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Question Time (TV programme)

February 04, 2023

Question Time is a topical debate programme, typically broadcast on BBC One at 10:45 pm on Thursdays. It is usually repeated on BBC Two (with sign language) and on BBC Parliament, later in the week. If there is a Leaders special, it would be broadcast simultaneously on BBC News. Question Time is also available on BBC iPlayer.[6][7] Fiona Bruce currently chairs the show having succeeded David Dimbleby as presenter in January 2019.[8]

Question Time
Title card since 2022
GenreTopical debate[1]
Directed byRob Hopkin[2]
Presented by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1,500
(as of 2 December 2021) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerNicolai Gentchev[3]
Production locationsOn location[4]
(list of locations)
EditorHilary O'Neill[5]
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release25 September 1979 (1979-09-25) –
present
Chronology
Related

Mentorn has produced the programme since 1998.[9]

Origins

Question Time was first broadcast on Tuesday 25 September 1979, based on the BBC Radio 4 programme Any Questions?. The first panel consisted of Labour MP Michael Foot, author Edna O'Brien, Conservative politician Teddy Taylor, and the Archbishop of Liverpool Derek Worlock.[10]

Format

Question Time panels are typically composed of five public figures, "nearly always [including] a representative from the UK government and the official opposition." The panel also features "representatives from other political parties across the series, taking as [its] guide the level of electoral support at national level which each party enjoys."[11]

High-profile journalists and authors, television and radio broadcasters, and comedians, join the panel, as do business leaders from well-known companies, and leading or expert academics, lawyers, police officers, and clerics.[12]

With the exceptions of Margaret Thatcher and (as of the end of 2022) Rishi Sunak, neither of whom ever or is yet to have appeared in any capacity, every other British Prime Minister that has held office since the programme began in 1979 has appeared as a regular panelist at some point. Additionally, former Prime Ministers Edward Heath and James Callaghan also participated in panels, with Callaghan's single appearance coming in a special edition marking the resignation of Margaret Thatcher on 22 November 1990. Additionally, every leader of the Conservative party after Margaret Thatcher and prior to Rishi Sunak, Labour after Harold Wilson and the Liberal/Liberal Democrat parties after Clement Davies, have appeared as panelists.

Audience members are selected by the 'audience producer' based on age, gender, occupation, ethnicity, disability status, voting intention, voting history, and party membership.[13] The audience members are "requested to come up with two questions, to be considered for the programme." The panel hears the questions for the first time, when the audience members ask them. Applicants are contacted on the Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday before the programme, although due to a "high volume of requests", the team are unable to call everyone.[14]

Question Time is usually recorded "as-live", and in a single-take, shortly before transmission. The programme is only edited on "very rare" occasions for legal or taste reasons, or because it over-runs.[15] For example, The Observer newspaper reported in 1986 that "The BBC's lawyers ordered nine seconds of Question Time to be deleted by the old-fashioned method of simply cutting off the sound".[16]

Presenters

Sir Robin Day

Veteran broadcaster Sir Robin Day was the programme's first chair, presenting it for nearly 10 years until June 1989. Question Time soon gained popularity under Day's lead, with his quick wit and interrogation skills.[17] His famous catchphrase when he had introduced the panel was: "There they are, and here we go."[18]

The programme was mainly filmed at the Greenwood Theatre in London on the south side of London Bridge. Day's last appearance as presenter was broadcast from Paris on 12 July 1989. He was allowed to choose his own guests.[19]

Peter Sissons

 
The Barbican Centre

After Day retired, Peter Sissons took over and continued until 1993. The BBC decided to widen the programme's appeal by moving it around the country. The programme also changed its London location from the Greenwood Theatre to the Barbican Centre. Sissons' tenure as Question Time chair included three different editors. There were several problems during filming, including a bomb scare during a live recording, which resulted in the programme being taken off the air, and the death of an audience member who collapsed while recording.[19]

The programme continued to enjoy good ratings during this period, notably on the day of Margaret Thatcher's resignation on 22 November 1990, which featured two different panels over two editions.[19]

David Dimbleby

David Dimbleby succeeded Sissons as Question Time presenter in 1994, after the BBC held two pilot show auditions between Dimbleby and Jeremy Paxman, with two different audiences and two different panels.[20] For a brief period under Dimbleby in the mid-1990s, there were a number of variations to the format, including the audience using voting keypads to take a poll of the audience at the end of the programme and Dimbleby getting out of his seat at intervals to question the audience.[21]

Dimbleby presented Question Time for 25 years, the programme's longest-serving presenter, until his final programme, aged 80, on 13 December 2018.[22]

Fiona Bruce

In December 2018, the BBC announced that Fiona Bruce would succeed Dimbleby as moderator.[23] Bruce—along with Samira Ahmed, Victoria Derbyshire, Emily Maitlis, Nick Robinson, and Kirsty Wark—attended October 2018 auditions at London's James Allen's Girls' School.[24][25] She presented her first Question Time in January 2019.[26]

Guest presenters

Question Time has seen various presenters deputise for the main chair. Sir Ludovic Kennedy, Sue Lawley (the first woman to chair the programme), Bernard Levin (who is the only person to have been both programme chair and a panelist), and Donald MacCormick, all moderated in Day's place.[27][28][29][30]

In November 2009, John Humphrys presented in lieu of Dimbleby, who had been "injured by a bullock at his farm" causing him "briefly to be knocked out."[31] In June 2017, Nick Robinson presented a "Leaders Special" edition of Question Time. The programme was moved for news coverage of the London Bridge attack. Dimbleby was preparing for the General Election coverage. Victoria Derbyshire presented the 31 March 2022 edition of Question Time in place of Bruce.[32]

Editors

The original 'producer' of Question Time when it began in 1979 was Barbara Maxwell.[33] In 1983, Maxwell was promoted to 'Executive Producer' with Liz Elton becoming the show's producer/editor.[34] At the same time, Ann Morley became the show's regular Director; putting the key production roles entirely in female control.[35] Later in 1983, the role of Executive Producer was renamed 'Editor'.[36] In 1986, Antonia Charlton and Anne Carragher replace Morley and Elton as the show's regular director and producer.[37] After 11 years at the helm, Maxwell stepped down from the show in 1990, with her replacement James Hogan editing his first edition on 20 September 1990[38] Alexandra Henderson took over as editor on 12 September 1991[39] Christopher Capron became Series Editor in September 1994[40] Charlie Courtauld was editor from 1998 to 2000, leaving to join the Independent on Sunday as its comment editor.[41][42] Nick Pisani was appointed in 2000, resigning abruptly in May 2005 after news was leaked that he had been offered a job as David Cameron's head of TV presentation.[42] Ed Havard was made acting editor in May 2005 after Pisani left. During his time in charge the BBC offered a seat on the panel to Nick Griffin in 2009. He left when the programme's production base moved to Glasgow.[42]

Gill Penlington, the ITV News political producer, was made interim editor in May 2008, when the BBC gave Ed Havard a year-long sabbatical.[42]

Interactivity

SMS contributions

Viewers of the show can submit comments to the show via SMS; until October 2012 a selection of those comments was posted on Ceefax. Comments were edited and put to air by a team of four journalists based at Television Centre in London. The system displayed one message at a time, and usually showed several tens of messages throughout each hour-long episode. The system's popularity sprang from its mix of serious and light-hearted comments.[citation needed] On average, around 3,500 texts are received during each hour-long programme, although 12,000 texts were once recorded in one frantic programme in 2004. Quantity of texts is generally related to the composition of the panel.[citation needed]

Twitter

On 24 September 2009, the show launched its Twitter presence and the show's presenter has regularly announced its presence on Twitter since late 2009. Using the Twitter ID "@bbcquestiontime"[43] it tweeted using the #bbcqt hashtag. By early 2010, this had become one of the UK's most active "Twitter backchannels" to a TV show. @bbcquestiontime claimed 10,000 tweets had been sent around the show on 7 October 2010. The show had over 40,000 followers on Twitter by October 2010 and this exceeded 50,000 on the evening of 3 February 2011.

On 9 June 2011, Question Time became one of the most-tweeted about shows of the week in the UK, with 5,000 tweets during the programme, with tweeting continuing through to the next day.[44] In addition to the more sober analysis of the discussion, Question Time also has a parallel Twitter backchannel based on the spoof account Dimblebot - purportedly a robot version of Dimbleby - where the entire premise of the programme is claimed to be a demonstration of Dimbleby's ability to defeat the panel. It became clear during the riot special that David Dimbleby knows of the existence of Dimblebot and the associated Dimbledance.[45][46] The @bbcquestiontime account now[47] has over 500,000 followers.[48]

In March 2020, Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi and MP Debbie Abrahams sent an open letter to the programme's runners, after Question Time uploaded anti-immigrants Twitter comments from a far-right supporter who allegedly also ran for the National Front and showed support for the English Defence League. Baroness Warsi and Abrahams wrote in their letter: "We understand the producers of the show seek out ‘controversial members of the audience – including those of far-right campaign groups – in an attempt to curry large ratings... By providing a platform for views that are racist or sexist, the institution is normalising them and contributing to the coarsening of public debate and the growing toxicity of our politics."[49]

Locations

 
 
The University of Birmingham and Queen Mary University of London

Venues

Question Time is filmed at a variety of different types of building, these have included: educational buildings, arts venues, and government buildings... airports, religious buildings, and prisons.

The programme has been broadcast from the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Parliament, and Westminster Hall.[50][51][52]

Heathrow Airport, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, and the cathedrals of St Paul's and Winchester, have all hosted Question Time.[53]

LSO St Luke's and the Sage are among the arts venues to have held the programme and Queen Mary University of London and the University of Birmingham have also hosted Question Time.[54][55][56][57]

2022 locations

Future locations and panellists sometimes change. Updates to locations are listed on the Question Time website or on-air.[58][59]

Production

The show is recorded at different venues throughout the UK. Although, as part of plans to relocate BBC production around the UK, the main office of the programme will move to BBC Scotland in Glasgow, it is funded from the allocated BBC Scotland Licence fee allocation and is officially a "BBC Scotland production", as shown in the programme ending credits. However, the itinerant nature of the programme will continue.[60]

Famous editions

See also: List of Question Time episodes

In early 1981, David Steel declared his support in principle for "a marriage" between the Liberal Party and any party which might be formed by the Gang of Four; David Owen, who was also on the programme, said he could see advantages in an "electoral alliance" between them. This prefigured the period 1983–1987 when Owen and Steel were Leaders of the SDP–Liberal Alliance and tension grew over whether their deal was a prelude to a merger of the parties or merely a temporary electoral pact.

During the 1983 election campaign, Conservative Foreign Secretary Francis Pym was asked by an A-level student named Andy Davis about the implications of the Conservatives winning the election with a landslide victory. He began by casting doubt on the likelihood of this happening and then observed "I think landslides on the whole don't produce successful governments". Margaret Thatcher later wrote that the remark "struck a wrong note": "people drew the inference that he did not want us to win a large majority".[61] Following the election (won by the Conservatives on a landslide) she sacked him as Foreign Secretary, partly because of his gaffe.[62]

In a 1984 edition, Alan Clark, a junior government Minister at the time, was openly critical of a government decision to buy a foreign-made missile system, prompting guest host Sue Lawley to ask the audience, "Is there anyone here who wishes to defend the government on this, because its Minister doesn't?"

A 1994 edition was notable for a confrontation between Jeffrey Archer and the historian David Starkey over the age of homosexual consent. After arguing that 18 should be the age of consent, Archer was attacked by Starkey who told him: "Englishmen like you enjoy sitting on the fence so much because you enjoy the sensation." Archer replied "I enjoyed the very clever way you got a laugh … I was not sitting on the fence and I was not compromising ... you don’t have the right to doubt my beliefs and think just because you are an expert in this subject I don’t have the right to say what I feel or get a cheap laugh out of it. I stand by 18 and I mean it."[63]

The programme broadcast on 13 September 2001, which was devoted to the political implications of the 11 September 2001 attacks, featured many contributions from members of the audience who were anti-American, expressing the view that "the United States had it coming". The BBC received more than 2,000 complaints and later apologised to viewers for causing offence, stating that the edition should not have been broadcast live, but rather should have been recorded and edited.[64]

In 2002, the editor of Private Eye, Ian Hislop, made an open attack on Jeffrey Archer, who had been imprisoned for perjury, when his wife Mary Archer was a fellow panellist. She was noticeably angry that the issue had been raised and criticised Hislop after the recording had finished.

In March 2007, an Iraq Special was broadcast, featuring Tony Benn, Benazir Bhutto, Des Browne, Liam Fox, Charles Kennedy and, via video link from Washington, D.C., John Bolton. The episode is particularly memorable for the clashes between Benn and Bolton.

On 11 October 2007, former editor of The Sun newspaper Kelvin MacKenzie appeared on the programme in Cheltenham and launched an attack on Scotland. During a debate about tax, MacKenzie claimed that "Scotland believes not in entrepreneurialism like London and the south east... Scots enjoy spending it (money) but they don't enjoy creating it, which is the opposite to down south." The comments came as part of an attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown who MacKenzie said could not be trusted to manage the British economy because he was "a Scot" and a "socialist", and insisting that this was relevant to the debate. Fellow panellist Chuka Umunna from the think tank Compass called his comments "absolutely disgraceful", and booing and jeering were heard from the Cheltenham studio audience. The BBC received 350 complaints and MacKenzie's comments drew widespread criticism in both Scotland and England. On 3 July 2008, it was reported that the BBC Trust's editorial complaints unit had cleared the programme of any wrongdoing. Question Time then proceeded to broadcast the following question from Nick Hartley as part of the programme on the same evening: "After the media coverage of [Andy] Murray's rise and fall, are we now to infer that the English resent the Scots more than the Scots resent the English?" MacKenzie reappeared on the programme in Cardiff on 17 May 2012.

After he was elected to the European Parliament, Nick Griffin the leader of the British National Party was invited onto Question Time for the first time, to appear on 22 October 2009. The decision led to controversy and political debate. Hundreds of people protested outside BBC Television Centre as the edition was filmed; six people were arrested after 25 protesters forced their way into the main reception.[65][66] The edition attracted eight million viewers,[67] and also drew a large number of complaints as a result of its content. Griffin himself said that he would make a formal complaint to the BBC for the way he believed he was treated by the show's other guests and the audience, who he described as a "lynch mob."[67]

An edition aired on 19 May 2011 was recorded at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London. The episode was the first to feature prisoners as part of the audience, while panellists included Justice Secretary Ken Clarke who attempted to defend controversial remarks he had made earlier in the week about rape sentencing.[68]

A special edition of the programme was aired on 11 August 2011 following the outbreak of rioting which had occurred during the previous weekend and earlier that week.[69] Question Time had been off air for its annual summer break at the time and the edition was a scheduled at short notice due to the English riots.

An appearance by George Galloway on the edition of 5 February 2015 recorded in Finchley gained much negative comment before the broadcast. Inviting Galloway, a politician who has been outspoken about Israel, onto the programme was thought to be provocative and insensitive because Finchley has a large Jewish minority.[70] Galloway, who was heckled during a discussion about antisemitism, thought he had been defamed by a question posed to him, which insinuated that he should share some of the blame for a rise in antisemitic incidents during 2014.[71]

On 23 November 2017, the programme was shortened because an audience member became ill and could not be safely moved.[72]

On 19 March 2020, the programme was broadcast for the first time without an audience in Weston-super-mare due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

On 26 March 2020, the programme moved to a semi-permanent home at the IMG Studios at Stockley Park in London as a measure to prevent unnecessary travel during the Coronavirus outbreak, the show followed a different format with no audience, the number of panellists reduced to four and the removal of the desk table, with the panellists and host now sitting on chairs in a semi-circle, 2m apart from one another in order to observe social distancing rules. At the same time, the programme moved to a new, temporary timeslot of 8pm, so that it could be broadcast live and allow viewers to submit their own questions to be answered on the programme.

Four-time Formula One World Champion and Grand Prix Drivers' Association, the trade union for F1, director Sebastian Vettel appeared on the 12 May 2022 edition, which was broadcast from Hackney.[73][74]

Audience figures

The highest audience figures to date were recorded when Nick Griffin of the BNP appeared in an episode on 22 October 2009; the audience reaching 8.3 million viewers.[75]

On 14 May 2009, Question Time discussed the MPs' expenses row, with audience members heckling guest panellists Menzies Campbell and Margaret Beckett, the Labour MP, who was booed by the audience for insisting that her expenses were her privilege. The TV audience reached 3.8 million.[citation needed]

3.4 million people watched in 2003 at the start of the war on Iraq.

Similar programmes

  • A Welsh-language version, Pawb a'i Farn, has been broadcast on S4C since 1993.
  • In 1994, BBC Scotland launched their own local debate show called Words with Wark which was broadcast on BBC One Scotland usually on the first Thursday of every month and this was presented by Kirsty Wark. The programme was axed in 1998.
  • Until 2010, BBC One Northern Ireland replaced Question Time with the more local debate show Let's Talk at least once a month hosted by Mark Carruthers, but this show has been axed and brought under the Spotlight brand. It is now shown once a month on Tuesday night with Noel Thompson. BBC One NI have their own political show called The View: this is broadcast live from 10.35pm to 11.20pm, presented by Mark Carruthers, and is followed by Question Time. If Question Time is made in Northern Ireland.
  • BBC World produces an Indian version of the programme for such viewers.
  • The Irish broadcaster RTÉ produced a similar show, Questions and Answers, which ran from 1986 to 2009, and was replaced by The Frontline, which is of a similar format.[76]
  • In March 2010, Dermot O'Leary hosted a spinoff edition of the show, which was broadcast on BBC Three. It was called First Time Voters' Question Time, and the show was aimed at first time voters. This version of the programme was later commissioned on a permanent, monthly basis on BBC Three, to now be hosted by Richard Bacon, and re-titled Young Voters' Question Time. He was replaced by Jake Humphrey then by Rick Edwards with Tina Daheley, and the show was renamed Free Speech which goes out every month.[77]
  • In 2007, the BBC commissioned The Big Questions, a new programme with a similar format to Question Time, which focuses on ethical and religious issues. It is broadcast on BBC One on Sunday mornings between 10 am and 11 am. Both programmes are produced by Mentorn Media.[78]
  • In 2008, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched a similar, Australian version of the programme, called Q&A. Airing live weekly, it has become a critical success, achieving extremely positive ratings for the ABC in Australia, with a wide audience from a range of demographics not all of which are normally noted for their interest in the Australian political scene.
  • In 2011, Azerbaijan launched its own version of the programme. Open Talk Azerbaijani: Açıq söhbət is a weekly debate ANS TV television programme in Azerbaijan, based on Question Time. The show features political leaders as well as other public figures. Open Talk is presented by Sevinj Osmanqizi.

Schools edition

Several schools editions have been broadcast:

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External links

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question, time, programme, question, time, topical, debate, programme, typically, broadcast, thursdays, usually, repeated, with, sign, language, parliament, later, week, there, leaders, special, would, broadcast, simultaneously, news, question, time, also, ava. Question Time is a topical debate programme typically broadcast on BBC One at 10 45 pm on Thursdays It is usually repeated on BBC Two with sign language and on BBC Parliament later in the week If there is a Leaders special it would be broadcast simultaneously on BBC News Question Time is also available on BBC iPlayer 6 7 Fiona Bruce currently chairs the show having succeeded David Dimbleby as presenter in January 2019 8 Question TimeTitle card since 2022GenreTopical debate 1 Directed byRob Hopkin 2 Presented byCurrent Fiona Bruce 2019 present Former Sir Robin Day 1979 1989 Peter Sissons 1989 1993 David Dimbleby 1994 2018 Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes1 500 as of 2 December 2021 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producerNicolai Gentchev 3 Production locationsOn location 4 list of locations EditorHilary O Neill 5 Running time60 minutesProduction companiesBrian Lapping Productions previously Mentorn Media currently ReleaseOriginal networkBBC OneOriginal release25 September 1979 1979 09 25 presentChronologyRelatedAny Answers Any Questions The Big QuestionsDateline LondonHARDtalkNewsnightDebate NightQuestion Time Extra TimeMentorn has produced the programme since 1998 9 Contents 1 Origins 2 Format 3 Presenters 3 1 Sir Robin Day 3 2 Peter Sissons 3 3 David Dimbleby 3 4 Fiona Bruce 3 5 Guest presenters 4 Editors 5 Interactivity 5 1 SMS contributions 5 2 Twitter 6 Locations 6 1 Venues 6 2 2022 locations 6 3 Production 7 Famous editions 8 Audience figures 9 Similar programmes 9 1 Schools edition 10 References 10 1 Other sources 11 External linksOrigins EditQuestion Time was first broadcast on Tuesday 25 September 1979 based on the BBC Radio 4 programme Any Questions The first panel consisted of Labour MP Michael Foot author Edna O Brien Conservative politician Teddy Taylor and the Archbishop of Liverpool Derek Worlock 10 Format EditQuestion Time panels are typically composed of five public figures nearly always including a representative from the UK government and the official opposition The panel also features representatives from other political parties across the series taking as its guide the level of electoral support at national level which each party enjoys 11 High profile journalists and authors television and radio broadcasters and comedians join the panel as do business leaders from well known companies and leading or expert academics lawyers police officers and clerics 12 With the exceptions of Margaret Thatcher and as of the end of 2022 Rishi Sunak neither of whom ever or is yet to have appeared in any capacity every other British Prime Minister that has held office since the programme began in 1979 has appeared as a regular panelist at some point Additionally former Prime Ministers Edward Heath and James Callaghan also participated in panels with Callaghan s single appearance coming in a special edition marking the resignation of Margaret Thatcher on 22 November 1990 Additionally every leader of the Conservative party after Margaret Thatcher and prior to Rishi Sunak Labour after Harold Wilson and the Liberal Liberal Democrat parties after Clement Davies have appeared as panelists Audience members are selected by the audience producer based on age gender occupation ethnicity disability status voting intention voting history and party membership 13 The audience members are requested to come up with two questions to be considered for the programme The panel hears the questions for the first time when the audience members ask them Applicants are contacted on the Monday Tuesday or Wednesday before the programme although due to a high volume of requests the team are unable to call everyone 14 Question Time is usually recorded as live and in a single take shortly before transmission The programme is only edited on very rare occasions for legal or taste reasons or because it over runs 15 For example The Observer newspaper reported in 1986 that The BBC s lawyers ordered nine seconds of Question Time to be deleted by the old fashioned method of simply cutting off the sound 16 Presenters EditSir Robin Day Edit Veteran broadcaster Sir Robin Day was the programme s first chair presenting it for nearly 10 years until June 1989 Question Time soon gained popularity under Day s lead with his quick wit and interrogation skills 17 His famous catchphrase when he had introduced the panel was There they are and here we go 18 The programme was mainly filmed at the Greenwood Theatre in London on the south side of London Bridge Day s last appearance as presenter was broadcast from Paris on 12 July 1989 He was allowed to choose his own guests 19 Peter Sissons Edit The Barbican Centre After Day retired Peter Sissons took over and continued until 1993 The BBC decided to widen the programme s appeal by moving it around the country The programme also changed its London location from the Greenwood Theatre to the Barbican Centre Sissons tenure as Question Time chair included three different editors There were several problems during filming including a bomb scare during a live recording which resulted in the programme being taken off the air and the death of an audience member who collapsed while recording 19 The programme continued to enjoy good ratings during this period notably on the day of Margaret Thatcher s resignation on 22 November 1990 which featured two different panels over two editions 19 David Dimbleby Edit David Dimbleby succeeded Sissons as Question Time presenter in 1994 after the BBC held two pilot show auditions between Dimbleby and Jeremy Paxman with two different audiences and two different panels 20 For a brief period under Dimbleby in the mid 1990s there were a number of variations to the format including the audience using voting keypads to take a poll of the audience at the end of the programme and Dimbleby getting out of his seat at intervals to question the audience 21 Dimbleby presented Question Time for 25 years the programme s longest serving presenter until his final programme aged 80 on 13 December 2018 22 Fiona Bruce Edit In December 2018 the BBC announced that Fiona Bruce would succeed Dimbleby as moderator 23 Bruce along with Samira Ahmed Victoria Derbyshire Emily Maitlis Nick Robinson and Kirsty Wark attended October 2018 auditions at London s James Allen s Girls School 24 25 She presented her first Question Time in January 2019 26 Guest presenters Edit Question Time has seen various presenters deputise for the main chair Sir Ludovic Kennedy Sue Lawley the first woman to chair the programme Bernard Levin who is the only person to have been both programme chair and a panelist and Donald MacCormick all moderated in Day s place 27 28 29 30 In November 2009 John Humphrys presented in lieu of Dimbleby who had been injured by a bullock at his farm causing him briefly to be knocked out 31 In June 2017 Nick Robinson presented a Leaders Special edition of Question Time The programme was moved for news coverage of the London Bridge attack Dimbleby was preparing for the General Election coverage Victoria Derbyshire presented the 31 March 2022 edition of Question Time in place of Bruce 32 Editors EditThe original producer of Question Time when it began in 1979 was Barbara Maxwell 33 In 1983 Maxwell was promoted to Executive Producer with Liz Elton becoming the show s producer editor 34 At the same time Ann Morley became the show s regular Director putting the key production roles entirely in female control 35 Later in 1983 the role of Executive Producer was renamed Editor 36 In 1986 Antonia Charlton and Anne Carragher replace Morley and Elton as the show s regular director and producer 37 After 11 years at the helm Maxwell stepped down from the show in 1990 with her replacement James Hogan editing his first edition on 20 September 1990 38 Alexandra Henderson took over as editor on 12 September 1991 39 Christopher Capron became Series Editor in September 1994 40 Charlie Courtauld was editor from 1998 to 2000 leaving to join the Independent on Sunday as its comment editor 41 42 Nick Pisani was appointed in 2000 resigning abruptly in May 2005 after news was leaked that he had been offered a job as David Cameron s head of TV presentation 42 Ed Havard was made acting editor in May 2005 after Pisani left During his time in charge the BBC offered a seat on the panel to Nick Griffin in 2009 He left when the programme s production base moved to Glasgow 42 Gill Penlington the ITV News political producer was made interim editor in May 2008 when the BBC gave Ed Havard a year long sabbatical 42 Interactivity EditSMS contributions Edit Viewers of the show can submit comments to the show via SMS until October 2012 a selection of those comments was posted on Ceefax Comments were edited and put to air by a team of four journalists based at Television Centre in London The system displayed one message at a time and usually showed several tens of messages throughout each hour long episode The system s popularity sprang from its mix of serious and light hearted comments citation needed On average around 3 500 texts are received during each hour long programme although 12 000 texts were once recorded in one frantic programme in 2004 Quantity of texts is generally related to the composition of the panel citation needed Twitter Edit On 24 September 2009 the show launched its Twitter presence and the show s presenter has regularly announced its presence on Twitter since late 2009 Using the Twitter ID bbcquestiontime 43 it tweeted using the bbcqt hashtag By early 2010 this had become one of the UK s most active Twitter backchannels to a TV show bbcquestiontime claimed 10 000 tweets had been sent around the show on 7 October 2010 The show had over 40 000 followers on Twitter by October 2010 and this exceeded 50 000 on the evening of 3 February 2011 On 9 June 2011 Question Time became one of the most tweeted about shows of the week in the UK with 5 000 tweets during the programme with tweeting continuing through to the next day 44 In addition to the more sober analysis of the discussion Question Time also has a parallel Twitter backchannel based on the spoof account Dimblebot purportedly a robot version of Dimbleby where the entire premise of the programme is claimed to be a demonstration of Dimbleby s ability to defeat the panel It became clear during the riot special that David Dimbleby knows of the existence of Dimblebot and the associated Dimbledance 45 46 The bbcquestiontime account now 47 has over 500 000 followers 48 In March 2020 Sayeeda Warsi Baroness Warsi and MP Debbie Abrahams sent an open letter to the programme s runners after Question Time uploaded anti immigrants Twitter comments from a far right supporter who allegedly also ran for the National Front and showed support for the English Defence League Baroness Warsi and Abrahams wrote in their letter We understand the producers of the show seek out controversial members of the audience including those of far right campaign groups in an attempt to curry large ratings By providing a platform for views that are racist or sexist the institution is normalising them and contributing to the coarsening of public debate and the growing toxicity of our politics 49 Locations Edit The University of Birmingham and Queen Mary University of London Venues Edit Question Time is filmed at a variety of different types of building these have included educational buildings arts venues and government buildings airports religious buildings and prisons The programme has been broadcast from the Scottish Parliament the Welsh Parliament and Westminster Hall 50 51 52 Heathrow Airport Wormwood Scrubs Prison and the cathedrals of St Paul s and Winchester have all hosted Question Time 53 LSO St Luke s and the Sage are among the arts venues to have held the programme and Queen Mary University of London and the University of Birmingham have also hosted Question Time 54 55 56 57 2022 locations Edit Future locations and panellists sometimes change Updates to locations are listed on the Question Time website or on air 58 59 13 January Shrewsbury 20 January St Andrews 27 January Morecambe 3 February London 10 February Newport 17 February Leeds 24 February London 3 March Norwich 9 March London 17 March Kettering 24 March Reading 31 March Bath 7 April Canterbury 28 April London 5 May Walsall 12 May London 19 May Liverpool 26 May Belfast 9 June Dorking 16 June Newcastle 23 June Stratford upon Avon 30 June Inverness 7 July Barnsley 14 July Torquay 15 September Birmingham 22 September Grimsby 29 September Manchester 6 October London 13 October Musselburgh 20 October Cheltenham 27 October London 3 November Horsham 10 November Wells 17 November Snape 24 November Skipton 1 December Aberystwyth 8 December Bishop Auckland 15 December Winchester Production Edit The show is recorded at different venues throughout the UK Although as part of plans to relocate BBC production around the UK the main office of the programme will move to BBC Scotland in Glasgow it is funded from the allocated BBC Scotland Licence fee allocation and is officially a BBC Scotland production as shown in the programme ending credits However the itinerant nature of the programme will continue 60 Famous editions EditSee also List of Question Time episodes In early 1981 David Steel declared his support in principle for a marriage between the Liberal Party and any party which might be formed by the Gang of Four David Owen who was also on the programme said he could see advantages in an electoral alliance between them This prefigured the period 1983 1987 when Owen and Steel were Leaders of the SDP Liberal Alliance and tension grew over whether their deal was a prelude to a merger of the parties or merely a temporary electoral pact During the 1983 election campaign Conservative Foreign Secretary Francis Pym was asked by an A level student named Andy Davis about the implications of the Conservatives winning the election with a landslide victory He began by casting doubt on the likelihood of this happening and then observed I think landslides on the whole don t produce successful governments Margaret Thatcher later wrote that the remark struck a wrong note people drew the inference that he did not want us to win a large majority 61 Following the election won by the Conservatives on a landslide she sacked him as Foreign Secretary partly because of his gaffe 62 In a 1984 edition Alan Clark a junior government Minister at the time was openly critical of a government decision to buy a foreign made missile system prompting guest host Sue Lawley to ask the audience Is there anyone here who wishes to defend the government on this because its Minister doesn t A 1994 edition was notable for a confrontation between Jeffrey Archer and the historian David Starkey over the age of homosexual consent After arguing that 18 should be the age of consent Archer was attacked by Starkey who told him Englishmen like you enjoy sitting on the fence so much because you enjoy the sensation Archer replied I enjoyed the very clever way you got a laugh I was not sitting on the fence and I was not compromising you don t have the right to doubt my beliefs and think just because you are an expert in this subject I don t have the right to say what I feel or get a cheap laugh out of it I stand by 18 and I mean it 63 The programme broadcast on 13 September 2001 which was devoted to the political implications of the 11 September 2001 attacks featured many contributions from members of the audience who were anti American expressing the view that the United States had it coming The BBC received more than 2 000 complaints and later apologised to viewers for causing offence stating that the edition should not have been broadcast live but rather should have been recorded and edited 64 In 2002 the editor of Private Eye Ian Hislop made an open attack on Jeffrey Archer who had been imprisoned for perjury when his wife Mary Archer was a fellow panellist She was noticeably angry that the issue had been raised and criticised Hislop after the recording had finished In March 2007 an Iraq Special was broadcast featuring Tony Benn Benazir Bhutto Des Browne Liam Fox Charles Kennedy and via video link from Washington D C John Bolton The episode is particularly memorable for the clashes between Benn and Bolton On 11 October 2007 former editor of The Sun newspaper Kelvin MacKenzie appeared on the programme in Cheltenham and launched an attack on Scotland During a debate about tax MacKenzie claimed that Scotland believes not in entrepreneurialism like London and the south east Scots enjoy spending it money but they don t enjoy creating it which is the opposite to down south The comments came as part of an attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown who MacKenzie said could not be trusted to manage the British economy because he was a Scot and a socialist and insisting that this was relevant to the debate Fellow panellist Chuka Umunna from the think tank Compass called his comments absolutely disgraceful and booing and jeering were heard from the Cheltenham studio audience The BBC received 350 complaints and MacKenzie s comments drew widespread criticism in both Scotland and England On 3 July 2008 it was reported that the BBC Trust s editorial complaints unit had cleared the programme of any wrongdoing Question Time then proceeded to broadcast the following question from Nick Hartley as part of the programme on the same evening After the media coverage of Andy Murray s rise and fall are we now to infer that the English resent the Scots more than the Scots resent the English MacKenzie reappeared on the programme in Cardiff on 17 May 2012 After he was elected to the European Parliament Nick Griffin the leader of the British National Party was invited onto Question Time for the first time to appear on 22 October 2009 The decision led to controversy and political debate Hundreds of people protested outside BBC Television Centre as the edition was filmed six people were arrested after 25 protesters forced their way into the main reception 65 66 The edition attracted eight million viewers 67 and also drew a large number of complaints as a result of its content Griffin himself said that he would make a formal complaint to the BBC for the way he believed he was treated by the show s other guests and the audience who he described as a lynch mob 67 An edition aired on 19 May 2011 was recorded at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London The episode was the first to feature prisoners as part of the audience while panellists included Justice Secretary Ken Clarke who attempted to defend controversial remarks he had made earlier in the week about rape sentencing 68 A special edition of the programme was aired on 11 August 2011 following the outbreak of rioting which had occurred during the previous weekend and earlier that week 69 Question Time had been off air for its annual summer break at the time and the edition was a scheduled at short notice due to the English riots An appearance by George Galloway on the edition of 5 February 2015 recorded in Finchley gained much negative comment before the broadcast Inviting Galloway a politician who has been outspoken about Israel onto the programme was thought to be provocative and insensitive because Finchley has a large Jewish minority 70 Galloway who was heckled during a discussion about antisemitism thought he had been defamed by a question posed to him which insinuated that he should share some of the blame for a rise in antisemitic incidents during 2014 71 On 23 November 2017 the programme was shortened because an audience member became ill and could not be safely moved 72 On 19 March 2020 the programme was broadcast for the first time without an audience in Weston super mare due to the Coronavirus outbreak On 26 March 2020 the programme moved to a semi permanent home at the IMG Studios at Stockley Park in London as a measure to prevent unnecessary travel during the Coronavirus outbreak the show followed a different format with no audience the number of panellists reduced to four and the removal of the desk table with the panellists and host now sitting on chairs in a semi circle 2m apart from one another in order to observe social distancing rules At the same time the programme moved to a new temporary timeslot of 8pm so that it could be broadcast live and allow viewers to submit their own questions to be answered on the programme Four time Formula One World Champion and Grand Prix Drivers Association the trade union for F1 director Sebastian Vettel appeared on the 12 May 2022 edition which was broadcast from Hackney 73 74 Audience figures EditThe highest audience figures to date were recorded when Nick Griffin of the BNP appeared in an episode on 22 October 2009 the audience reaching 8 3 million viewers 75 On 14 May 2009 Question Time discussed the MPs expenses row with audience members heckling guest panellists Menzies Campbell and Margaret Beckett the Labour MP who was booed by the audience for insisting that her expenses were her privilege The TV audience reached 3 8 million citation needed 3 4 million people watched in 2003 at the start of the war on Iraq Similar programmes EditA Welsh language version Pawb a i Farn has been broadcast on S4C since 1993 In 1994 BBC Scotland launched their own local debate show called Words with Wark which was broadcast on BBC One Scotland usually on the first Thursday of every month and this was presented by Kirsty Wark The programme was axed in 1998 Until 2010 BBC One Northern Ireland replaced Question Time with the more local debate show Let s Talk at least once a month hosted by Mark Carruthers but this show has been axed and brought under the Spotlight brand It is now shown once a month on Tuesday night with Noel Thompson BBC One NI have their own political show called The View this is broadcast live from 10 35pm to 11 20pm presented by Mark Carruthers and is followed by Question Time If Question Time is made in Northern Ireland BBC World produces an Indian version of the programme for such viewers The Irish broadcaster RTE produced a similar show Questions and Answers which ran from 1986 to 2009 and was replaced by The Frontline which is of a similar format 76 In March 2010 Dermot O Leary hosted a spinoff edition of the show which was broadcast on BBC Three It was called First Time Voters Question Time and the show was aimed at first time voters This version of the programme was later commissioned on a permanent monthly basis on BBC Three to now be hosted by Richard Bacon and re titled Young Voters Question Time He was replaced by Jake Humphrey then by Rick Edwards with Tina Daheley and the show was renamed Free Speech which goes out every month 77 In 2007 the BBC commissioned The Big Questions a new programme with a similar format to Question Time which focuses on ethical and religious issues It is broadcast on BBC One on Sunday mornings between 10 am and 11 am Both programmes are produced by Mentorn Media 78 In 2008 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched a similar Australian version of the programme called Q amp A Airing live weekly it has become a critical success achieving extremely positive ratings for the ABC in Australia with a wide audience from a range of demographics not all of which are normally noted for their interest in the Australian political scene In 2011 Azerbaijan launched its own version of the programme Open Talk Azerbaijani Aciq sohbet is a weekly debate ANS TV television programme in Azerbaijan based on Question Time The show features political leaders as well as other public figures Open Talk is presented by Sevinj Osmanqizi Schools edition Edit Several schools editions have been broadcast 20 June 2005 with a panel of Tony Benn Justine Greening Lembit Opik June Sarpong and Otis Ferry 79 6 July 2006 with a twenty year old student joining David Miliband Richard Madeley Lord Coe and Julia Goldsworthy 79 5 July 2007 an 18 year old student joined a panel of Ed Miliband Sayeeda Warsi Davina McCall and Douglas Murray 79 9 July 2009 one of the panellists was an eighteen year old student Other panellists were Andy Burnham Jeremy Hunt Sarah Teather and Shami Chakrabarti 80 References Edit Question Time genre Rob Hopkin Question Time Director Nicolai Gentchev Question Time Executive Producer Question Time filming locations Hilary O Neill Question Time Editor Question Time broadcast times BBC Question Time available on BBC iPlayer BBC Fiona Bruce presents her first Question Time BBC Press Office Mentorn wins back Question Time contract BBC In pictures 30 years of Question Time BBC 21 September 2009 Composition of Question Time panels BBC Question Time panels BBC Question Time audience selection process BBC Question Time audience BBC Question Time recordings BBC High Tech low tech no tech The Observer 9 February 1986 Your tributes to Sir Robin Day BBC 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