List of Question Time episodes

The following is a list of episodes of Question Time, a British current affairs debate television programme broadcast by BBC Television.

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Year overview Presenters Highest appearance makers

Year: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 19891990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 19992000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20092010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 201920202021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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Year overview Year Episodes Transmission dates197913Note Genome lists 14 episodes but Election Question Time aired 4 May 1979 is not considered part of the series.25 September – 18 December1980 32 15 January – 18 December1981 31 15 January – 17 December1982 31 14 January – 16 December1983 32Note Genome only lists 29 episode due to Radio Times Printing dispute. 13 January – 15 December1984 35 12 January – 20 December198529 10 January – 12 December198635 9 January – 11 December198733 15 January – 10 December198835 7 January – 15 December198937 12 January – 14 December199034 18 January – 13 December199135 10 January – 5 December199233 23 January – 10 December199334 14 January – 9 December199435 13 January – 15 December199532 12 January – 14 December199633 11 January – 19 December199733 23 January – 18 December199833Note Genome only lists 32 episodes due to 16 April 1998 being unscheduled. 15 January – 17 December199937Note Genome only lists 36 episodes due to 15 July 1999 being unscheduled. 14 January – 16 December200036 13 January – 14 December200138Note Genome only lists 37 episodes due to 13 September 2001 being unscheduled. 11 January – 6 December200237Note Genome only lists 36 episodes due to 28 March 2002 being unscheduled. 10 January −12 December200335 9 January – 11 December200437 8 January – 9 December200535 6 January – 8 December200636 12 January – 7 December200737 11 January – 13 December200836 17 January – 11 December200937 15 January – 10 December201040 14 January – 9 December201139 13 January – 8 December201236 12 January – 13 December201338 10 January – 12 December201436 9 January – 11 December201541 8 January – 17 December201639 14 January – 8 December201741 12 January – 14 December201839 11 January – 13 December201942 10 January – 13 December2020 37 9 January – 10 December2021 39 6 January – 16 December2022 37 13 January – 15 December2023 37 12 January – 14 December2024 39 11 January – 12 December2025 33 16 January – 11 December2026 to be determined 22 January – to be determined

Presenters Presenters Date No. of episodesRobin Day1979–1989 303Robert McKenzie1980–1981 3Ludovic Kennedy1982–1983 4Bernard Levin1984–1985 2Sue Lawley1984–1987 5Donald MacCormick1985 9Peter Sissons1989–1993 149David Dimbleby1994–2018 914John Humphrys2009 1Nick Robinson2017 1Fiona Bruce2019–Victoria Derbyshire2022 1

Highest appearance makers Panellists Affiliation No. of appearances Average per year DateKenneth ClarkeConservatives60 1.41982–2025Shirley WilliamsLabour (before 1981)Social Democrats (1981–88)Liberal Democrats (1988–2021)581.71980–2015Menzies CampbellLiberal Democrats471.61987–2017Harriet HarmanLabour451.31981–2015Charles KennedyLiberal Democrats441.41983–2015Nigel Farage Conservatives (until 1992)UKIP (1993–2018)Brexit Party / Reform UK (2019–present)381.92000–2024Michael HeseltineConservatives1.11979–2015Clare ShortLabour1.21980–2011Paddy AshdownLiberal Democrats361.11983–2016Roy HattersleyLabour1.21979–2010

Episode guide 1979 # No. in year Airdate Location Panellists Notes — —4 May 1979Robin Day, Robert McKenzie, David ButlerElection Question Time1125 September 1979LondonMichael Foot, Teddy Taylor, Edna O'Brien, Derek Worlock222 October 1979Tess Gill, Jo Grimond, Eric Morley, Peter Shore339 October 1979Sue Arnold, Michael Heseltine, William Rodgers, Arthur Scargill4416 October 1979James Anderton, Judith Hart, John Mortimer, Enoch Powell5523 October 1979Anthony Frodsham, Clive Jenkins, Margo MacDonald, Nicholas Scott6630 October 1979Roy Hattersley, Elspeth Howe, Emily Macfarquhar, Ray Whitney776 November 1979Julian Amery, Paul Johnson, Wendy Mantle, Sid Weighell8813 November 1979Clement Freud, Ann Leslie, David Owen, Peter Thorneycroft9920 November 1979Rachel Billington, Barbara Castle, Monty Finniston, William Waldegrave101027 November 1979Janet Fookes, Robert Kilroy-Silk, William Rees-Mogg, Barbara Wootton11114 December 1979Eldon Griffiths, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Gaia Servadio, Eric Varley121211 December 1979George Brown, Clare Francis, Joan Lestor, Christopher Mayhew131318 December 1979Neil Kinnock, Bel Mooney, Chris Patten, John Rae

1980 # No. in year Airdate Location Panellists Notes141 15 January 1980 Tony Benn, Germaine Greer, John Hackett, Norman St. John Stevas152 22 January 1980 Tessa Jowell, William Rees-Mogg, William Waldegrave, Barbara Wootton163 29 January 1980 Noel Annan, Kenneth Baker, Denis Healey, Sara Morrison174 5 February 1980 Edward du Cann, Monty Finniston, Suzanne Lowry, Oonagh McDonald185 12 February 1980 Alun Chalfont, Nigel Lawson, Merlyn Rees, Marina Warner196 21 February 1980 David Basnett, Barbara Castle, Detta O'Cathain, Peter Tapsell207 28 February 1980 Anna Coote, Janet Fookes, Gerald Kaufman, Cyril Smith218 6 March 1980 Eric Heffer, Mary Kenny, David Marquand, Geoffrey Rippon229 13 March 1980 Rhodes Boyson, Austin Mitchell, Alfred Robens, Clare Short Presenter: Robert McKenzie2310 20 March 1980 John Gale, Jill Knight, Michael Meacher, Donald Stokes Presenter: Robert McKenzie2411 27 March 1980 Joel Barnett, John Biffen, Alan Fisher, Sarah Hogg2512 3 April 1980 Bonnie Angelo, Julian Critchley, Lena Jeger, Trevor Phillips2613 10 April 1980 Jock Bruce-Gardyne, Ray Buckton, Margaret Maden, John Methuen2714 17 April 1980 Elisabeth Hoodless, R.V. Jones, Sheila Roberts, John Silkin2815 24 April 1980 Liliana Archibald, Tessa Blackstone, Nicholas Fairbairn, Dickson Mabon2916 1 May 1980 Joe Ashton, John Biggs-Davison, Emma Nicholson, Ivor Richard3017 8 May 1980 Alan Beith, John Grugeon, Stan Orme, Claire Palley3118 15 May 1980 Hugh Clegg, Reg Prentice, Jo Richardson, Angela Rumbold3219 22 May 1980 Leon Brittan, Paul Foot, Walter Goldsmith, Shirley Williams3320 29 May 1980 Patricia Hewitt, Robert Mellish, Timothy Raison, David Sheppard3421 5 June 1980 Patrick Devlin, Patricia Hollis, Harold Lever, Janet Young3522 12 June 1980 Ann Clwyd, James Goldsmith, Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Bill Sirs3623 16 October 1980 David Basnett, Patricia Hewitt, Daphne Park, Jim Prior3724 23 October 1980 Roy Hattersley, Una Kroll, Nigel Lawson, Arnold Weinstock3825 30 October 1980 Denis Healey, Mary Kaldor, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Peter Thorneycroft3926 6 November 1980 Mary Baker, Leonard Downie, Francis Pym, Peter Shore4027 13 November 1980 Liliana Brisby, Eric Heffer, Ann Leslie, Norman St John Stevas4128 20 November 1980 Michael Carver, Judith Hart, Gavin Laird, Angus Maude4229 27 November 1980 John Alderson, Dianne Hayter, Roy Shaw, Teddy Taylor4330 4 December 1980 Tessa Blackstone, Lynda Chalker, Joe Gormley, John Harvey-Jones4431 11 December 1980 David Howell, Peter Jay, Neil Kinnock, Gillian Peele4532 18 December 1980 Stanley Booth-Clibborn, Edward du Cann, Antonia Fraser, Shirley Williams

1981 # No. in year Airdate Location Panellists Notes46115 January 1981Barbara Castle, Peter Parker, Cyril Smith, William Whitelaw47222 January 1981Terence Beckett, Tom Jackson, Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, John Silkin48329 January 1981Frances Morrell, David Owen, David Steel, Peter Walker4945 February 1981Gwyneth Dunwoody, Eldon Griffiths, Clive Jenkins, David Napley50512 February 1981LondonEdward Daly, Edna Healey, Max Beloff, Norman St John-Stevas51626 February 1981Rhodes Boyson, Donald Dewar, Alex Jarratt, Nancy Seear5275 March 1981Monty Finniston, Barney Hayhoe, Terry Marsland, Jack Straw53812 March 1981Geoffrey Howe, Detta O'Cathain, Stanley Orme, David Penhaligon54919 March 1981Peggy Fenner, Merlyn Rees, William Rees-Mogg, Arthur Scargill551026 March 1981Nicky Harrison, Douglas Hurd, Gerald Kaufman, Dick Taverne56112 April 1981Moss Evans, Jo Grimond, Susan Masham, Norman TebbitPresenter: Robert McKenzie57129 April 1981Nigel Broackes, Harriet Harman, Roy Hattersley, Michael Heseltine581316 April 1981Terry Duffy, Sarah Hogg, Paul Johnson, Hugh Montefiore591423 April 1981Janey Buchan, John Pardoe, Leo Pliatzky, Geoffrey Rippon601530 April 1981Nicholas Fairbairn, Roy Jenkins, Bel Mooney, Peter Shore61167 May 1981Ralf Dahrendorf, Ken Gill, Helene Hayman, Peter Thorneycroft621714 May 1981Nicholas Goodison, Ian Mikardo, Jane Reed, George Younger631821 May 1981Frank Field, Grey Gowrie, Miriam Karlin, Sara Morrison641928 May 1981Leon Brittan, Eric Heffer, Mary Holland, Enoch Powell65204 June 1981Lynda Chalker, Paul Foot, Denis Healey, Peter Hill-Norton662111 June 1981David Evans, Neil Kinnock, Usha Prashar, Timothy Raison672218 June 1981David Howell, Michael Meacher, Janet Morgan, Woodrow Wyatt682322 October 1981Leon Brittan, Kay Carmichael, Jo Grimond, Denis Healey692429 October 1981Judith Hart, Douglas Hurd, Ann Leslie, William Rodgers70255 November 1981Roy Hattersley, Nigel Lawson, Alan Sapper, Elizabeth Sidney712612 November 1981Robin Cook, Ian Gilmore, Detta O'Cathain, Jane Reed722719 November 1981Paul Boateng, Ronald Dworkin, Anne Jones, William Whitelaw732826 November 1981LiverpoolJock Bruce-Gardyne, Eric Heffer, Roy Jenkins, Clare Short74293 December 1981Naomi McIntosh, Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Adam Thomson, George Wright753010 December 1981Gerry Fitt, Joan Lestor, Emily Macfarquhar, Francis Pym763117 December 1981Edward du Cann, Antonia Fraser, Harold Lever, Bernard Levin

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