Rob Hopkin
Director
Question Time (1979)
Season 31
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Released Sept. 25, 1979
Episode 59 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.politics, tmdb.british-politics, tmdb.current-affairs, tmdb.panel-show, imdb.topical-issues, imdb.chairman, imdb.live-audience + 8 more, imdb.questioning, imdb.debate, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.politics, imdb.england, imdb.discussion, imdb.panel-show, imdb.united-kingdom
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Production Companies: Mentorn Media
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S31E1 - 15/01/2009
Panellists: Chris Grayling, Stephen Pollard, Jenny Tonge, Willie Walsh, Shaun Woodward.
Jan. 15, 2009, midnight
S31E2 - 22/01/2009
Panellists: Janet Daley, Caroline Flint, Liam Fox, David Laws, Christopher Meyer.
Jan. 22, 2009, midnight
S31E3 - 29/01/2009
Panellists: Charlie Falconer, Michael Gove, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Nicola Sturgeon, Jo Swinson.
Jan. 29, 2009, midnight
S31E4 - 05/02/2009
Panellists: Shami Chakrabarti, Nigel Farage, Geoff Hoon, Theresa May, Will Young.
Feb. 5, 2009, midnight
S31E5 - 12/02/2009
Panellists: Liam Byrne, Monty Don, Justine Greening, Kelvin Mackenzie, Salma Yaqoob.
Feb. 12, 2009, midnight
S31E6 - 19/02/2009
Panellists: Tim Campbell, Michael Heseltine, Tony McNulty, Piers Morgan, Sarah Teather.
Feb. 19, 2009, midnight
S31E7 - 26/02/2009
Panellists: Cheryl Gillan, Peter Hain, Elfyn Llwyd, George Pascoe-Watson, Kirsty Williams.
Feb. 26, 2009, midnight
S31E8 - 05/03/2009
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Germaine Greer, Andrew Mitchell, Shirley Williams, Toby Young.
March 5, 2009, midnight
S31E9 - 12/03/2009
Panellists: Alan Johnson, Susan Kramer, David Mitchell, Charles Moore, Sayeeda Warsi.
March 12, 2009, midnight
S31E10 - 19/03/2009
Panellists: Fern Britton, Vince Cable, Kenneth Clarke, Tessa Jowell, Douglas Murray.
March 19, 2009, midnight
S31E11 - 26/03/2009
Panellists: Charles Clarke, Ed Davey, Caroline Lucas, Eric Pickles, Michael Winner.
March 26, 2009, midnight
S31E12 - 23/04/2009
Panellists: Vince Cable, John Denham, Claire Fox, Philip Hammond, David Starkey.
April 23, 2009, midnight
S31E13 - 30/04/2009
Panellists: Norman Baker, Hilary Benn, Andrew Lansley, Frank Skinner, Leanne Wood.
April 30, 2009, midnight
S31E14 - 07/05/2009
Panellists: Bruce Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Iain Gray, David Steel, Nicola Sturgeon.
May 7, 2009, midnight
S31E15 - 14/05/2009
Panellists: Margaret Beckett, Benedict Brogan, Menzies Campbell, Steve Easterbrook, Theresa May.
May 14, 2009, midnight
S31E16 - 21/05/2009
Filmed in Salisbury, this edition focussed on the MP Expenses Scandal. Also, this edition was broadcast at the earlier time of 9.00pm. Panellists: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Marta Andreasen, Martin Bell, Ben Bradshaw, Vince Cable, William Hague.
May 21, 2009, midnight
S31E17 - 28/05/2009
Panellists: Nigel Farage, Caroline Flint, Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, Daniel Hannan, Caroline Lucas, Jo Swinson.
May 28, 2009, midnight
S31E18 - 04/06/2009
Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Liam Fox, Max Hastings, Fiona Phillips, Janet Royall.
June 4, 2009, midnight
S31E19 - 11/06/2009
Panellists: Peter Hain, Chris Huhne, Ruth Lea, Derek Simpson, Caroline Spelman.
June 11, 2009, midnight
S31E20 - 18/06/2009
Panellists: Kenneth Clarke, Ed Davey, Charlie Falconer, Esther Rantzen, Polly Toynbee.
June 18, 2009, midnight
S31E21 - 25/06/2009
Panellists: Julia Goldsworthy, Jim Knight, Kelvin Mackenzie, Pauline Neville-Jones, Leanne Wood.
June 25, 2009, midnight
S31E22 - 02/07/2009
Panellists: Jarvis Cocker, Iain Duncan Smith, Harriet Harman, Peter Hitchens, David Laws.
July 2, 2009, midnight
S31E23 - 09/07/2009
Panellists: Suzanne Burlton, Andy Burnham, Shami Chakrabarti, Jeremy Hunt, Sarah Teather.
July 9, 2009, midnight
S31E24 - 16/07/2009
Panellists: Lionel Barber, Chris Bryant, Trisha Goddard, Margot James, Lembit Öpik.
July 16, 2009, midnight
S31E25 - 23/07/2009
Panellists: George Galloway, Geoff Hoon, Clive James, Sayeeda Warsi, Shirley Williams.
July 23, 2009, midnight
S31E26 - 24/09/2009
Panellists: Harriet Harman, Michael Heseltine, Digby Jones, David Laws, Fraser Nelson.
Sept. 24, 2009, midnight
S31E27 - 01/10/2009
Panellists: Ben Bradshaw, Charles Kennedy, Theresa May, Dambisa Moyo, David Starkey.
Oct. 1, 2009, midnight
S31E28 - 08/10/2009
Panellists: Yvette Cooper, Ian Hislop, George Osborne, Stuart Rose, Sarah Teather.
Oct. 8, 2009, midnight
S31E29 - 15/10/2009
Panellists: Norman Baker, Joan Bakewell, Nigel Farage, Damian Green, Alan Johnson.
Oct. 15, 2009, midnight
S31E30 - 22/10/2009
Filmed in London, this episode was notable due to the appearance of BNP leader Nick Griffin. Worldwide press coverage, and record viewing figures - 7.9 million. Panellists: Bonnie Greer, Nick Griffin, Chris Huhne, Jack Straw, Sayeeda Warsi.
Oct. 22, 2009, midnight
S31E31 - 29/10/2009
Question Time is in Llandudno. The panel includes the former home secretary Jacqui Smith MP, shadow Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan MP, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Lembit Opik MP, Plaid Cymru's Elfyn Llwyd and the broadcaster John Sergeant.
Oct. 29, 2009, midnight
S31E32 - 05/11/2009
Question Time comes from Reading.
The panel includes Welsh Secretary Peter Hain MP; the shadow environment secretary Nick Herbert MP; the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair; the former MEP and broadcaster Robert Kilroy-Silk; and the comedian Natalie Haynes.
Nov. 5, 2009, midnight
S31E33 - 12/11/2009
Question Time comes from Weston Super Mare, chaired by John Humphrys. The panel includes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward, the Conservative shadow security minister Pauline Neville-Jones, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on communities and local government Julia Goldsworthy, the cultural commentator and writer Will Self and the rowing champion, double Olympic gold medallist, television presenter and writer James Cracknell.
Nov. 12, 2009, midnight
S31E34 - 19/11/2009
Panellists: Menzies Campbell, Nick Ferrari, Chris Grayling, Clare Short, Phil Woolas.
Nov. 19, 2009, midnight
S31E35 - 26/11/2009
Question Time comes from Edinburgh, with guest panellists Lord Falconer, David Davis, Nicola Sturgeon, Melanie Phillips and Marcus Brigstocke. David Dimbleby chairs.
Nov. 26, 2009, midnight
S31E36 - 03/12/2009
David Dimbleby chairs the show from London.
The panel includes the former foreign secretary and Labour MP Margaret Beckett, the shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, the Liberal Democrats' treasury spokesman Vince Cable MP, the writer Clive Anderson and TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp.
Dec. 3, 2009, midnight
S31E37 - 10/12/2009
Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Richard Dannatt, William Hague, Piers Morgan, Bill Rammell, Salma Yaqoob.
Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 2714 min.
Released: Sept. 25, 1979
Last Air Date: Dec. 11, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Jan. 22, 2026, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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