Iceland; and Ella Whelan, co-convenor of the Battle of Ideas festival and columnist for Spiked magazine.

  • S44E21 23/06/2022

    • June 23, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stratford-upon-Avon. On the panel: Rachel Maclean MP, Home Office minister responsible for Safeguarding, Conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow secretary of state for International Trade, Labour; Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT); Anne Boden MBE, founder and chief executive officer of Starling Bank; and Ben Habib, chief executive of First Property Group and former Brexit Party MEP.

  • S44E22 30/06/2022

    • June 30, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Inverness. On the panel: Angus Robertson MSP, the Scottish government's cabinet secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, SNP; Craig Hoy MSP, chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, Conservative; Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, spokesperson for Social Justice and Social Security, Scottish Labour; Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine; and Susie McCabe, comedian.

  • S44E23 07/07/2022

    • July 7, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. On the panel: Dehenna Davison, elected in 2019 as the first Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland; Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP; musician Winston Marshall, former member of Mumford & Sons; Alastair Campbell, one of the architects of New Labour; and Tim Stanley, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist.

  • S44E24 14/07/2022

    • July 14, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Torquay. On the panel: Bim Afolami MP, former Conservative Party vice chair for youth, Conservative; Chris Bryant MP, chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Standards and Privileges, Labour; Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Mary Bousted, general secretary of the National Education Union; and Olivia Utley, assistant comment editor at the Daily Telegraph.

  • S44E25 22/09/2022

    • September 22, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Grimsby, in north-east Lincolnshire. On the panel, Brendan Clarke-Smith MP, a Cabinet Office minister; Labour’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting MP; Layla Moran MP, the Liberal Democrats spokesperson on foreign affairs; the life peer Claire Fox, founder of the Academy of Ideas; and the economist Gerard Lyons, who’s been advising the prime minister.

  • S44E26 29/09/2022

    • September 29, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Manchester. On the panel: minister for local government Paul Scully MP; Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP; executive editor of The Economist and presenter of The Economists Asks podcast Anne McElvoy; chairman of Cobra Beer and vice-president of the CBI Lord Karan Bilimoria; and TV presenter and producer Richard Bacon.

  • S44E27 06/10/2022

    • October 6, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from London. On the panel are the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and minister for equalities Nadhim Zahawi MP, Labour’s shadow secretary for levelling up, housing and communities Lisa Nandy MP, actor Brian Cox, journalist and television personality Piers Morgan, and businessman and founder of the Black Farmer range of food products Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones.

  • S44E28 13/10/2022

    • October 13, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Musselburgh in Scotland. On the panel, the Scottish Conservatives’ leader, Douglas Ross MP MSP; John Swinney MSP, Scotland’s deputy first minister; Anas Sarwar MSP, leader of Scottish Labour; Isabel Hardman, assistant editor of The Spectator magazine; and the lead singer and songwriter of the band Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch.

  • S44E29 20/10/2022

    • October 20, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. On the panel, Graham Stuart MP, minister of State for Climate; Labour’s shadow minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, Jess Phillips MP; the director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Tony Danker; columnist and broadcaster Rachel Johnson; and Camilla Cavendish, former director of policy for prime minister David Cameron.

  • S44E30 27/10/2022

    • October 27, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Dulwich in South London. On the panel are minister of state in the department for levelling up Lucy Frazer MP, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for foreign affairs David Lammy MP, journalist and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer and screenwriter and producer Armando Iannucci.

  • S44E31 03/11/2022

    • November 3, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Horsham in West Sussex. On the panel are police minister Chris Philp MP, of the Conservatives, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland Peter Kyle MP, editor of the Economist magazine Zanny Minton Beddoes, spoken-word artist George the Poet, and Conservative peer and chairman of Asda Lord Stuart.

  • S44E32 10/11/2022

    • November 10, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Wells in Somerset. On the panel are Conservative transport secretary Mark Harper; Labour’s shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP; the head of economics at Bloomberg, Stephanie Flanders; the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas MP; and the entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den judge, Theo Paphitis.

  • S44E33 17/11/2022

    • November 17, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Snape in Suffolk. On the panel: from the government, Victoria Atkins MP, financial secretary to the Treasury; Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth MP, who shadows the Department of Work and Pensions; Ian Blackford MP, the Scottish National Party’s Westminster leader; economics editor at the Spectator magazine, Kate Andrews; and broadcaster, columnist and former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Sir Trevor Phillips.

  • S44E34 24/11/2022

    • November 24, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Skipton in North Yorkshire. On the panel, Conservative roads minister, Richard Holden MP; Labour’s Andy Burnham, who is a former cabinet minister, and now mayor of Greater Manchester; Charlotte Ivers, political correspondent at Times Radio; the former Brexit MEP and businessman, Ben Habib; and the author, musician and social commentator Darren McGarvey.

  • S44E35 01/12/2022

    • December 1, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Aberystwyth in Wales. On the panel, from the UK government, secretary of state for Wales David TC Davies MP; the Welsh government’s economy minister, Labour’s Vaughan Gething MS; the leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price MS; political reporter for GB News, Olivia Utley; and general secretary of the Welsh TUC, Shavanah Taj.

  • S44E36 08/12/2022

    • December 8, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate, from Bishop Auckland, in County Durham. On the panel: from the UK government, employment minister Guy Opperman MP; shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport Lucy Powell MP; Stewart Hosie MP, Scottish National Party’s former deputy leader; author and political commentator Isabel Oakeshott; and fashion designer and businessman Patrick Grant. 

  • S44E37 15/12/2022

    • December 15, 2022
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Winchester. On the panel: from the UK Governing party and former Business secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP; Labour’s national campaign coordinator Shabana Mahmood MP; deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper MP; general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing Pat Cullen; and journalist and author Peter Hitchens.

Season 45

  • S45E01 12/01/2023

    • January 12, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel: from the government, minister at the defence department Alex Chalk MP; Labour’s Bridget Phillipson MP, who is shadow secretary of state for education; former politician, now practicing barrister Anna Soubry; left-wing journalist and activist Ash Sarkar; and Tim Stanley, historian, author and broadcaster.

  • S45E02 Health and Social Care Special

    • January 19, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time, with the whole programme devoted to the problems and pressures in the country’s health and social care systems. On the panel, from the government, minister for Health and Social Care, Will Quince MP; Labour’s Wes Streeting MP, who is shadow secretary for Health and Social Care; Dame Clare Gerada, president of the Royal College of GPs; Lord Adebowale, the chairman of the NHS Confederation; and the journalist and author James Bartholomew.

  • S45E03 26/01/2023

    • January 26, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. On the panel, from the Conservatives, former party chairman Jake Berry MP; Labour’s Tracy Brabin, who is the mayor of West Yorkshire; editor of the Daily Mirror Alison Phillips; and author and political satirist Konstantin Kisin.

  • S45E04 02/02/2023

    • February 2, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Glasgow. On the panel: from the SNP, transport minister Jenny Gilruth MSP; from the Conservatives, Scotland Office minister John Lamont MP; Labour’s shadow Scottish secretary of state Ian Murray MP; commentator India Willoughby; and author and journalist Ella Whelan.

  • S45E05 09/02/2023

    • February 9, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Swindon in Wiltshire. On the panel, from the UK government, George Freeman MP, the new minister for Science, Innovation and Technology; Lisa Nandy, who is Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Sarah Olney, the Liberal Democrats’ Treasury spokesperson; Inaya Folarin Iman who is a broadcaster and founder of the Equiano Project; and the author and columnist, Matthew Syed.

  • S45E06 16/02/2023

    • February 16, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Rugby in the West Midlands. On the panel: from the UK government, immigration minister Robert Jenrick MP; Stephen Kinnock MP, who is Labour's shadow immigration minister; broadcaster and writer Ruth Wishart; author and columnist Lionel Shriver; and editor of Private Eye Ian Hislop.

  • S45E07 23/02/2023

    • February 23, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Cardiff. On the panel: from the UK Government, the secretary of state for Wales, David TC Davies MP; Labour’s Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow leader of the House of Commons; Liz Saville-Roberts MS, who is the leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; the actress Rakie Ayola; and the former ministerial adviser Anita Boateng.

  • S45E08 02/03/2023

    • March 2, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of current affairs discussion from Sunderland. On the panel, from the UK government, minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, Graham Stuart MP; Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Business, Jonathan Reynolds MP; Kirsty Blackman MP, the Scottish National Party’s cabinet office spokesperson; the industrialist Juergen Maier; and the journalist and political commentator, Tom Harwood.

  • S45E09 09/03/2023

    • March 9, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from London. On the panel: from the UK government, immigration minister Robert Jenrick MP; from Labour, shadow Home Office minister Sarah Jones MP; author and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown; former home secretary and chancellor Ken Clarke; and broadcaster and writer Richard Madeley.

  • S45E10 16/03/2023

    • March 16, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of current affairs discussion from Warrington. On the panel, from the Conservatives, Bim Afolami MP, minister in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Labour’s shadow secretary for digital, culture, media and sport, Lucy Powell MP; Stephen Flynn MP, who is the Scottish National Party’s Westminster leader; broadcaster and journalist Anne McElvoy; and chairman of Tesco and Barratt Developments, John Allan.

  • S45E11 23/03/2023

    • March 23, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Newcastle-under-Lyme. On the panel, from the UK government, Andrew Bowie MP, minister in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Labour’s shadow secretary for Transport, Louise Haigh MP; Zing Tsjeng, the editor-in-chief of Vice UK; the chairman of the NatWest Group, Howard Davies; and the TalkTV political presenter, Tom Newton Dunn.

  • S45E12 30/03/2023

    • March 30, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Bristol. On the panel: from the UK government, minister in the defence department Dr Andrew Murrison MP; shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP; Liberal Democrat spokesperson on housing and communities Helen Morgan MP; chief executive officer of Oxfam GB Danny Sriskandarajah; and the editor of the Spectator magazine Fraser Nelson.

  • S45E13 20/04/2023

    • April 20, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from York. On the panel are from the UK government, cabinet office minister Jeremy Quin MP; Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP; co-leader of the Green Party Carla Denyer; financial journalist and podcaster Merryn Somerset Webb; and former Archbishop of York, the Right Reverend Lord John Sentamu.

  • S45E14 27/04/2023

    • April 27, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Greenford, in west London. On the panel - Rachel Maclean MP, minister at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Lisa Nandy MP, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; the Liberal Democrats spokesperson on foreign affairs, Layla Moran MP; and the journalist and TV presenter Camilla Tominey.

  • S45E15 04/05/2023

    • May 4, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Telford in Shropshire. On the panel - Mark Harper MP, Transport secretary; from Labour, the shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP; Minette Batters, who is president of the National Farmers Union; the journalist and author Peter Hitchens; and the musician Billy Bragg.

  • S45E16 11/05/2023

    • May 11, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of discussion and debate from Bexhill-on-Sea. On the panel: social care minister Helen Whately MP; Labour’s shadow leader of the House of Commons Thangam Debbonaire MP; writer, musician and former vicar Richard Coles; journalist and activist Ash Sarkar; and radio presenter and columnist Nick Ferrari.

  • S45E17 18/05/2023

    • May 18, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Fort William in the Highlands. On the panel, from the Scottish Government, cabinet secretary for net zero, Mairi McAllan MSP; from the UK government, Scotland minister, Lord Offord; Labour’s deputy leader in Scotland, Jackie Baillie MSP; the former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond; and the journalist Nina Myskow.

  • S45E18 25/05/2023

    • May 25, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Gravesend in Kent. On the panel, Laura Trott MP, minister in the Department for Work and Pensions; Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Peter Kyle MP; Munira Wilson MP, who is the Liberal Democrat spokesperson on education; the journalist and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter; and the businessman Theo Paphitis.

  • S45E19 01/06/2023

    • June 1, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Leicester in the east Midlands. On the panel: from the UK government, George Freeman MP, minister for Science, Innovation and Technology; Labour’s shadow minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips MP; anti-poverty campaigner and cook Jack Monroe; and the former governor of Hong Kong and current chancellor of Oxford University Chris Patten.

  • S45E20 08/06/2023

    • June 8, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from King’s Lynn, in West Norfolk. On the panel, from the government, Lee Rowley MP, who is a minister in the department for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities; the shadow secretary of state for Work and Pensions, Jonathan Ashworth MP; the broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika, who was an adviser to the Labour Party; and the former Supreme Court Justice, Lord Sumption.

  • S45E21 15/06/2023

    • June 15, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Deeside, close to the Welsh/English border. On the panel, from the government, secretary of state for Wales David TC Davies MP; Lord Blunkett, former Labour home secretary; Times Radio’s political correspondent Charlotte Ivers; the SNP’s social justice spokesperson David Linden MP; and journalist Guto Harri, who was an adviser to former prime minister Boris Johnson.

  • S45E22 Brexit Leavers Special

    • June 22, 2023
    • BBC One

    Seven years on from the Brexit vote, Fiona Bruce hosts a special edition of Question Time in Clacton, with an audience of people who voted to leave. What do they now make of post-Brexit Britain? On the panel, from the Conservatives, the former government minister, John Redwood MP; from Labour, shadow cabinet minister Baroness Chapman; the former adviser to Tony Blair and Remain supporter, Alastair Campbell; the businessman and former Brexit Party MEP, Ben Habib; and Professor Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe.

  • S45E23 29/06/2023

    • June 29, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of discussion and debate from Exeter. On the panel, health and social care minister, Helen Whately MP; the shadow mental health minister, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP; the Scottish National Party’s deputy leader at Westminster, Mhairi Black MP; Dia Chakravarty, columnist at the Daily Telegraph; and the chef and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

  • S45E24 06/07/2023

    • July 6, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Fleetwood in Lancashire. On the panel, minister for veterans’ affairs Johnny Mercer, shadow secretary of state for education Bridget Phillipson, economics editor at the Spectator magazine Kate Andrews and entrepreneur and Just Stop Oil supporter Dale Vince.

  • S45E25 21/09/2023

    • September 21, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Ipswich in Suffolk. On the panel: from the government, business minister Kevin Hollinrake; Labour’s shadow secretary for culture, media and sport Thangam Debbonaire; writer and free-speech advocate Ella Whelan; and author, broadcaster and former Olympian Matthew Syed.

  • S45E26 28/09/2023

    • September 28, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of political and cultural debate from Sale in Greater Manchester. On the panel are: Mark Spencer MP, the government's minister for environment, food and rural affairs; Labour’s Lisa Nandy MP, who is shadow secretary for international development; the Liberal Democrats’ chief whip, Wendy Chamberlain MP; conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie; and chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Henri Murison.

  • S45E27 05/10/2023

    • October 5, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical discussion from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. On the panel, from the government, transport minister Richard Holden MP; Labour’s shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth MP; Emma Dabiri, academic and broadcaster; the boss of Iceland supermarkets, Richard Walker; and the best-selling author, Tony Parsons.

  • S45E28 12/10/2023

    • October 12, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of political and cultural debate from London. On the panel, from the government, Victoria Atkins MP, financial secretary to the treasury; Labour’s Yvette Cooper, who is the shadow home secretary; the TV personality and former newspaperman Piers Morgan; Dr Halima Begum, who runs the international charity, Action Aid UK; and the editor of the Jewish Chronicle, Jake Wallis Simons.

  • S45E29 19/10/2023

    • October 19, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce chairs an hour of topical discussion from Lisburn in Northern Ireland. On the panel, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris MP; Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn MP; from Sinn Fein, John Finucane MP; the leader of the Democrat Unionist Party, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP; and Sorcha Eastwood MLA, of the Alliance Party.

  • S45E30 26/10/2023

    • October 26, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Bradford in West Yorkshire. On the panel: from the government, Lee Rowley MP, who is a minister in the Department for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities; Jonathan Reynolds MP, who is Labour’s shadow business secretary; the Scottish National Party’s Alyn Smith MP; Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, former chair of the Conservative party; and Sunday Times Whitehall editor Gabriel Pogrund.

  • S45E31 02/11/2023

    • November 2, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire. On the panel: from the government, cabinet office minister Jeremy Quin MP; Labour’s cabinet office shadow Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; Camilla Cavendish, former director of policy at Downing Street; president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Marie van der Zyl; and Artificial Intelligence researcher and entrepreneur Mustafa Suleyman.

  • S45E32 09/11/2023

    • November 9, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Llandudno in North Wales. On the panel, from the UK government, David TC Davies MP, the secretary of state for Wales; Sir Chris Bryant MP, who is Labour’s shadow minister for Creative Industries and Digital; Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader, Liz Saville Roberts; a political journalist and broadcaster, Anne McElvoy; and soprano Camilla Kerslake.

  • S45E33 16/11/2023

    • November 16, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of current affairs discussion from Bridgwater in Somerset. On the panel: from the Conservatives, former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg MP; shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP; Times columnist Juliet Samuel; economist Paul Johnson; and CEO of Oxfam UK Danny Sriskandarajah.

  • S45E34 23/11/2023

    • November 23, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stevenage in Hertfordshire. On the panel are government minister Andrew Griffith MP, Labour’s shadow employment minister Alison McGovern MP, author and political journalist Isabel Oakeshott, and businessman and Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant.

  • S45E35 30/11/2023

    • November 30, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Doncaster in South Yorkshire. On the panel are cabinet office minister Esther McVey MP, Labour's shadow environment secretary Steve Reed MP, Liberal Democrats' foreign affairs spokesperson Layla Moran MP, comedian Zoe Lyons and journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil.

  • S45E36 07/12/2023

    • December 7, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Petersfield in Hampshire. On the panel: minister for veterans’ affairs Johnny Mercer MP; Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds MP; writer and climate activist George Monbiot; and journalist and author Peter Hitchens.

  • S45E37 14/12/2023

    • December 14, 2023
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Kelso, in the Scottish Borders. On the panel are: from the Scottish government, cabinet secretary for justice Angela Constance MSP; Meghan Gallacher MSP, deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives; Labour’s leader in Scotland, Anas Sarwar MSP; economics editor at The Spectator magazine Kate Andrews; and former chief strategist behind the campaign for Scottish independence Stephen Noon.

  • SPECIAL 0x7 US Election Special 2024

    • October 10, 2024

    Fiona Bruce presents a US election special, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience.

Season 46

  • S46E01 11/01/2024

    • January 11, 2024
    • BBC One

    With a general election almost certain this year, Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Oxford, with an audience of undecided voters. On the panel are: health minister Andrea Leadsom MP; shadow secretary for international development Lisa Nandy MP; chairman of ASDA Lord Rose; and Professor Anand Menon, director of the political research institute, UK in a Changing Europe.

  • S46E02 18/01/2024

    • January 18, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents live debate with politicians, commentators and the public, from Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. On the panel, from the government, Bim Afolami MP, who is a Treasury minister; Labour’s shadow attorney general, Emily Thornberry MP; the political editor and presenter at Times Radio, Kate McCann; and the barrister and author Hashi Mohamed.

  • S46E03 25/01/2024

    • January 25, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents live debate with politicians, commentators and the public, from Gillingham in Kent. On the panel, from the government, Alex Burghart MP, who is a cabinet office minister; Labour’s shadow paymaster general, Jonathan Ashworth MP; the director of the foreign affairs think-tank, Chatham House, Bronwen Maddox; columnist and former Labour party adviser Sonia Sodha; and Konstantin Kisin, who is an author and satirist.

  • S46E04 01/02/2024

    • February 1, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Glasgow.Fiona Bruce presents an hour of discussion with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Glasgow. On the panel, from the Scottish National Party, Scotland’s former finance secretary, Kate Forbes MSP; from the UK Government, Scotland minister, Lord Offord; Ian Murray MP, who is Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Scotland; Patrick Harvie MSP, from the Scottish Greens, who is also a minister in the Scottish government; and the editor of The Spectator magazine, Fraser Nelson.

  • S46E05 08/02/2024

    • February 8, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Nottingham. On the panel are: new Conservative deputy chairman James Daly MP; Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s shadow health secretary; deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper MP; comedy actor and TV presenter Paddy McGuinness; and writer and broadcaster Inaya Folarin Iman.

  • S46E06 15/02/2024

    • February 15, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Lancaster. On the panel are: minister for energy security and net zero Graham Stuart MP; shadow leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell MP; Drew Hendry MP, who speaks for the Scottish National Party on the economy; industrialist Juergen Maier; and columnist Jill Kirby.

  • S46E07 22/02/2024

    • February 22, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, commentators and voters, from Maidenhead in Berkshire. On the panel, from the government, minister for victims and safeguarding, Laura Farris MP; Labour’s Stella Creasy MP; the columnist and broadcaster Camilla Tominey, and Cambridge University’s youngest ever black professor, Jason Arday.

  • S46E08 29/02/2024

    • February 29, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians and members of the public, from Croydon in south London. On the panel, Conservative peer Sayeeda Warsi; from Labour, shadow foreign secretary David Lammy MP; the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas MP; and Tim Stanley, a historian, author and columnist.

  • S46E09 07/03/2024

    • March 7, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of current affairs discussion with politicians and members of the public, in Cardiff. On the panel, from the government, the secretary of state for Wales, David TC Davies MP; Labour’s Cabinet Office shadow Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; Plaid Cymru’s leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS; the head of economics and politics at Bloomberg, Stephanie Flanders; and Guto Harri, who was an adviser to former prime minister Boris Johnson.

  • S46E10 14/03/2024

    • March 14, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel, from the government, Lee Rowley MP, minister in the Department for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities; Jonathan Reynolds MP, who is Labour’s shadow Business and Trade Secretary; the Scottish National Party’s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn MP; the broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika, who was an adviser to the Labour Party; and the commentator Melanie Phillips.

  • S46E11 21/03/2024

    • March 21, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians and members of the public from Middlesbrough. On the panel, the deputy chair of the Conservative Party, Rachel Maclean MP, Labour’s shadow industry and decarbonisation minister, Sarah Jones MP, the environment spokesperson and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron MP, the historical novelist Philippa Gregory and the columnist Rod Liddle.

  • S46E12 18/04/2024

    • April 18, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from the spa town of Buxton, Derbyshire. On the panel: cabinet minister David TC Davies MP; Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP; the co-leader of the Green Party Carla Denyer, and Reform UK leader Richard Tice.

  • S46E13 25/04/2024

    • April 25, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate, with politicians and members of the public, from Tottenham in north London. On the panel are policing, crime and fire minister Chris Philp MP, Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP, Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson MP, chair of NHS Confederation Victor Adebowale, and Charles Moore, columnist and former editor of the Daily Telegraph.

  • S46E14 02/05/2024

    • May 2, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate, with politicians and members of the public, in the new town of Northstowe, near Cambridge. On the panel: treasury minister Bim Afolami MP; Labour’s shadow secretary of state for science Peter Kyle MP; the Scottish National Party’s Kirsty Blackman MP; the Nobel prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz; and the former ministerial adviser Anita Boateng.

  • S46E15 09/05/2024

    • May 9, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate, with politicians, commentators and members of the public, in Stoke-on-Trent. On the panel: treasury minister Nigel Huddleston MP; Labour’s shadow secretary for international development Lisa Nandy MP; author and politics and economics commentator Grace Blakeley; and chief executive of the PureGym chain Humphrey Cobbold.

  • S46E16 16/05/2024

    • May 16, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of current affairs debate with politicians and members of the public from Aberdeen. On the panel, the Scottish National Party’s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn MP, the deputy leader of the Conservatives in Scotland, Meghan Gallacher MSP, the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar MSP, the former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, and writer and broadcaster Iain Dale.

  • S46E17 23/05/2024

    • May 23, 2024
    • BBC One

    As a General Election is called for early July, Fiona Bruce presents an hour of discussion and debate from Coventry in the West Midlands. On the panel are government minister Mark Spencer MP, from Labour shadow Education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, Daisy Cooper MP, and Conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie.

  • S46E18 30/05/2024

    • May 30, 2024
    • BBC One

    With five weeks until the general election, Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians and members of the public from Epsom in Surrey. On the panel is schools minister Damian Hinds from the Conservatives, Wes Streeting, who is Labour’s shadow health secretary, Reform UK’s honorary president and founder Nigel Farage, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who is the bishop of Dover, and the TV presenter and former newspaper editor Piers Morgan.

  • S46E19 06/06/2024

    • June 6, 2024
    • BBC One

    With a month until polling day, Fiona Bruce and an audience of voters in Chester put questions to politicians seeking your vote. On the panel, from the Conservatives, the transport secretary Mark Harper; Labour’s justice spokesperson, Shabana Mahmood; the co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer; and Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader, Liz Saville-Roberts.

  • S46E20 13/06/2024

    • June 13, 2024
    • BBC One

    With just three weeks until the general election, Fiona Bruce presents an hour of political debate with politicians and voters from Edinburgh. On the panel, the Scottish National Party’s deputy first minister Kate Forbes MSP, the leader of the Conservatives in Scotland, Douglas Ross MSP, the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar MSP, the chief strategist behind the 2014 campaign for Scottish independence, Stephen Noon and the former UK Government adviser, Iain Anderson.

  • S46E21 Leaders' Special: 20/06/2024

    • June 20, 2024
    • BBC One

    With just two weeks until the general election, Fiona Bruce presents a special two-hour edition of Question Time. The four leaders from the country’s biggest political parties will each face 30 minutes of questions from an audience of voters in York. That’s Rishi Sunak, prime minister and Conservative leader, Sir Keir Starmer, who leads Labour, the leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey and the Scottish National Party leader John Swinney MSP.

  • S46E22 Leaders’ Special: 24/06/2024

    • June 24, 2024
    • BBC One Wales

    Bethan Rhys Roberts is joined by a live studio audience with questions for Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth as part of the Question Time Leaders’ series.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 Leaders' Special: 20/06/2024

    • June 20, 2024
    • BBC One

    With just two weeks until the general election, Fiona Bruce presents a special two-hour edition of Question Time. The four leaders from the country’s biggest political parties will each face 30 minutes of questions from an audience of voters in York. That’s Rishi Sunak, prime minister and Conservative leader, Sir Keir Starmer, who leads Labour, the leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey and the Scottish National Party leader John Swinney MSP.

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Leaders’ Special: 24/06/2024

    • June 24, 2024
    • BBC One Wales

    Bethan Rhys Roberts is joined by a live studio audience with questions for Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth as part of the Question Time Leaders’ series.

  • S46E23 27/06/2024

    • June 27, 2024
    • BBC One

    With the polls soon to be open in the general election, Fiona Bruce hosts an hour of debate with politicians and voters, from Birmingham. On the panel, from the Conservatives, the deputy foreign secretary, Andrew Mitchell, Labour’s Home Office spokesperson, Yvette Cooper, the Westminster leader of the Scottish National Party, Stephen Flynn, and Layla Moran, who speaks for the Liberal Democrats on science, technology and foreign affairs.

  • S46E24 Leaders' Special: 28/06/2024

    • July 5, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time with the co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and the leader of Reform UK. They will each face thirty minutes of questions from an audience of voters in Birmingham. That’s Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Greens, followed by Nigel Farage, of Reform UK.

  • SPECIAL 0x6 Leaders' Special: 28/06/2024

    • June 28, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time with the co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and the leader of Reform UK. They will each face thirty minutes of questions from an audience of voters in Birmingham. That’s Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Greens, followed by Nigel Farage, of Reform UK.

  • S46E25 05/07/2024

    • July 5, 2024
    • BBC One

    The country has spoken, and we have a new Labour government and prime minister. Fiona Bruce presents a special debate of the new political picture, with politicians and voters, in London. On the panel, the new Environment secretary Steve Reed MP; the Conservative Peer Lord Finkelstein; the deputy leader of Liberal Democrats, Daisy Cooper MP; Ben Habib, who is the deputy leader of Reform UK; and the broadcaster and journalist Andrew Marr.

  • S46E26 11/07/2024

    • July 11, 2024
    • BBC One

    As the new Labour government swings into action, Fiona Bruce presents live debate from Colchester in Essex. On the panel: from the government, Peter Kyle MP, secretary of state for Science and Technology; from the Conservatives, George Freeman MP; Sian Berry MP, from the Green Party of England and Wales, who used to lead her party; and Camilla Cavendish, former director of policy at Downing Street.

Season 47

  • S47E01 19/09/2024

    • September 19, 2024
    • BBC One

    Question Time returns for a new series of current affairs debate with voters and politicians, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. On the panel, from the Labour government, Lucy Powell MP, who is leader of the House of Commons; Graham Stuart MP, who was a minister in the previous Conservative government; the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron MP; the economist Mariana Mazzucato; and the columnist Jill Kirby.

  • S47E02 26/09/2024

    • September 26, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians and members of the public in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. On the panel: from the government, the minister for the Cabinet Office, Nick Thomas-Symonds; former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi; Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party; and Reform UK’s party chairman Zia Yusuf.

  • S47E03 03/10/2024

    • October 3, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dundee. On the panel: the Scottish government’s education secretary, Jenny Gilruth MSP; from the UK Labour government, the secretary of state for Scotland, Ian Murray MP; from the Conservatives, shadow energy minister, Andrew Bowie MP; the deputy leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Wendy Chamberlain MP; and the writer Iain Macwhirter.

  • S47E04 US Election Special

    • October 10, 2024
    • BBC One

    As voters in America prepare to choose a new president, Fiona Bruce presents a US election special from Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. On the panel, Republican and Democratic members of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, Martina White and Malcolm Kenyatta; the British-American political commentator Mehdi Hasan; Bryan Lanza, who’s an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump; and the BBC North American correspondent, Anthony Zurcher.

  • S47E05 17/10/2024

    • October 17, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Rotherham in South Yorkshire. On the panel: business and trade minister Douglas Alexander MP; former Conservative deputy prime minister Damian Green; journalist and activist Ash Sarkar; businessman Steve Rigby; and author, satirist and podcast host Konstantin Kisin.

  • S47E06 24/10/2024

    • October 24, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of live debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Plymouth in Devon. On the panel, from the government, the environment secretary, Steve Reed MP; the Conservatives’ shadow financial secretary to the Treasury, Nigel Huddleston MP; the journalist and commentator Emily Sheffield; and Danny Sriskandarajah, who is the chief executive of the left-leaning research group, New Economics Foundation.

  • S47E07 31/10/2024

    • October 31, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce reflects on the budget and other stories, in an hour of live debate with politicians, business leaders and members of the public, from Guildford in Surrey. On the panel, from the government, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones MP; the Conservatives shadow Science Secretary, Andrew Griffith MP; Munira Wilson MP, who speaks for the Liberal Democrats on Education; the businessman and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter; and the former Downing St director of communications, Sir Craig Oliver.

  • S47E08 07/11/2024

    • November 7, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of live debate with politicians, and members of the public, from Hartlepool in County Durham. On the panel, from the government, Sarah Jones MP, who is the Minister for Industry; from the Conservatives, the Shadow Home Office Minister, Matt Vickers MP; the British-American playwright and author, Bonnie Greer; and the conservative commentator, Tim Montgomerie.

  • S47E09 14/11/2024

    • November 14, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of live debate with politicians, and members of the public, from Basingstoke in Hampshire. On the panel, from government, secretary of state for business and trade Jonathan Reynolds MP; former Conservative education secretary Damian Hinds MP; the Green Party’s Ellie Chowns MP; the founder and chief executive officer of Octopus Energy, Greg Jackson; and journalist and historian Tim Stanley.

  • S47E10 21/11/2024

    • November 21, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, and members of the public, from Trowbridge in Wiltshire. On the panel, from the government, cabinet office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; from the Conservatives, shadow business minister Harriett Baldwin MP; Daisy Cooper MP, who is deputy leader and treasury spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; and former president of the National Farmers’ Union and cross-bench peer Minette Batters.

  • S47E11 28/11/2024

    • November 28, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents live debate with politicians, and members of the public, from London. On the panel, from the government, the secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP; from the Conservatives, the former Business secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg; the journalist and broadcaster, Mariella Frostrup; Rory Stewart, ex-cabinet minister, turned author and podcaster; and Professor Anand Menon, director of the political research institute, UK in a Changing Europe.

  • S47E12 05/12/2024

    • December 5, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents live debate with politicians, and members of the public, from Lincoln in the east Midlands. On the panel, from the government, education minister Jacqui Smith; from the Conservatives, Kevin Hollinrake MP, who shadows housing and communities; leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage MP; and one of the architects of New Labour, Alastair Campbell.

  • S47E13 12/12/2024

    • December 12, 2024
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, and members of the public, from Beckenham in South London. On the panel, from the Labour government, Health secretary, Wes Streeting MP; from the Conservatives, the former Security minister, Tom Tugendhat MP; Christine Jardine MP, who speaks for the Liberal Democrats on Scotland, Women and Equalities; the broadcaster and academic, Emma Dabiri; and the former newspaper editor, turned TV presenter, Piers Morgan.

  • S47E14 16/01/2025

    • January 16, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Northampton. On the panel, government minister Sir Chris Bryant MP, former Conservative culture secretary Nadine Dorries; Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller MP, former Labour adviser and radio host Baroness Hazarika, and economist and journalist Liam Halligan.

  • S47E15 23/01/2025

    • January 23, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Stockport in Greater Manchester. On the panel: from the government, leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell MP; senior Conservative politician David Davis MP; green energy industrialist Dale Vince; and writer and broadcaster Matthew Parris.

  • S47E16 30/01/2025

    • January 30, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. On the panel, from the government, Treasury minister, James Murray MP; from the Conservatives, shadow Justice minister, Dr Kieran Mullan MP; the Liberal Democrats’ health spokesperson, Helen Morgan MP; Reform UK’s chairman, Zia Yusuf; and the former Daily Mirror editor, Alison Phillips.

  • S47E17 06/02/2025

    • February 6, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate, with politicians and members of the public from Glasgow. On the panel are: from the SNP, the Scottish government’s deputy first minister Kate Forbes MSP; from the UK Labour government, energy minister Michael Shanks MP; leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Russell Findlay MSP; co-leader of the Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater MSP; and Times columnist Alex Massie.

  • S47E18 13/02/2025

    • February 13, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate, with politicians and members of the public from Northwich in Cheshire. On the panel are: from the government, education minister Jacqui Smith; from the Conservatives, shadow work and pensions minister Danny Kruger MP; the Liberal Democrats’ home affairs spokesperson Lisa Smart MP; writer and activist George Monbiot; and Matthew Goodwin, who writes and commentates on populism and liberal democracy.

  • S47E19 20/02/2025

    • February 20, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents a special debate from London on the war in Ukraine and the UK’s role in establishing an enduring peace, with an audience including Ukrainian refugees. On the panel are: former chief of the defence staff General Sir Nick Carter; Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP; from the UK government, cabinet office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; Conservative Sir Ben Wallace, who spent five years as secretary of state for defence; and a Trump campaign adviser, Jan Halper-Hayes.

  • S47E20 27/02/2025

    • February 27, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Derby in the East Midlands. On the panel are: from the Labour government, armed forces minister Luke Pollard MP; from the Conservatives, former chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Alicia Kearns MP; author and academic Dr Maya Goodfellow; entrepreneur John Caudwell; and US editor of Spectator magazine Freddy Gray.

  • S47E21 06/03/2025

    • March 6, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians and members of the public, from Skipton in North Yorkshire. On the panel: from the government, secretary of state for education, Bridget Phillipson MP; shadow business minister, Harriett Baldwin MP; deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice MP; and Adrian Ramsay MP, who is co-leader of the Green Party.

  • S47E22 13/03/2025

    • March 13, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. On the panel are: from the government, Emma Reynolds MP, the Treasury minister; from the Conservatives, Luke Evans MP, the shadow health and social care minister; Wendy Chamberlain MP, the Liberal Democrats’ chief whip; economist and activist Faiza Shaheen; and British-Russian author and satirist Konstantin Kisin.

  • S47E23 20/03/2025

    • March 20, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Reading in Berkshire. On the panel, from the government, secretary of state for the environment Steve Reed MP; from the Conservatives, shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately MP; the Times columnist Fraser Nelson; the TV presenter and producer Richard Bacon; and the chairman of Republicans Overseas UK Greg Swenson.

  • S47E24 27/03/2025

    • March 27, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, commentators, and members of the public, from Dartford in Kent. On the panel are the chief secretary to the treasury Darren Jones MP; from the Conservatives, shadow Cabinet Office minister Richard Holden MP; Daisy Cooper MP, who is deputy leader and treasury spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; the journalist and broadcaster Camilla Tominey; and the financial trader-turned equality campaigner Gary Stevenson.

  • S47E25 03/04/2025

    • April 3, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, commentators, and members of the public, from Cardiff. On the panel, from the Labour UK government, science and culture minister, Sir Chris Bryant MP; from the Conservatives, the shadow Welsh secretary, Mims Davies MP; Plaid Cymru’s leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS; the journalist and commentator Emily Sheffield; and the general secretary of the Wales Trades Union Congress, Shavanah Taj.

  • S47E26 08/05/2025

    • May 8, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Hull.

  • S47E27 15/05/2025

    • May 15, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Aldershot.

  • S47E28 22/05/2025

    • May 22, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Dulwich.

  • S47E29 29/05/2025

    • May 29, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Cheltenham.

  • S47E30 05/06/2025

    • June 5, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Llandudno.

  • S47E31 12/06/2025

    • June 12, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Fleetwood.

  • S47E32 19/06/2025

    • June 19, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from Greenford.

  • S47E33 26/06/2025

    • June 26, 2025
    • BBC One

    Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public, from St Andrews.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 2013 South Africa Special

    • December 12, 2013
    • BBC One

    David Dimbleby presents a special Question Time from Johannesburg, looking at South Africa after Mandela. On the panel are foreign minister in the last apartheid government Pik Botha, former host of the South African version of The Apprentice and ANC leader imprisoned on Robben Island with Mandela, Tokyo Sexwale, leading anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain MP, the parliamentary leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance party, Lindiwe Mazibuko, radical black consciousness activist Andile Mngxitama, and the journalist Eusebius McKeiser.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 EU Special Highlights

    • June 26, 2016
    • BBC One

    A special live edition of Question Time discussing the implications of the UK's vote to leave the European Union. The audience is comprised of a balance of Leave and Remain voters, while the panel is also divided in two. For Remain, Alex Salmond, Diane Abbott and Anna Soubry, and for Leave, Dominic Raab, Paul Nuttall and Giles Fraser.