Rob Hopkin
Director
Question Time (1979)
Season 48
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
Watch Providers: BritBox Amazon Channel, Britbox Apple TV Channel
Production Companies: Mentorn Media
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S48E1 - Trump Special
Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time during Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, asking what his presidency means for Britain and the world. On the panel: from the government, Scotland secretary Douglas Alexander; from the Conservatives, shadow housing secretary James Cleverly; broadcaster and journalist Piers Morgan; and award-winning playwright and author Bonnie Greer.
Sept. 18, 2025, midnight
S48E2 - 25/09/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Bedworth in Warwickshire. On the panel: from the government, Lisa Nandy MP, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport; from the Conservatives, Luke Evans MP, shadow health minister; Munira Wilson MP, the Liberal Democrats’ education spokesperson; singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg; and Richard Tice MP, deputy leader of Reform UK.
Sept. 25, 2025, midnight
S48E3 - 02/10/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Belfast, with politicians, commentators and members of the public.
On the panel are: from the government, Hilary Benn MP, secretary of state for Northern Ireland; from the Conservatives, Alex Burghart MP, shadow Northern Ireland secretary; John Finucane, Sinn Féin MP; Jonathan Buckley MLA, the DUP’s economy and business spokesman; and author and journalist Aoife Moore.
Oct. 2, 2025, midnight
S48E4 - 09/10/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Shrewsbury, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, chief secretary to the Treasury James Murray MP; from the Conservatives, shadow culture secretary Nigel Huddleston MP; Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales; Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf; and the Daily Telegraph columnist Annabel Denham.
Oct. 9, 2025, midnight
S48E5 - 16/10/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Bishop's Stortford, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: from the government, the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander MP; the shadow secretary of state for work and pensions, Helen Whately MP; for the Liberal Democrats, Lisa Smart MP; the journalist and broadcaster Matthew Syed; and the author and academic Ash Sarkar.
Oct. 16, 2025, midnight
S48E6 - 23/10/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Swindon, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: from the government, minister for adult social care Stephen Kinnock MP; shadow business minister Harriet Baldwin MP; Daily Mail columnist and Reform UK supporter Nadine Dorries and journalist and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup.
Oct. 23, 2025, midnight
S48E7 - 30/10/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Bradford, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, the Culture secretary Lisa Nandy MP; for the Conservatives Harriet Cross MP; the commentator and GB News presenter Matt Goodwin and the economist Faiza Shaheen.
Oct. 30, 2025, midnight
S48E8 - 06/11/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Sunderland, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, Anna Turley MP, Labour Party chair; for the Conservatives, former energy minister Graham Stuart; general secretary of the TUC Paul Nowak and Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley.
Nov. 6, 2025, midnight
S48E9 - 13/11/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from London, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, justice minister Alex Davies-Jones MP; Conservative peer and former home secretary Ken Clarke; co-founder of Your Party Zarah Sultana MP; and Reform UK MP Danny Kruger.
Nov. 13, 2025, midnight
S48E10 - 20/11/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Loughborough, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, care minister Stephen Kinnock; for the Conservatives Joe Robertson MP; newly elected president of the Liberal Democrats Josh Babarinde; comedian Zoe Lyons and author and journalist Ella Whelan.
Nov. 20, 2025, midnight
S48E11 - 27/11/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Watford, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: for the government, the chief secretary to the treasury James Murray, the Conservative shadow treasury minister Gareth Davies, the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Calum Miller, columnist and author Sonia Sodha, and entrepreneur Luke Johnson.
Nov. 27, 2025, midnight
S48E12 - Immigration Special
Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time from Dover, focusing on the issue of immigration. On the panel are: for the government, the migration minister Mike Tapp; the shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan; the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper; the leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski; and Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf.
Dec. 4, 2025, midnight
S48E13 - 11/12/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Paisley, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: the leader of the SNP at Westminster, Stephen Flynn; the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar; the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Russell Findlay; the journalist and commentator Angela Haggerty; and the former Conservative trade minster, Lord Offord, who has defected to Reform.
Dec. 11, 2025, midnight
S48E14 - 22/01/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Macclesfield.
Jan. 22, 2026, midnight
S48E15 - 29/01/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from King's Lynn.
Jan. 29, 2026, midnight
S48E16 - 05/02/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dorking.
Feb. 5, 2026, midnight
S48E17 - 12/02/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Bristol.
Feb. 12, 2026, midnight
S48E18 - 19/02/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Ringwood.
Feb. 19, 2026, midnight
S48E19 - 26/02/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham.
Feb. 26, 2026, midnight
S48E20 - 05/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dumfries.
March 5, 2026, midnight
S48E21 - 12/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate.
March 12, 2026, midnight
S48E22 - 19/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Croydon.
March 19, 2026, midnight
S48E23 - 26/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff.
March 26, 2026, 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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