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S41 Ep42
9.0
13th Dec 2019
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'.
S41 Ep39
9.0
28th Nov 2019
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'.
S41 Ep22
9.0
20th Jun 2019
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.
S41 Ep19
9.0
30th May 2019
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.
S41 Ep18
9.0
23rd May 2019
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.
S41 Ep14
9.0
25th Apr 2019
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.
S41 Ep2
9.0
17th Jan 2019
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.
S40 Ep39
9.0
13th Dec 2018
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.
S40 Ep34
9.0
8th Nov 2018
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.
S40 Ep31
9.0
18th Oct 2018
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.
S47 Ep5
8.0
17th Oct 2024
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.
S45 Ep30
8.0
26th Oct 2023
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.
S45 Ep19
8.0
1st Jun 2023
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.
S45 Ep16
8.0
11th May 2023
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.
S45 Ep15
8.0
4th May 2023
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.
S44 Ep27
8.0
6th Oct 2022
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.
S44 Ep16
8.0
12th May 2022
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Hackney, in London. On the panel: Suella Braverman MP, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, Conservative; Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour Party national campaign co-ordinator, Labour; Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive at the New Economics Foundation; Geoff Norcott, comedian, writer and political commentator; and Sebastian Vettel, Formula 1 racing driver and winner of four consecutive World Drivers' Championships.
S44 Ep7
8.0
24th Feb 2022
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.
S44 Ep6
8.0
17th Feb 2022
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.
S44 Ep5
8.0
10th Feb 2022
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.
S44 Ep1
8.0
13th Jan 2022
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.
S43 Ep38
8.0
9th Dec 2021
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.
S43 Ep34
8.0
11th Nov 2021
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.
S43 Ep21
8.0
10th Jun 2021
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.
S43 Ep13
8.0
15th Apr 2021
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.
S43 Ep11
8.0
18th Mar 2021
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.
S42 Ep32
8.0
5th Nov 2020
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.
S42 Ep31
8.0
29th Oct 2020
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.
S42 Ep24
8.0
25th Jun 2020
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.
S42 Ep12
8.0
26th Mar 2020
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.
S42 Ep6
8.0
13th Feb 2020
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 and a 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; Val McDermid, bestselling, prize-winning crime writer; and Alex Massie, Scotland editor of the Spectator magazine.
S42 Ep5
8.0
6th Feb 2020
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.
S42 Ep4
8.0
30th Jan 2020
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.
S42 Ep2
8.0
16th Jan 2020
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'.
S41 Ep41
8.0
9th Dec 2019
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.
S41 Ep32
8.0
24th Oct 2019
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.
S41 Ep31
8.0
17th Oct 2019
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.
S41 Ep29
8.0
3rd Oct 2019
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.
S41 Ep27
8.0
19th Sep 2019
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.
S41 Ep26
8.0
12th Sep 2019
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.
S41 Ep21
8.0
13th Jun 2019
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.
S41 Ep13
8.0
4th Apr 2019
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.
S41 Ep10
8.0
14th Mar 2019
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.
S41 Ep8
8.0
28th Feb 2019
Fiona Bruce presents debate from Catford in London. On the panel are under secretary of state for children and families, Nadhim Zahawi MP; shadow secretary of state for international affairs, Barry Gardiner MP; education spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, Layla Moran MP; German comedian Henning Wehn; and US-born bestselling author Lionel Shriver.
S41 Ep7
8.0
21st Feb 2019
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.
S41 Ep4
8.0
31st Jan 2019
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.
S41 Ep3
8.0
24th Jan 2019
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.
S41 Ep1
8.0
10th Jan 2019
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.
S40 Ep38
8.0
6th Dec 2018
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.
S40 Ep30
8.0
11th Oct 2018
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.
S40 Ep28
8.0
27th Sep 2018
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.
S40 Ep26
8.0
13th Sep 2018
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.
S40 Ep25
8.0
12th Jul 2018
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.
S40 Ep24
8.0
5th Jul 2018
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.
S40 Ep23
8.0
28th Jun 2018
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.
S44 Ep29
7.5
20th Oct 2022
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.
S44 Ep24
7.5
14th Jul 2022
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.
S47 Ep11
7.0
28th Nov 2024
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.
S47 Ep7
7.0
31st Oct 2024
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.
S47 Ep6
7.0
24th Oct 2024
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.
S47 Ep4
7.0
10th Oct 2024
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.
S47 Ep2
7.0
26th Sep 2024
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.
S47 Ep1
7.0
19th Sep 2024
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.
S46 Ep26
7.0
11th Jul 2024
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.
S46 Ep25
7.0
5th Jul 2024
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.
S46 Ep23
7.0
27th Jun 2024
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.
S46 Ep21
7.0
20th Jun 2024
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.
S46 Ep14
7.0
2nd May 2024
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.
S46 Ep12
7.0
18th Apr 2024
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.
S46 Ep11
7.0
21st Mar 2024
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.
S46 Ep8
7.0
29th Feb 2024
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.
S1 Ep1
1.0
25th Sep 1979
Panellists: Michael Foot, Teddy Taylor, Edna O'Brien, Archbishop Derek Worlock
S20 Ep23
5.0
8th Oct 1998
Panellists: Richard Branson, Michael Howard, Clare Short, David Yelland.
S41 Ep17
5.0
16th May 2019
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.
S41 Ep36
5.0
19th Nov 2019
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.
S41 Ep37
5.0
21st Nov 2019
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.
S42 Ep27
5.0
1st Oct 2020
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.
S43 Ep14
5.0
22nd Apr 2021
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.
S45 Ep22
5.0
22nd Jun 2023
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.
S46 Ep3
5.0
25th Jan 2024
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.
S46 Ep9
5.0
7th Mar 2024
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.
S46 Ep15
5.0
9th May 2024
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.
S46 Ep18
5.0
30th May 2024
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.
S46 Ep20
5.0
13th Jun 2024
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.
S47 Ep3
5.0
3rd Oct 2024
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.
S47 Ep12
5.0
5th Dec 2024
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.
S44 Ep21
5.5
23rd Jun 2022
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.
S40 Ep32
6.0
25th Oct 2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Barrow-in-Furness, where panellists face topical questions from the audience. The guests this week are Andrea Jenkyns, Lisa Nandy, Hannah Bardell, Paul Mason, and Sebastian Payne.
S40 Ep36
6.0
22nd Nov 2018
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.
S41 Ep9
6.0
7th Mar 2019
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, Times columnist Iain Martin, chief executive of Barnardo's Javed Khan and author and Guardian columnist Owen Jones.
S41 Ep16
6.0
9th May 2019
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.
S41 Ep34
6.0
7th Nov 2019
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.
S41 Ep35
6.0
14th Nov 2019
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.
S42 Ep8
6.0
27th Feb 2020
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.
S42 Ep9
6.0
5th Mar 2020
Fiona Bruce chairs 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.
S42 Ep10
6.0
12th Mar 2020
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.
S42 Ep16
6.0
30th Apr 2020
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.
S42 Ep18
6.0
14th May 2020
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.
S42 Ep26
6.0
24th Sep 2020
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.
S42 Ep28
6.0
8th Oct 2020
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.
S42 Ep29
6.0
15th Oct 2020
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.
S42 Ep30
6.0
22nd Oct 2020
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.
S42 Ep33
6.0
12th Nov 2020
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.
S42 Ep34
6.0
19th Nov 2020
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.
S42 Ep35
6.0
26th Nov 2020
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.
S43 Ep15
6.0
29th Apr 2021
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.
S43 Ep17
6.0
13th May 2021
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.
S43 Ep18
6.0
20th May 2021
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.
S43 Ep22
6.0
17th Jun 2021
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.
S43 Ep31
6.0
21st Oct 2021
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.
S44 Ep14
6.0
28th Apr 2022
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Romford. On the panel: Mims Davies MP, minister for Employment, Conservative; Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow secretary of state for Work and Pensions, Labour; Ed Davey MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats; Bejay Mulenga, entrepreneur and founder of Supa Network; and Camilla Tominey, associate editor at the Daily Telegraph.
S44 Ep17
6.0
19th May 2022
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel: Lucy Frazer MP, financial secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Lucy Powell MP, shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport secretary, Labour; Alyn Smith MP, foreign affairs spokesperson for the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Mo Hussein, commentator and former Home Office advisor; and Emily Carver, head of media at the Institute of Economic Affairs.
S44 Ep25
6.0
22nd Sep 2022
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.
S44 Ep34
6.0
24th Nov 2022
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.
S45 Ep2
6.0
19th Jan 2023
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.
S45 Ep3
6.0
26th Jan 2023
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.
S45 Ep4
6.0
2nd Feb 2023
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.
S45 Ep12
6.0
30th Mar 2023
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.
S45 Ep17
6.0
18th May 2023
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.
S45 Ep18
6.0
25th May 2023
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.
S45 Ep21
6.0
15th Jun 2023
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.
S45 Ep37
6.0
14th Dec 2023
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.
S46 Ep1
6.0
11th Jan 2024
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.
S46 Ep4
6.0
1st Feb 2024
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.
S46 Ep6
6.0
15th Feb 2024
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.
S46 Ep7
6.0
22nd Feb 2024
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.
S46 Ep10
6.0
14th Mar 2024
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.
S46 Ep13
6.0
25th Apr 2024
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.
S46 Ep16
6.0
16th May 2024
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.
S46 Ep17
6.0
23rd May 2024
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.
S46 Ep19
6.0
6th Jun 2024
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.
S46 Ep22
6.0
24th Jun 2024
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.
S46 Ep24
6.0
28th Jun 2024
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.
S47 Ep8
6.0
7th Nov 2024
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.
S47 Ep9
6.0
14th Nov 2024
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.
S47 Ep10
6.0
21st Nov 2024
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.
S44 Ep22
6.5
30th Jun 2022
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.
S44 Ep23
6.5
7th Jul 2022
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.
S44 Ep37
6.5
15th Dec 2022
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.
S45 Ep1
6.5
12th Jan 2023
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.
S45 Ep5
6.5
9th Feb 2023
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.
S45 Ep6
6.5
16th Feb 2023
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.
S1 Ep1
1.0
25th Sep 1979
Panellists: Michael Foot, Teddy Taylor, Edna O'Brien, Archbishop Derek Worlock
S1 Ep2
2nd Oct 1979
Panellists: Tess Gill, Jo Grimond, Eric Morley, Peter Shore
S1 Ep3
9th Oct 1979
Panellists: Sue Arnold, Michael Heseltine, Bill Rodgers, Arthur Scargill
S1 Ep4
16th Oct 1979
Panellists: James Anderton, Judith Hart, John Mortimer, Enoch Powell
S1 Ep5
23rd Oct 1979
Panellists: Anthony Frodsham, Clive Jenkins, Margo MacDonald, Nicholas Scott
S1 Ep6
30th Oct 1979
Panellists: Roy Hattersley, Elspeth Howe, Emily Macfarquhar, Ray Whitney
S1 Ep7
6th Nov 1979
Panellists: Julian Amery, Paul Johnson, Wendy Mantle, Sid Weighell
S1 Ep8
13th Nov 1979
Panellists: Clement Freud, Ann Leslie, David Owen, Peter Thorneycroft
S1 Ep9
20th Nov 1979
Panellists: Rachel Billington, Barbara Castle, Monty Finniston, William Waldegrave
S1 Ep10
27th Nov 1979
Panellists: Janet Fookes, Robert Kilroy-Silk, William Rees-Mogg, Barbara Wootton
S1 Ep11
4th Dec 1979
Panellists: Eldon Griffiths, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Gaia Servadio, Eric Varley
S1 Ep12
11th Dec 1979
Panellists: George Brown, Clare Francis, Joan Lester, Christopher Mayhew
S1 Ep13
18th Dec 1979
Panellists: Neil Kinnock, Bel Mooney, Chris Patten, John Rae
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The first episode of Question Time aired on September 25, 1979.
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There are 1627 episodes of Question Time.
There are 47 seasons of Question Time.
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