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Nicolai Gentchev — Executive Producer
Episodes 200
12/01/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Solihull.
On the panel are David Lidington, Conservative leader of the House of Commons; Labour MP and chair of the Vote Leave campaign Gisela Stuart; businessman, Brexit campaigner and Ukip donor Arron Banks; journalist and broadcaster Paul Mason; professor of planetary space science at the Open University Monica Grady.
Read More19/01/2017
David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Peterborough. On the panel are transport secretary Chris Grayling, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, broadcaster Piers Morgan, American author Lionel Shriver and the co-editor of The Conservative Woman website, Laura Perrins.
Read More26/01/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from London.
On the panel are Conservative MP James Cleverly, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, SNP leader in Westminster Angus Robertson, Mirror Online journalist Susie Boniface and the self-styled 'Britain's only Conservative-voting comedian' Geoff Norcott.
Read More02/02/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Wallasey. Joining him to answer audience questions are Nick Hewer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Patrick McLoughlin, Maajid Nawaz, and Laura Perrins.
Read More09/02/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Torquay. Joining him to answer audience questions are Billy Bragg, Claire Perry, Owen Smith, Ann Widdecombe, and Peter Whittle.
Read More16/02/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Glasgow. Joining him to answer audience questions are David Mundell, Shami Chakrabarti, John Swinney, Val McDermid, and Mark Littlewood.
Read More23/02/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Stoke-on-Trent. Joining him to answer audience questions include Isabel Oakeshott, Peter Coates, Justine Greening, Angela Rayner, and Douglas Carswell.
Read More02/03/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bedford. The Panellists are justice secretary Liz Truss, Labour MP Dawn Butler, former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell, Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens and Bombay Bicycle Club guitarist Jamie MacColl.
Read More09/03/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Sunderland.
On the panel are culture secretary Karen Bradley MP, Scottish Labour Party leader Kezia Dugdale MSP, SNP international trade spokesperson Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spectator.
Read More16/03/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bognor Regis. The panellists are Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour MP Angela Eagle, the SNP's home affairs and justice spokesperson Joanna Cherry, the chairman of the Wetherspoon pub chain Tim Martin and the Times columnist, Matthew Parris.
Read More23/03/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bangor, north Wales. On the panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith, leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood, Church of England priest and Guardian columnist Giles Fraser and the Times, Spectator and GQ columnist Hugo Rifkind.
Read MoreBritain After Brexit
David Dimbleby presents a special edition of Question Time from Birmingham - Britain after Brexit. On the panel are secretary of state for exiting the EU David Davis, shadow secretary of state for exiting the EU Sir Keir Starmer, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, deputy chair of Ukip Suzanne Evans and Times columnist Melanie Phillips.
Read More30/03/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Carlisle.
On the panel are Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson, Labour MP Lisa Nandy, Ukip leader Paul Nuttall, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and the news editor of the Institute of Economic Affairs think tank, Kate Andrews.
Read More06/04/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Gillingham. On the panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, co-leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley, businesswoman and broadcaster Michelle Dewberry, and Gerard Coyne, the West Midlands secretary of the Unite union who is a candidate in the election for general secretary.
Read More27/04/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Oxford. On the panel are Conservative work and pensions secretary Damian Green, Labour MP Clive Lewis, Liberal Democrat minister Jo Swinson, the SNP's Europe spokesman Stephen Gethins, and the journalist and member of the House of Lords Camilla Cavendish.
Read More04/05/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Wigan. On the panel are Conservative Brexit secretary David Davis, Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and the CEO of Siemens UK Juergen Maier.
Read More11/05/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Edinburgh.
On the panel are Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Conservative Home Office minister Ben Wallace, the SNP's Joanna Cherry, actor David Hayman and Financial Times columnist Merryn Somerset Webb.
Read More18/05/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Norwich.
On the panel are Conservative international development secretary Priti Patel; Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner; Lib Dem and former business secretary Vince Cable; Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley; former Daily Telegraph editor and official Margaret Thatcher biographer Charles Moore.
Read More25/05/2017
David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Salford in Greater Manchester. On the panel are home secretary Amber Rudd, mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, anti-extremism campaigner Sara Khan, head of the Police and Crime Commissioners Association Nazir Afzal, and peace campaigner Colin Parry.
Read More01/06/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Barnet in north London.
On the panel are Conservative Brexit secretary David Davis, Labour's shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, Liberal Democrat former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson and Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans.
Read MoreLeaders Special Countdown
Simon McCoy presents live from the spin room ahead of the BBC Question Time Leaders Special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.
Read MoreLeaders Special
Conservative Party leader and prime minister Theresa May and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn face a Question Time audience in York. Presented by David Dimbleby.
Read MoreLeaders Special Reaction
Simon McCoy presents all the reaction live from the spin room following the BBC Question Time Leaders Special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.
Read MoreLeaders Special with Tim Farron and Nicola Sturgeon
Nick Robinson presents as first minister of Scotland and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon and Tim Farron of the Liberal Democrats take turns to answer questions from voters in Edinburgh.
Read More09/06/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from London. Asking audience questions are Conservative MP Chris Grayling; director of human rights organisation Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti; right-wing journalist Isabel Oakeshott; comedian and writer Armando Iannucci; and Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell.
Read More15/06/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Coventry. On the panel are Conservative defence minister Tobias Ellwood, Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Lib Dem former health minister Norman Lamb, co-founder of the Conservative Woman website Laura Perrins, and Rob Delaney, comedian, writer and star of the sitcom Catastrophe.
Read More22/06/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Plymouth. Joining him to answer audience questions are Jonathan Ashworth, Ian Blackford, David Lidington, Gina Miller, and Peter Oborne
Read More29/06/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Hastings. On the panel are Conservative international trade secretary Liam Fox, Labour MP Stella Creasy, editor-in-chief of The Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes, founder and editor of left-wing news site The Canary Kerry-Anne Mendoza, and LBC radio host Nick Ferrari.
Read More06/07/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Burton upon Trent.
On the panel: Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour's shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Mirror columnist Susie Boniface and David Cameron's former director of communications, Craig Oliver.
Read More14/09/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Stratford, east London.
The panel includes Conservative work and pensions secretary David Gauke, Labour's shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler, the SNP's deputy leader in the House of Commons Kirsty Blackman, novelist Will Self and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer.
Read More21/09/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Bridgwater in Somerset.
On the panel are leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Labour MP Jess Phillips, Guardian columnist Paul Mason, and the Daily Telegraph's Brexit editor Dia Chakravarty.
Read More28/09/2017
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Wolverhampton. The panel includes Conservative culture secretary Karen Bradley, Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery, Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens, comedian and former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika and the businessman who co-chairs pressure group Leave Means Leave, Richard Tice.
Read More05/10/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stockport in Greater Manchester. The panel includes Conservative first secretary of state Damian Green, Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner, Spectator editor and Daily Telegraph columnist Fraser Nelson, professor of American literature Sarah Churchwell and businesswoman Michelle Dewberry.
Read More12/10/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Belfast. The panel includes former Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers, Jonathan Lynn, Owen Smith, Simon Hamilton, and John O'Dowd.
Read More19/10/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Dunstable in Bedfordshire. On the panel are Conservative transport secretary Chris Grayling, Labour MP Lisa Nandy, president of the Liberal Democrats Sal Brinton, the chief executive of Next Simon Wolfson, and the Church of England priest - and Strictly Come Dancing contestant - Richard Coles.
Read More26/10/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Portsmouth.
Panellists include Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour's shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti, SNP's former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, feminist writer Germaine Greer and political editor of the Sunday Express Camilla Tominey.
Read More02/11/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Kilmarnock. On the panel are Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party Kezia Dugdale MSP, SNP minister for social security Jeane Freeman MSP, writer and political commentator Owen Jones, and The Economist's senior editor Anne McElvoy.
Read More09/11/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Croydon. On the panel are secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities Justine Greening, Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy, television presenter Kirstie Allsopp, Guardian columnist and lead writer on the Paradise Papers Aditya Chakrabortty, and Daily Telegraph and Spectator columnist Charles Moore.
Read More16/11/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Newcastle.
The panel includes shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families Nadhim Zahawi, former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, novelist Val McDermid and journalist Rod Liddle.
Read More23/11/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Colchester.
The panel includes secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy Greg Clark, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Hogan-Howe, former CEO of Marks and Spencer Lord Stuart Rose and crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell.
Read More30/11/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Scarborough, with a panel including Conservative MP and prisons minister Sam Gyimah, Labour's Chuka Umunna, Ukip's new leader Henry Bolton, deputy editor of The Sunday Times, Sarah Baxter and the economist and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis.
Read More07/12/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Swansea. The panel includes Conservative MP and member of the Vote Leave campaign Bernard Jenkin, the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour's Owen Smith MP, the leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster, Liz Saville-Roberts MP, TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon and Kate Andrews of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Read More14/12/2017
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Barnsley in South Yorkshire. On the panel are Conservative MP and former secretary of state for education Nicky Morgan, Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, scientist and broadcaster Professor Robert Winston, comedian Geoff Norcott and political journalist and commentator Isabel Oakeshott.
Read More11/01/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Islington in north London. On the panel are the Conservative housing minister Dominic Raab MP, Labour's shadow secretary for women and equalities Dawn Butler MP, the businesswoman Gina Miller, comedian Nish Kumar and broadcaster Piers Morgan.
Read More18/01/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Hereford. On the panel, the Conservative culture minister, Margot James MP, the mayor of Greater Manchester and former Labour MP, Andy Burnham, chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Howard Davies, arts advisor and former deputy mayor of London for culture, Munira Mirza, and the Oscar-winning screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black.
Read More25/01/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Dumfries, with a panel featuring Conservative peer and former secretary of state for Scotland Michael Forsyth, the Labour MP, and close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, Chris Williamson, the SNP's minister for culture Fiona Hyslop MSP, co-convenor of the Scottish Greens Maggie Chapman and Daily Mail journalist and commentator Peter Oborne.
Read More01/02/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Grantham, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are Conservative MP and former education secretary Justine Greening, Labour MP John Mann, who voted for Brexit and once described Jeremy Corbyn as 'not remotely up to the job' of leading the Labour Party into power, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson MP, head of the New Economics Forum and former advisor to Ed Miliband Miatta Fahnbulleh, and the Daily Telegraph writer and columnist Tim Stanley.
Read More08/02/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Darlington. On the panel are Conservative energy minister Claire Perry MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, businessman and co-chair of the pressure group Leave Means Leave Richard Tice, political columnist for the Times Rachel Sylvester, and broadcaster and author Terry Christian.
Read More15/02/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Yeovil. On the panel are the Conservatve's Theresa Villiers MP, former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour's David Lammy MP, author of the Lammy Review into the treatment and outcomes of BAME offenders in the justice system, Richard Walker, managing director, Iceland Foods, Faiza Shaheen, director of CLASS (Centre for Labour and Social Studies) and Camilla Cavendish, former head of policy for David Cameron.
Read More22/02/2018
David Dimbleby chairs an hour of topical debate from JCB's world headquarters near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire. On the panel: Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis, Labour peer and former deputy prime minister John Prescott, the chief executive of Siemens UK, Juergen Maier, the political editor of the Sunday Express, Camilla Tominey and left-wing writer and activist Ash Sarkar, a senior editor for the news and comment site Novara Media.
Read More01/03/2018
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Blackpool. Panellists include Ken Clarke MP, former chancellor of the exchequer and minister under three successive Conservative prime ministers and currently the father of the House of Commons, Owen Smith MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland who challenged Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party, Nigel Farage MEP, former leader of UKIP, Michelle Dewberry, businesswoman and former winner of the BBC's The Apprentice, and Radzi Chanyanganya, presenter of Blue Peter, the Olympics and Cannonball.
Read More08/03/2018
David Dimbleby chairs debate from Westminster. On the panel are secretary of state for international trade Liam Fox, shadow minister for labour Laura Pidcock, restaurateur, writer and Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, Roma Agrawal, structural engineer who worked on the Shard and diversity campaigner for women in engineering, and spoken word artist and social campaigner George the Poet.
Read More15/03/2018
David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Dover.
Panellists include secretary of state for transport Chris Grayling, shadow secretary of state for Brexit Keir Starmer, Irish MEP and vice president of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness, presenter at RT Afshin Rattansi and hollywood actor and SNP supporter Brian Cox.
Read More22/03/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Leeds. On the panel are James Cleverly, deputy chair of the Conservative Party who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU, shadow attorney general and member of the House of Lords, Shami Chakrabarti, the SNP shadow spokesman for defence, Stewart McDonald, journalist and transgender activist, Paris Lees and the Mail on Sunday columnist, Peter Hitchens.
Read More12/04/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel are minister of state for transport and minister for London, former head of David Cameron's policy unit and Conservative MP for Orpington Jo Johnson, Labour MP and shadow secretary of state for international trade Barry Gardiner, investment fund manager and author Nicola Horlick, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland and Kate Andrews from the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Read More19/04/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Chesterfield. On the panel are chief secretary to the treasury and former justice secretary Liz Truss MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable MP, Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik and LBC presenter Iain Dale.
Read More26/04/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bury St Edmunds. Panellists include Matt Hancock MP, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Conservative, Diane Abbott MP, shadow home secretary, Labour, Caroline Lucas MP, co-leader of Green Party, Jen Robinson, human rights lawyer representing Julian Assange, and Simon Evans, comedian and BBC Radio 4 presenter.
Read More03/05/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from St Albans. On the panel are the minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington MP, shadow business minister and Labour MP Chi Onwurah, comedian and broadcaster Matt Forde, political editor of the Sunday Express Camilla Tominey and personal finance guru, broadcaster and founder of "MoneySavingExpert" Martin Lewis.
Read More10/05/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Kettering. Panellists include work and pensions secretary and former TV presenter Esther McVey, Labour MP and pro-EU campaigner Chuka Umunna, CEO of electric car racing championship Formula E and a former MEP for the Spanish conservative party Alejandro Agag, campaign manager at the Tax Payers' Alliance and a member of the Vote Leave campaign Chloe Westley, and BAFTA and MOBO-winning rapper and writer Akala.
Read More17/05/2018
David Dimbleby presents topical debate from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
On the panel are housing minister Dominic Raab, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Aditya Chakrabortty of The Guardian, and Camilla Cavendish, former head of policy for David Cameron.
Read More24/05/2018
David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Worthing. On the panel - Conservative MP, former business minister and campaigner for a referendum on the Brexit deal, Anna Soubry MP; shadow minister at the Treasury and former MEP, Anneliese Dodds MP; Daily Mail and Sunday Times columnist and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph, Dominic Lawson; professor of American literature, Sarah Churchwell; and the novelist and author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver.
Read More31/05/2018
David Dimbleby chairs an hour of topical debate from Perth. On the panel are the parliamentary private secretary to Philip Hammond and Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, former Europe minister and Labour MP Caroline Flint, Scottish National Party MSP Kate Forbes, the author of Poverty Safari - which is nominated for the Orwell Prize 2018 - Darren 'Loki' McGarvey, and the founder and chairman of Stagecoach Brian Souter.
Read More07/06/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Reading. On the panel are secretary of state for education Damian Hinds MP, shadow attorney general Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, entrepreneur and co-founder of Innocent Drinks Richard Reed, Daily Mirror's deputy editor-in-chief Alison Phillips and television presenter and author Richard Madeley.
Read More14/06/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Caernarfon with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience.
Read More21/06/2018
David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel are Theresa May's former deputy Damian Green MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin, journalist and author Afua Hirsch and Spiked columnist Ella Whelan.
Read More28/06/2018
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.
Read More05/07/2018
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.
Read More12/07/2018
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.
Read More13/09/2018
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.
Read More20/09/2018
David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Dewsbury. On the panel are vice-chair of the Conservative Party, Chris Skidmore MP, shadow secretary of state for international trade, Labour MP Barry Gardiner, leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable MP, lawyer, campaigner and former chief prosecutor for north west England, Nazir Afzal, and the associate editor of the Daily Telegraph, Camilla Tominey.
Read More27/09/2018
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.
Read More04/10/2018
David Dimbleby chairs debate from Canary Wharf. On the panel are justice secretary David Gauke MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, businessman and right-hand man to Alan Sugar on the BBC's The Apprentice Claude Littner, spoken word artist, musician and social activist George Mpanga, also known as George the Poet, and journalist, former political editor of The Sunday Times and political writer for The Daily Mail Isabel Oakeshott.
Read More11/10/2018
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.
Read More18/10/2018
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.
Read More25/10/2018
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.
Read More01/11/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Clacton-on-Sea. Panellists include chief secretary to the treasury Liz Truss, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald, senior editor of The Economist Anne McElvoy, associate director of the Institute of Economic Affairs Kate Andrews and comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi.
Read More08/11/2018
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.
Read More15/11/2018
David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Milford Haven.
On the panel are business and energy minister Claire Perry, shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, Westminster leader for Plaid Cymru Liz Saville Roberts, Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Service Union (PCS) and newly-elected president of the Trades Union Council, and Tim Stanley, columnist for the Daily Telegraph.
Read More22/11/2018
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.
Read More29/11/2018
David Dimbleby chairs debate from Penzance, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience.
The panellists are: Nadhim Zahawi MP, minister for education, Conservative; Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, shadow business secretary, Labour; Layla Moran MP, education spokesperson, Liberal Democrats; Tim Martin, chairman of the Wetherspoon pub chain; and Benjamin Zephaniah, poet and writer.
Read More06/12/2018
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.
Read More13/12/2018
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.
Read More10/01/2019
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.
Read More17/01/2019
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.
Read More24/01/2019
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.
Read More31/01/2019
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.
Read More07/02/2019
Fiona Bruce chairs the debate from Motherwell. On the panel are British financier and Conservative politician, Michael Forsyth, SNP politician and Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, Labour politician, Anneliese Dodds, columnist for The Times, Hugo Rifkind, and model and activist, Eunice Olumide.
Read More14/02/2019
Fiona Bruce presents the debate from Aylesbury. On the panel are ardent Brexiteer and Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour politician, Lisa Nandy, the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, economist commentator for The Spectator, Grace Blakeley, and "right-leaning" comedian, Geoff Norcott.
Read More21/02/2019
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.
Read More28/02/2019
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.
Read More07/03/2019
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.
Read More14/03/2019
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.
Read More21/03/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Belfast. On the panel: Conservative defence minister and former captain in the Royal Green Jackets, Tobias Ellwood MP; shadow solicitor general for England and Wales, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson MP; Sinn Fein's John O’Dowd MLA; and chief executive of the think-tank Demos Polly MacKenzie.
Read More28/03/2019
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Sheffield. On the panel are secretary of state for education Damian Hinds MP, shadow Brexit minister Jenny Chapman MP, economist, author and former Greek minister of finance Yanis Varoufakis, chief executive of clothing retailer Next and a Conservative peer Simon Wolfson, and editor of personal finance magazine MoneyWeek Merryn Somerset Webb.
Read More04/04/2019
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.
Read More25/04/2019
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.
Read More02/05/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Warrington. On the panel are Ken Clarke MP, former chancellor of the exchequer and home secretary, currently the longest-serving MP in the House of Commons; Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP; comedian and broadcaster Simon Evans; Sonia Sodha, chief leader writer at the Observer and former advisor to Ed Miliband; and Kate Andrews, associate director of free market think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Read More09/05/2019
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.
Read More16/05/2019
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.
Read More23/05/2019
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.
Read More30/05/2019
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.
Read More06/06/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Thetford. On the panel: Nicky Morgan MP, former education secretary, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour's shadow treasury minister and a former MEP; Drew Hendry MP, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy spokesperson, SNP; Alison Phillips, editor of the Daily Mirror; and Piers Morgan, journalist, broadcaster and presenter of ITV's Good Morning Britain.
Read More13/06/2019
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.
Read More20/06/2019
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.
Read More27/06/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Halifax. On the panel: Liz Truss MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Caroline Flint MP, former shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Labour; Richard Walker, Managing Director of the frozen food chain, Iceland; Ayesha Hazarika, comedian, broadcaster and former adviser to Ed Miliband; and Tom Newton Dunn, Political Editor, The Sun newspaper.
Read More04/07/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Chichester. On the panel Vicky Ford MP, supports Jeremy Hunt's campaign to become party leader and PM, Conservative; Louise Haigh MP, shadow policing minister, Labour; Sian Berry AM, Co-leader of the Green Party in England and Wales and a member of the London Assembly; Tom Harwood, journalist for the right-leaning online political website, Guido Fawkes; and Martin Lewis, broadcaster and founder of the Money Saving Expert website.
Read More05/09/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Westminster. On the panel: Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Brexit minister, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Layla Moran MP, education and digital, culture , media and sport spokesperson, Liberal Democrats; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster; Richard Tice MEP, chairman of the Brexit party; and Iain Dale, radio host and political commentator.
Read More12/09/2019
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.
Read More19/09/2019
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.
Read More26/09/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from the National Assembly for Wales, the Senedd, in Cardiff. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, Conservative Party chairman; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow solicitor general; Adam Price AM, leader of Plaid Cymru; Mark Reckless AM, leader of the Brexit Party in the Welsh Assembly; and Gina Miller, businesswoman and complainant against the government's decision to prorogue Parliament.
Read More03/10/2019
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.
Read More10/10/2019
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Beckenham. Panellists include secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps MP, Lisa Nandy MP, businessman Theo Paphitis, associate professor of philosophy at the University of East Anglia Rupert Read and journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer.
Read More17/10/2019
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.
Read More24/10/2019
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.
Read More31/10/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel are: Paul Scully MP, deputy chairman of the Conservative Party; Jon Ashworth MP, shadow health secretary; Layla Moran MP, education and digital, culture, media and sport spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; Mairead McGuinness MEP, first vice-president of the European Parliament; and Isabel Oakeshott, journalist and co-author of an unauthorised biography of David Cameron and ghostwriter of the inside story of the Leave.EU referendum campaign, The Bad Boys of Brexit.
Read More07/11/2019
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.
Read More14/11/2019
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.
Read MoreLeaders Special: Brexit Party
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.
Read More21/11/2019
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.
Read MoreLeaders Special
Fiona Bruce presents a special election edition from Sheffield with the leaders of the main political parties.
Read More28/11/2019
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'.
Read More05/12/2019
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Hull. On the panel are: James Cleverly, chairman of the Conservative Party; Anneliese Dodds, shadow treasury minister, Labour; Ed Davey, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, and former energy secretary in the coalition government; Ian Blackford, leader of the SNP at Westminster; and Richard Tice MEP, chairman of the Brexit Party.
Read MoreUnder 30s Special
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.
Read MoreElection Special - The Result
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'.
Read More09/01/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Oxford. On the panel: Brandon Lewis MP, minister for security and deputy for EU Exit and No Deal preparation, Conservative; Clive Lewis MP, shadow minister for Sustainable Economics and a candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party, Labour; Max Hastings, author, military historian, former editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph and former editor of the Evening Standard; Miatta Fahnbulleh, Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation; and Anne McElvoy, broadcaster and Senior Editor at The Economist.
Read More16/01/2020
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'.
Read More23/01/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate in Stoke Newington. On the panel: Theresa Villiers MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow foreign secretary and candidate for the Labour leadership, Labour; Trevor Phillips, businessman, broadcaster and campaigner on equality; Mike Barton, former chief constable of Durham Police; and deputy editor of the Sunday Times, Sarah Baxter.
Read More30/01/2020
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.
Read More06/02/2020
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.
Read More13/02/2020
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.
Read More20/02/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weymouth. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Alison McGovern MP, chair of the Labour political organisation Progress, Labour; Howard Davies, chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, former Director of the London School for Economics, and the first chairman of the Financial Services Authority; Ash Sarkar, journalist, commentator and contributing editor at Novara Media; and Michael Portillo, broadcaster and former Conservative politician.
Read More27/02/2020
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.
Read More05/03/2020
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.
Read More12/03/2020
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.
Read More19/03/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weston-super-Mare. On the panel: secretary of state for health Matt Hancock MP, Mayor of Greater Manchester and former secretary of state for health Andy Burnham, chair of neurology and director of the National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at the University of Liverpool Tom Solomon, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress Frances O'Grady and chef, author, television presenter and restaurant owner Angela Hartnett.
Read More26/03/2020
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.
Read More02/04/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London, with audience questions from Rugby and live question and comments from social media. On the panel: Matt Hancock MP, health secretary, Conservative; Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the commons' home affairs select committee, former secretary of state for work and pensions under Gordon Brown, former shadow health Secretary, Labour; Dame Donna Kinnair, nurse and chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing; and the archbishop of York, John Sentamu.
Read More09/04/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London, with audience questions from Uxbridge and live question and comments from social media. On the panel: secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis; shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and shadow minister for the cabinet office, Rachel Reeves; professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College and a member of the NERVTAG committee (New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats) advising government, Peter Openshaw; Scottish musician, social campaigner and winner of the 2018 Orwell Prize author Darren McGarvey; and actress, comedian, psychotherapist and author, Ruby Wax.
Read More16/04/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate. On the panel are Robert Buckland MP, justice secretary and lord chancellor, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Karan Bilimoria, founder and chairman of Cobra Beer, vice-president of the Confederation of British Industry and cross-bench peer, and Rachel Clarke, doctor specialising in palliative care and author of Dear Life, a book on grief and the work of hospices.
Read More30/04/2020
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.
Read More07/05/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London, with audience questions from Newcastle and from social media. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour; Juergen Maier, industrialist and former chief executive of Siemans UK; Chris Hopson, chief executive, NHS Providers; and Afua Hirsch, writer, broadcaster, and author of a book on British identity - Brit(ish): on Race, Identity and Belonging.
Read More14/05/2020
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.
Read More21/05/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with questions from London and from social media. Panellists include justice minister Chris Philp, mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, chief executive of Save the Children International and former Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, playwright and screenwriter James Graham and associate editor of the Daily Telegraph Camilla Tominey.
Read More28/05/2020
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with an audience from Glasgow. Panellists include shadow secretary of state for Scotland Ian Murray, deputy first minister and education secretary for the Scottish government John Swinney, Scotland editor of The Spectator and columnist for The Times Alex Massie, Conservative Minister for Care Helen Whately, and director of international relations at the NHS Confederation Layla McCay.
Read More04/06/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from Southampton. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, minister for Business and Industry, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow Justice secretary, Labour; Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing; and Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen.
Read More11/06/2020
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with an audience from Cardiff. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, justice secretary and lord high chancellor of Great Britain, Conservative; Vaughan Gething MS, health and social services minister in the Welsh government, Labour; Liz Saville Roberts MP, leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; Rocco Forte, founder of the Rocco Forte luxury hotel chain; and Bernardine Evaristo, author of several novels, including Girl, Woman, Other which won the Booker Prize and was listed by Barack Obama as one of his favourite novels of 2019.
Read More18/06/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Plymouth. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, former Conservative Party chairman, now minister for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign Office, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Munira Wilson MP, Health and Social Care spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; Steve Parish, businessman and chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club; and Jed Mercurio, former hospital doctor and writer of TV dramas such as Line of Duty, Bodyguard and Cardiac Arrest.
Read More25/06/2020
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.
Read More17/09/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Oldham. Panellists include business and industry minister Nadhim Zahawi, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth, co-founder of Phones4U John Caudwell, bestselling novelist Nicci Gerrard and Sunetra Gupta, infectious disease epidemiologist and Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.
Read More24/09/2020
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.
Read More01/10/2020
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.
Read More08/10/2020
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.
Read More15/10/2020
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.
Read More22/10/2020
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.
Read More29/10/2020
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.
Read More05/11/2020
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.
Read More12/11/2020
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.
Read More19/11/2020
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.
Read More26/11/2020
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.
Read More03/12/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Bath. On the panel is Michelle Donelan MP, minister for universities, Conservative, Sarah Jones MP, shadow police and fire services minister, Labour, Peter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College, immunologist and specialist in respiratory diseases, Liam Halligan, economist, journalist and author of books on the housing crisis and on Brexit, and Tom Kerridge, chef, restaurant owner, author and television presenter.
Read More10/12/2020
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with an audience from Chelmsford. Panellists include Robert Buckland MP, justice secretary and Lord high chancellor, Conservative, Wes Streeting MP, shadow schools minister, Labour; Malcolm Turnbull, former prime minister of Australia 2015-18 and twice leader of the Liberal Party in Australia; Anand Menon, Professor of European and foreign politics at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe; and Julia Hartley-Brewer, Talkradio host and columnist.
Read More06/01/2021
Fiona Bruce presents a Question Time covid special live. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, minister for the deployment of the Covid 19 vaccine and business minister, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, Labour; Rachel Clarke, palliative care doctor and author of the bestselling book 'Dear Life: a Doctor's Story of Love and Loss'; Humphrey Cobbold, chief executive of the UK's largest gym chain, Pure Gym; and Sir Mark Walport, immunologist, former government chief scientific advisor and a member of SAGE, the government's scientific advisory body
Read More14/01/2021
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with a virtual audience from across the UK. Panellists include minister for children Vicky Ford MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Westminster spokesperson on health and social care Philippa Whitford MP, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing Dame Donna Kinnair and Mike Barton, former chief constable of Durham.
Read More21/01/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from Northern Ireland. On the panel, Brandon Lewis MP, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Conservative, Louise Haigh MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour, Arlene Foster MLA, first minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Michelle O'Neill MLA, deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and cice president of Sinn Fein, and Anand Menon, professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe.
Read More28/01/2021
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, Kate Green MP, shadow secretary of state for education, Labour, Deborah Meaden, businesswoman and long-standing contributor to BBC Two's Dragon's Den, Layla McCay, director of international relations at the NHS Confederation, and Camilla Tominey, associate editor of the Daily Telegraph.
Read More04/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Oliver Dowden MP, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Conservative; Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow housing secretary, Labour; Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, farmer and founder of the Black Farmer range of products ; Wanda Wyporska, executive director of the Equality Trust; and professor Robin Shattock, head of mucosal infection and immunity at Imperial College London.
Read More11/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Scotland, with a virtual audience from the north east of the country. On the panel are: Michael Forsyth, former secretary of state for Scotland, Conservative peer and chair of the Economic Affairs Committee in the House of Lords, Conservative; Ian Murray MP, shadow secretary of state for Scotland, Labour; Jeane Freeman MSP, secretary for health and sport in the Scottish government, SNP; Angela Haggerty, journalist and broadcaster; and Stephen Fitzpatrick, founder of OVO energy and president of Vertical Aerospace.
Read More18/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Mark Harper MP, chairman of the Covid Recovery Group, Conservative; Nadia Whittome MP, Labour; Layla Moran MP, spokesperson for foreign affairs and international relations, Liberal Democrat; Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh; and Peter Borg-Neal, Founder and CEO of Oakman Inns.
Read More25/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow chancellor of the exchequer, Labour; Tony Danker, director general of the Confederation of British Industry; Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union; and Jeremy King, co-founder and co-owner of the Corbin and King restaurants, which include The Wolseley and Brasserie Zedel.
Read More04/03/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel are: Kwasi Kwarteng MP, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Andy Palmer, former CEO and president of Aston Martin and former executive vice-president at Nissan, founder and CEO of Palmer Automotive Ltd; Miatta Fahnbulleh, economist and chief executive of the New Economics Foundation; and Theo Paphitis, businessman, entrepreneur and former dragon on the BBC's Dragons' Den.
Read More11/03/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel are: employment minister Mims Davies MP, Conservative; shadow secretary of state for communities and local government Steve Reed MP, Labour; chair of the NHS Confederation and crossbench peer Victor Adebowale; playwright, author and critic Bonnie Greer; and Dan Hodges, journalist and columnist for the Mail on Sunday.
Read More18/03/2021
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.
Read More25/03/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff. On the panel: Andrew RT Davies MS, leader of the Welsh Conservatives; Vaughan Gething MS, Welsh Cabinet minister for health and social services, Labour; Adam Price MS, leader of Plaid Cymru; Claire Fox, former Brexit Party MEP, independent peer and founder of the free speech organisation the Academy of Ideas; and Nigel Owens, former international rugby referee and campaigner for LGBT equality.
Read More15/04/2021
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.
Read More22/04/2021
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.
Read More29/04/2021
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.
Read More06/05/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Robert Jenrick MP, housing, communities and local government secretary, Conservative; Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow housing secretary, Labour; John Bercow, former Conservative MP and speaker of the House of Commons; Hugh Osmond, founder of Punch Taverns and former director of Pizza Express; and Deborah Frances-White, comedian, writer and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast.
Read More13/05/2021
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.
Read More20/05/2021
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.
Read More27/05/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow secretary for international trade, Labour; Nadra Ahmed OBE, executive chairman of the National Care Association; Kate Clanchy, poet, novelist and playwright, winner of the Orwell Prize for political writing; and Tom Newton Dunn, presenter and chief political commentator at Times Radio.
Read More03/06/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Lucy Frazer MP, solicitor general for England and Wales, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow minister for schools, Labour; Professor Anthony Costello, paediatrician, former World Health Organisation director for maternal, child and adolescent health and a member of Independent SAGE; Professor Heather McGregor, executive dean of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot Watt University; and Jenni Murray, journalist, broadcaster and presenter of Radio 4's Women's Hour between 1987 and 2020.
Read More10/06/2021
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.
Read More17/06/2021
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.
Read More24/06/2021
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; Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow health and social care secretary, Labour; Caroline Lucas MP, Green Party; Victor Adebowale OBE, chair of the NHS Confederation; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent at The Spectator.
Read More01/07/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: David Davis MP, backbencher and former home secretary and Brexit secretary, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, Labour; Chika Russell, entrepreneur and founder of the African-inspired snack range Chika's Foods; Madeline Grant, parliamentary sketch writer at the Daily Telegraph and columnist at The Sunday Telegraph; and Benjamin Zephaniah, poet, playwright and author.
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Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of the programme on the subject of Afghanistan. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Rory Stewart, former Conservative cabinet secretary, diplomat, academic and author of The Places in Between, an account of his two-year walk across Afghanistan; Nelufar Hedayat; journalist and documentary film-maker who came to Britain as an Afghan refugee; and Mehdi Hasan, British-American broadcaster and host of the Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC.
Read More16/09/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Croydon. On the panel, armed forces minister James Heappey MP, shadow education secretary Kate Green MP, executive chairman of the National Care Association Nadra Ahmed, writer, satirist, co-founder of the Black Writers Guild and author of 'Think Like a White Man’ Nels Abbey and Andrew Neil, chairman of the Spectator Magazine Group, former editor of the Sunday Times, founding chairman of SKY TV, ex-BBC presenter and former chairman and lead presenter of GB News.
Read More23/09/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cambridge. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow secretary of state for justice, Labour; Munira Wilson MP, spokesperson for health, wellbeing and social care, Liberal Democrat; Richard Walker, managing director, Iceland Foods; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent, The Spectator Magazine.
Read More30/09/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel: Wes Streeting MP, shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty, Labour; Ella Whelan, political commentator and assistant editor at spiked; George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer and life peer in the UK House of Lords; and Amy Hart, reality television star and influencer.
Read More07/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Aldershot. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, secretary of state for Education, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow Foreign secretary, Labour; Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Nick Ferrari, journalist, columnist and host of LBC's weekday breakfast programme; and Rosie Jones, comedian and actress.
Read More14/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Nottingham. On the panel: Penny Mordaunt MP, minister for International Trade, Conservative; Alison McGovern MP, shadow Sport minister, Labour; professor Robert Winston, scientist, doctor, broadcaster and Labour peer; Samuel Kasumu, former special advisor to Boris Johnson on civil society and communities and co-founder of the head-hunting company Inclusive Boards; and Anne McElvoy, BBC presenter and senior editor at The Economist.
Read More21/10/2021
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.
Read More28/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stockport. On the panel: Simon Clarke MP, chief secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Bridget Phillipson MP, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Labour; Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the NatWest Group and former director of the London School of Economics; Dr Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Forum; and Jenny Campbell, entrepreneur and former dragon on BBC 1's Dragons' Den.
Read More04/11/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Eastleigh. On the panel: Paul Scully MP, Business minister and minister for London, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow secretary of state for International Trade, Labour; Caroline Lucas MP, former party leader and co-leader, Green Party; Paul Polman, former chief executive officer of Unilever till 2019,co-founder of Imagine, an organisation which aims to help businesses tackle climate change and global inequality; and Tim Stanley, historian, journalist and columnist for the Daily Telegraph.
Read More11/11/2021
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.
Read More18/11/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Beckenham. On the panel: Mims Davies MP, Employment minister, Conservative; Stella Creasy MP, Labour; Stephen Flynn MP, SNP Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy spokesperson at Westminster, SNP; Nazir Afzal OBE, solicitor, former chief crown prosecutor for North West England; and professor Jordan Peterson, clinical psychologist and author of the best-selling book 12 Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos.
Read More25/11/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff. On the panel, Robert Buckland MP, former justice secretary, Conservative; Eluned Morgan MS, minister for health and social services in the Welsh government and a Labour peer; Liz Saville Roberts MP, leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; Guto Harri, broadcaster, political commentator and former adviser to Boris Johnson when he was mayor of London; and Timandra Harkness, comedian, science writer and author of Big Data: does size matter?
Read More02/12/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weston-super-Mare. On the panel: Maggie Throup MP, minister for Vaccines and Public Health, Conservative. Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow leader of the Commons, Labour; Wendy Chamberlain MP, Work and Pensions spokesperson and chief whip for the Liberal Democrats; Professor Peter Openshaw, immunologist and professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London and a member of NERVTAG, the Government's advisory body on respiratory diseases; and retail entrepreneur and former dragon from BBC 1's Dragons Den, Theo Paphitis.
Read More09/12/2021
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.
Read More16/12/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stoke-on-Trent. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Conservative, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Labour; Stewart Hosie MP, SNP spokesperson for the Duchy of Lancaster and the cabinet office at Westminster, SNP; Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers; and Olivia Utley, assistant comment editor for The Telegraph.
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