Season 47

2024-09-19 · 59m

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

2024-09-26 · 59m

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

2024-10-03 · 59m

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

2024-10-10 · 59m

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

2024-10-17 · 59m

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

2024-10-24 · 59m

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

2024-10-31 · 59m

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

2024-11-07 · 59m

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

2024-11-14 · 59m

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

2024-11-21 · 59m

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

2024-11-28 · 59m

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

2024-12-05 · 59m

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

2024-12-12 · 59m

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

2025-01-16 · 59m

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

2025-01-23 · 59m

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

2025-01-30 · 59m

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

2025-02-06 · 59m

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

2025-02-13 · 59m

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

2025-02-20 · 59m

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

2025-02-27 · 59m

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

2025-03-06 · 59m

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

2025-03-13 · 59m

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

2025-03-20 · 59m

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

2025-03-27 · 59m

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

2025-04-03 · 59m

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

2025-05-08 · 59m

Question Time returns for debate and discussion with Fiona Bruce, a panel of politicians and members of the public from Hull in East Yorkshire. On the panel are: from the government, treasury minister James Murray MP; Graham Stuart MP, who was climate minister in the previous Conservative government; the deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice MP; from the Liberal Democrats, foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller MP; and the trade union leader Jo Grady.

2025-05-15 · 59m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Aldershot in Hampshire. On the panel: from the government, secretary of state for science, technology and innovation Peter Kyle MP; Conservative Party co-chair Nigel Huddleston MP; tech entrepreneur Alex Depledge; and columnist and broadcaster Sonia Sodha.

2025-05-22 · 59m

Fiona Bruce hosts a live debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Dulwich in south London. On the panel are: from the government, minister for European Union relations Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; from the Conservatives, shadow justice minister Dr Kieran Mullan MP; the editor of The Economist magazine, Zanny Minton Beddoes; the writer and commentator Inaya Folarin Iman; and the barrister and author Hashi Mohamed.

2025-05-29 · 59m

Fiona Bruce hosts a live debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. On the panel are: from the government, secretary of state for transport Heidi Alexander MP; from the Conservatives, shadow housing minister David Simmonds MP; Liberal Democrats’ hospitals spokesperson Jess Brown-Fuller MP; political editor at PoliticsJoe Ava Evans; and Reform-supporting commentator Tim Montgomerie.

2025-06-05 · 59m

Fiona Bruce hosts a live debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Llandudno in north Wales. On the panel are: from the government, justice minister Alex Davies-Jones MP; leader of the Conservatives in the Welsh Senedd Darren Millar MS, Llinos Medi MP of Plaid Cymru; Telegraph columnist Annabel Denham; and former trades union leader Mark Serwotka.

2025-06-12 · 59m

Fiona Bruce hosts a live debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Fleetwood in Lancashire. On the panel are: from the government, chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP; former Conservative minister Simon Clarke; Liberal Democrats’ business spokesperson Sarah Olney MP; and Reform UK's Zia Yusuf.

2025-06-19 · 59m

Fiona Bruce presents a special episode exploring the challenges of growing up in the 21st century. On the panel are: Britain’s so-called strictest headmistress Katharine Birbalsingh; the co-writer of the Netflix drama Adolescence, Jack Thorne; the YouTuber, comedian and author TommyInnit; the secretary of state for science and technology Peter Kyle MP; and from the Conservatives, Lord Willetts, the former universities minister and author of a book on intergenerational fairness.

2025-06-26 · 59m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with politicians and members of the public from St Andrews in Fife. On the panel are: from the SNP, the Scottish government’s cabinet secretary for social justice, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP; the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar MSP; from the Conservatives, shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie MP; Thomas Kerr of Reform UK; and the broadcaster and commentator Lesley Riddoch.