Question Time - Season 49 / Year 2019

Season 49 / Year 2019

Episodes

10th January 2019 - London
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.

17th January 2019 - Derby
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 professor of European politics and foreign affairs at King's College Anand Menon.

24th January 2019 - Winchester
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.

31st January - Lincoln
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.

7th February 2019 - Motherwell
Fiona Bruce chairs the debate from Motherwell, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience.

14th February 2019 - Aylesbury
Fiona Bruce presents debate from Aylesbury, with panellists Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lisa Nandy, Jimmy Wales, Grace Blakeley and Geoff Norcott.

21st February 2019 - Chester
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.

28th February 2019 - London
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Catford in London. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, under secretary of state for children and families, chief strategy officer of the oil company Gulf Keystone Petroleum International and co-founder of the polling group YouGov, Conservative; Barry Gardiner MP, shadow secretary of state for international affairs, he also held junior government posts in both the Blair and Brown administrations, Labour; Layla Moran MP, education spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats and the first British MP of Palestinian descent; Lionel Shriver, US-born author of numerous books including the best-selling We Need to Talk about Kevin; and the German comedian, Henning Wehn.

7th March 2019 - Dudley
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.

14th March 2019 - Ealing
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.

21st March 2019 - Belfast
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, who became the focus of public attention two years ago when he attempted to save the life of PC Keith Palmer who was fatally wounded in the Westminster Bridge attack; shadow solicitor general for England and Wales Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, previously a barrister and academic, as well as an author of books on Clement Attlee and Nye Bevan; the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson MP, a former corporal in the Ulster Defence Regiment and Northern Ireland's longest serving current MP; Sinn Fein's John O'Dowd MLA, minister of education at Stormont between 2011-2016; and chief executive of the think-tank Demos Polly MacKenzie, who was previoisly chief policy advisor to Nick Clegg.

28th March 2019 - Sheffield
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.

4th April 2019 - Dulwich
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.

25th April 2019 - Nottingham
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.

2nd May 2019 - Warrington
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.

9th May 2019 - Northampton
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.

16th May 2019 - Elgin
Fiona Bruce presents from Elgin with a panel of politicians and other guests.

23rd May - Frome
Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Frome with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience.

30/05/2019 - Epsom
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.

06/06/2019 - Thetford

13/06/2019 - Brecon

20/06/2019

27/06/2019

04/07/2019

05/09/2019 - Westminster
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.

12/09/2019 - Norwich
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.

19/09/2019
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.

26/09/2019
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.

03/10/2019

10/10/2019

17/10/2019

24/10/2019

31/10/2019

07/11/2019

14/11/2019

Leaders Special: Brexit Party

21/11/2019

Leaders Special

28/11/2019

05/12/2019
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