Question Time - Season 39

First aired: 1/12/2017 43 episodes
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Episodes

Episode 1

1. 12/01/2017

Aired: 1/12/2017

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.

Episode 2

2. 19/01/2017

Aired: 1/19/2017

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.

Episode 3

3. 26/01/2017

Aired: 1/26/2017

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.

Episode 4

4. 02/02/2017

Aired: 2/2/2017

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.

Episode 5

5. 09/02/2017

Aired: 2/9/2017

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.

Episode 6

6. 16/02/2017

Aired: 2/16/2017

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.

Episode 7

7. 23/02/2017

Aired: 2/23/2017

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.

Episode 8

8. 02/03/2017

Aired: 3/2/2017

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.

Episode 9

9. 09/03/2017

Aired: 3/9/2017

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.

Episode 10

10. 16/03/2017

Aired: 3/16/2017

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.

Episode 11

11. 23/03/2017

Aired: 3/23/2017

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.

Episode 12

12. Britain After Brexit

Aired: 3/27/2017

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.

Episode 13

13. 30/03/2017

Aired: 3/30/2017

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.

Episode 14

14. 06/04/2017

Aired: 4/6/2017

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.

Episode 15

15. 27/04/2017

Aired: 4/27/2017

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.

Episode 16

16. 04/05/2017

Aired: 5/4/2017

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.

17. 11/05/2017

Aired: 5/11/2017

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.

18. 18/05/2017

Aired: 5/18/2017

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.

19. 25/05/2017

Aired: 5/25/2017

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.

20. 01/06/2017

Aired: 6/1/2017

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.

21. Leaders Special Countdown

Aired: 6/2/2017

Simon McCoy presents live from the spin room ahead of the BBC Question Time Leaders Special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

22. Leaders Special

Aired: 6/2/2017

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.

23. Leaders Special Reaction

Aired: 6/2/2017

Simon McCoy presents all the reaction live from the spin room following the BBC Question Time Leaders Special with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

24. Leaders Special with Tim Farron and Nicola Sturgeon

Aired: 6/4/2017

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.

25. 09/06/2017

Aired: 6/9/2017

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.

26. 15/06/2017

Aired: 6/15/2017

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.

27. 22/06/2017

Aired: 6/22/2017

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

28. 29/06/2017

Aired: 6/29/2017

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.

29. 06/07/2017

Aired: 7/6/2017

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.

30. 14/09/2017

Aired: 9/14/2017

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.

31. 21/09/2017

Aired: 9/21/2017

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.

32. 28/09/2017

Aired: 9/28/2017

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.

33. 05/10/2017

Aired: 10/5/2017

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.

34. 12/10/2017

Aired: 10/12/2017

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.

35. 19/10/2017

Aired: 10/19/2017

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.

36. 26/10/2017

Aired: 10/26/2017

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.

37. 02/11/2017

Aired: 11/2/2017

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.

38. 09/11/2017

Aired: 11/9/2017

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.

39. 16/11/2017

Aired: 11/16/2017

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.

40. 23/11/2017

Aired: 11/23/2017

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.

41. 30/11/2017

Aired: 11/30/2017

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.

42. 07/12/2017

Aired: 12/7/2017

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.

43. 14/12/2017

Aired: 12/14/2017

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.