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Hayley Valentine — Executive Producer
Episodes 78
09/01/2014
Joining David Dimbleby for an hour of political audience questions 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.
Read More16/01/2014
David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Durham. On the panel are Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps MP, shadow transport secretary Mary Creagh MP, president of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron MP, Archbishop of York John Sentamu and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer.
Read More23/01/2014
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.
Read More30/01/2014
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.
Read More06/02/2014
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.
Read More13/02/2014
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.
Read More20/02/2014
David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Swindon. On the panel are: author Jeanette Winterson, Conservative MP Philip Hammond, Labour MP Liz Kendall, Liberal Democrat MP Charles Kennedy, and philosopher Roger Scruton.
Read More27/02/2014
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.
Read More06/03/2014
David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Barking in east London. On the panel are former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine, justice minister Simon Hughes MP and Rachel Reeves MP, Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary.
Read More13/03/2014
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.
Read More20/03/2014
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.
Read More27/03/2014
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.
Read More03/04/2014
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.
Read More10/04/2014
David Dimbleby presents Question Time from 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.
Read More01/05/2014
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.
Read More08/05/2014
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.
Read More15/05/2014
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.
Read More22/05/2014
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.
Read More29/05/2014
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.
Read More05/06/2014
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.
Read More12/06/2014
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.
Read More26/06/2014
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.
Read More03/07/2014
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.
Read More10/07/2014
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.
Read More25/09/2014
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Kelso in the Scottish Borders. 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.
Read More02/10/2014
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.
Read More09/10/2014
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.
Read More16/10/2014
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.
Read More23/10/2014
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.
Read More30/10/2014
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.
Read More06/11/2014
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.
Read More13/11/2014
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.
Read More20/11/2014
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.
Read More27/11/2014
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.
Read More04/12/2014
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.
Read More11/12/2014
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.
Read More08/01/2015
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.
Read More15/01/2015
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.
Read More22/01/2015
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.
Read More29/01/2015
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.
Read More05/02/2015
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.
Read More12/02/2015
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.
Read More19/02/2015
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.
Read More26/02/2015
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.
Read More05/03/2015
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.
Read More12/03/2015
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.
Read More19/03/2015
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.
Read More26/03/2015
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.
Read More02/04/2015
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.
Read More09/04/2015
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.
Read More16/04/2015
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.
Read More23/04/2015
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.
Read MoreElection Leaders Special
David Dimbleby presents an Election Leaders Special Question Time, with David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg.
Read More08/05/2015
David Dimbleby presents a special Friday edition of Question Time on the night after the general election. 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.
Read More14/05/2015
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.
Read More21/05/2015
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.
Read More28/05/2015
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.
Read More04/06/2015
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.
Read More11/06/2015
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.
Read More18/06/2015
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.
Read More25/06/2015
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.
Read More02/07/2015
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.
Read More09/07/2015
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Sheffield. Panellists include Conservative minister for small business Anna Soubry MP, Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna MP, the SNP's Tommy Sheppard MP, Ukip's Louise Bours MEP and journalist and author Rachel Johnson.
Read More17/09/2015
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.
Read More24/09/2015
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.
Read More01/10/2015
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.
Read More08/10/2015
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.
Read More15/10/2015
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.
Read More22/10/2015
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.
Read More29/10/2015
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.
Read More05/11/2015
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.
Read More12/11/2015
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.
Read More19/11/2015
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.
Read More26/11/2015
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.
Read More03/12/2015
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.
Read More10/12/2015
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.
Read More17/12/2015
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.
Read More14/01/2016
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.
Read More21/01/2016
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.
Read More28/01/2016
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.
Read More04/02/2016
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.
Read More11/02/2016
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.
Read More18/02/2016
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.
Read More25/02/2016
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.
Read More03/03/2016
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.
Read More10/03/2016
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.
Read More17/03/2016
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.
Read More07/04/2016
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.
Read More14/04/2016
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.
Read More21/04/2016
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.
Read More28/04/2016
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.
Read More05/05/2016
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.
Read More12/05/2016
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.
Read More19/05/2016
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.
Read More26/05/2016
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.
Read More02/06/2016
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.
Read More09/06/2016
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.
Read MoreEU Special: The Case for Leave
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.
Read MoreEU Special: The Case for Remain
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.
Read MoreEU Special
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.
Read More30/06/2016
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.
Read More07/07/2016
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.
Read MoreLabour Leadership Special
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.
Read More15/09/2016
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.
Read More22/09/2016
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.
Read More29/09/2016
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.
Read More06/10/2016
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.
Read More13/10/2016
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.
Read More20/10/2016
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.
Read More27/10/2016
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.
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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.
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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.
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David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stirling. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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