"Question Time (TV programme) Question Time is a BBC topical debate television programme in the United Kingdom, based on the radio programme ""Any Questions?"" The show 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 members of an audience selected on the basis of its political views and demographic. The independent production company Mentorn has made the programme for the BBC since 1998. ""Question Time"" was presented by David Dimbleby until 13 December 2018. The show is currently broadcast on BBC One on Thursday"
"the south side of London Bridge. His last programme as presenter on 12 July 1989 was broadcast from Paris, and Day was allowed to choose his own guests. After Day retired, Peter Sissons took over and continued until 1993. After Day's departure 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"" chairman included three different editors. There were several problems during filming, including a bomb scare during a live recording, which resulted in the programme"
"fully networked within BBC, with Scotland and Northern Ireland broadcasting the series from this point onwards. ""Question Time"" began with a panel of four guests, usually one member from each of the three major parties (Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats) and another public figure, for example non-governmental organisation directors, newspaper columnists, or religious leaders. In 1998, the panel was enlarged to five, with another non-partisan member or leading member of a fourth political party joining the panel. The presenter now sits in the middle and chairs the debate, deciding who can speak on the panel and bringing audience members into"
"National Service of Remembrance service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Dimbleby served as chairman of the BBC's Thursday evening topical debate programme ""Question Time"" from 1994 until 2018. One of the most memorable moments from ""Question Time"" was when Dimbleby accidentally referred to Robin Cook as ""Robin Cock"", to which Cook responded by jokingly referring to Dimbleby as ""David Bumblebee"". In 1999, he opened ""BBC 2000 Today"", the BBC's coverage of the millennium celebrations, from Greenwich, England. He commentated on the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2002, and former Prime Minister"
"to change direction and work towards a lighter style concentrating mainly on entertainment and humour. The first two presenters were Chris Evans (from 1992 to 1994) and Gaby Roslin (1992 to 1996). At its height in 1993, viewing figures reached around two million per edition, and it was the highest rated UK breakfast television programme. Along with Evans and Roslin, Bob Geldof presented a short-lived political interview slot. His wife Paula Yates interviewed people whilst lying on a bed, and the puppet characters Zig and Zag created morning mayhem in the bathroom with Evans in a slot called 'The Crunch'."
"Lord Coe and Julia Goldsworthy. On 5 July 2007, an 18-year-old student joined a panel of Ed Miliband, Sayeeda Warsi, Davina McCall and Douglas Murray. On 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. Question Time (TV programme) Question Time is a BBC topical debate television programme in the United Kingdom, based on the radio programme ""Any Questions?"" The show 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"
"evenings. It is sometimes shown on BBC World News, depending on events in the news, and has been shown on the US channel C-SPAN. ""Question Time"" began on Tuesday 25 September 1979, as a television version of the BBC Radio 4 programme ""Any Questions?"". Originally intended to have only a short run, the programme became very popular and was duly extended. The guests on the very first show were Irish novelist Edna O'Brien, Derek Worlock; the Archbishop of Liverpool and politicians Teddy Taylor and Michael Foot. From 21 February 1980, the series moved to its current Thursday-night slot and became"
"more; former BBC ""That's Life!"" reporter Grant Baynham and ex-Doctor Who assistant Sophie Aldred (Ace) took over the reins and each term the songs focused more on a 'theme' with practically no traditional folk songs present. Production of new programmes in the series ceased in 1992, but programmes originally broadcast from 1989-92 were repeated in a further three-year cycle from 1992–95; after the old Radio 5 was replaced by BBC Radio 5 Live in March 1994 this was initially, and controversially, in the afternoons on Radio 3 but then moved to overnight transmission. From 1995-97 the programmes originally broadcast from"
"bombing in December 1988. In early 1989, Sissons received a death threat following his interview of an Iranian representative as part of the reaction surrounding the publication of ""The Satanic Verses"", with the fatwa covering Salman Rushdie extended to cover him as well. Sissons left ITN in 1989 to join the BBC. In June 1989, Sissons took over from Sir Robin Day as the presenter of ""Question Time"". He continued until December 1993, when he was followed by David Dimbleby. He co-presented BBC's 1992 General Election Night coverage with David Dimbleby and Peter Snow. He has worked for ITN, Channel"
"perceived to have been destroyed by his overly-emotional performance. In 1992, Duignan left his position as presenter to become government press secretary under Albert Reynolds. Éamonn Lawlor was appointed as his successor and remained until 1996, when he became a presenter of the current affairs programme ""Prime Time"". His replacement was Bryan Dobson, who had been presenting the """" for several years. In 1997, Anne Doyle left to become presenter of the """". She was replaced by Úna O'Hagan, who continued until 2003, she decided to concentrate on radio broadcasting and late night bulletins. A number of newsreaders partnered Dobson"
"Alfred Marks, Barry Took, John Wells (once in 1973, filling in for Muir; once in 1975, for Norden), and Katharine Whitehorn (once in 1975, for Anne Scott-James). After Edward J. Mason's death in 1971, Jack Longland, with the assistance of Peter Moore, took over responsibility for compiling most of the questions. After Longland's retirement, Moore became the sole question-setter. In 1980 Michael O'Donnell, who was already chairman of the programme, became the sole question-setter until the programme ended in 1988. The two teams faced questions devised by Mason, primarily word games and literary quizzes covering vocabulary, etymology, snippets of poetry,"
"as such, listeners are invited to send in suggestions for the programme. The programme was originally written and produced by Gale Pedrick and presented by John Ellison. After Pedrick's death in 1970, production was taken over by Nancy Wise. Ellison died in January 1974, and over the first half of the year David Davis, Martin Muncaster and David Dunhill all had short runs as presenter, before Margaret Howard took over as permanent host in July, also producing with a rotating team of co-producers. Howard remained as the presenter until 1991, when the BBC chose not to renew her contract, a"
"hosted the show from its start in October 1961 until June 1991. Shepardson died in June 2011 at the age of 76. John Baran (WWLP's station manager) took over that autumn when the show returned from its annual summer hiatus. Baran hosted from 1991 to 2006 and Chris Rohmann took over in January 2007 due to the show's switch to WGBY. The show's creator, Leonard Collamore, was the head question writer for 22 years, from 1961 to 1983. He was followed by Phil Shepardson from 1983 until his retirement in 1991. Except for the 1997-1998 season, Dr. Todd Rovelli has"
"Two pilot episodes were recorded for television in 1969 and 1981 but never broadcast, except in documentaries about Kenneth Williams. In 1994, 14 shows were broadcast on Carlton Television, ITV in London. Two additional variations were added: a round in which the team were presented with a mystery object to talk about, rather than a subject, and another round where the audience suggested a topic. Nicholas Parsons chaired the show, and Tony Slattery featured in all programmes. Other panellists were Tony Banks, Tony Blackburn, Jo Brand, Ann Bryson, John Fortune, Clement Freud, Mariella Frostrup, Jeremy Hardy, Tony Hawks, Hattie Hayridge,"
"Time"" in April 2011. In September 2011, the ""Question Time"" office moved from London to Glasgow. In September 2016 he became the Executive Producer of ""Question Time"", replacing Hayley Valentine. Mentorn Media has produced ""Question Time"" since 1998. Nicolai Gentchev Nicolai Gentchev is a television producer and journalist, and the former Editor of BBC One's ""Question Time"" from 2011. His surname has a Bulgarian heritage. He attended the University of Glasgow. He has written for ""Socialist Review"", the magazine of the Socialist Workers Party, and International Socialism (magazine). He worked for Bloomberg for six years. He joined the BBC in"
"memorable catchphrases in TV history: ""Tonight (presenter name), I'm going to be..."" and was named most popular entertainment show at the National Television Awards in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The most impersonated stars are Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Cher, George Michael, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue and Madonna. In February 1990, Leslie Crowther was chosen as the host of the show which began airing on 21 July 1990. Crowther hosted the first three series, and a Christmas Special in 1991. At the time of his car accident in October 1992, he was booked to record an Elvis Presley special hosted"
"have a slot for a celebrity interview in which a famous person talks about their life and their moral, ethical and religious beliefs and interests. Such celebrities have included Richard Dawkins, Annie Lennox, John Barrowman, Benjamin Zephaniah, John Simpson and Jamelia. In the second series this section was dropped, and the whole programme instead concentrates on the three discussions. The programme is currently in its eleventh series, which began in January 2018 and celebrated its 250th episode 3 June. Nicky Campbell has presented the show since it began in 2007. Campbell was initially joined by Sonia Deol during the first"
"for its first few years, the program ran for two hours from 7–9 a.m. In 1994, Onley left the show to focus on City""Pulse"", being replaced by Kevin Frankish, who up to that point was BT's traffic specialist and previously was a reporter for Barrie's CKVR. Liza Fromer replaced Ann Rohmer in 2001, but then left the show in July 2006 to prepare for the birth of her child. Kevin Frankish blogged that her departure from the show was ""on the absolute best of terms."" On October 13, 2006, Dina Pugliese became the new co-host of the show, after a"
"hosted the first three series of the show from 1994 till 1997. He was succeeded by Paul Merton, who hosted the show from 1999 till the show's original run came to an end in 2007. Frank Skinner hosts the revamped incarnation that started on 20 January 2012. In July 2018, Skinner revealed that the show had been axed. The 1994–2007 incarnation of the show was that of a one-on-one interview between the host and guest. Consignment of the nominated items, persons or concepts to Room 101 (theoretically banishing them from the world forever) was the decision of the host, sometimes"
"the ""Opera Question Forum"", the Quiz was originally hosted by Milton Cross. Robert Lawrence was the Quiz host in the 1941/42 season. The 1942/43 broadcast season began with Robert Lawrence alternating with Olin Downes but in January 1943 Olin Downes became the steady Quiz host and remained until 1948. For the next ten years, the Quiz hosts were Robert Lawrence, Sigmund Spaeth, Boris Goldovsky, Deems Taylor, and Jay Harrison. From 1958 to 1996, the host was Edward Downes, Olin's son. During this time the quiz became more relaxed and featured humor and banter among the panelists as well as informative"
"until the 4th series, where he returned to the studio. Wogan continued to host the show until 8 November 2015 when, due to ill health, he was replaced by Richard Madeley. In 1971, and from 1974 until 1977, Wogan provided the BBC's radio commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest. He became known for his television commentary, which he handled first in 1973, again in 1978, then every year from 1980 until 2008. He co-hosted the 1998 contest with Ulrika Jonsson, in Birmingham's National Indoor Arena on 9 May. From 1977 until 1996, Wogan hosted the UK selection show each year,"
"his successor Gordon Brown had argued that the weekly Prime minister's questions in the House of Commons was sufficient. For the 2001 general election Tony Blair turned down a debate with William Hague. On 28 April 2005, Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy took part in a special edition of the BBC's ""Question Time"", although they did not debate directly, and were questioned individually by host David Dimbleby. The idea of holding leaders debates for the 2010 election was first supported by David Cameron and Nick Clegg, with Gordon Brown later agreeing. In 2009, ""Sky News"" began a campaign"
"Ahmed, Sian Williams, Naga Munchetty and Emma Barnett). ""The Big Questions"" still runs January – July, ""Sunday Morning Live"" runs July – November. The Big Questions The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing ""The Heaven and Earth Show"" as the BBC's religious discussion programme. The format is loosely based on BBC One's political discussion show, ""Question Time"", though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured"
"show until his death in 2010, when Jim Thornton succeeded him. Woolery left in 1981, and was replaced by Pat Sajak. Sajak left the network version in January 1989 to host his own late-night talk show, and was replaced on that version by Rolf Benirschke. Bob Goen replaced Benirschke when the network show moved to CBS, then remained as host until the network show was canceled altogether. Stafford left in 1982, and was replaced by Vanna White, who remained on the network show for the rest of its run. The syndicated version has been hosted continuously by Sajak and White"
"1996 to 1998. Janice Long presented the Breakfast show on the station from 1989 to 1991, and Kevin Greening started as a producer in 1989, before becoming a presenter of the Breakfast show with Jeremy Nicholas in 1991. Bob Harris also presented shows for the station from 1994 to 1998 after leaving Radio 1. Early afternoon programming previewed London's varied entertainment scene, interviewing comedians and other performers. Specialist speech programmes in the evening were aimed at London's communities: Asian, Afro-Caribbean, Jewish, Gay and Irish. ""Black London"" was replaced with Margaret Jones aka Ranking Miss P, who was dropped by Radio"
"Light Programme, and commercial radio, which was targeting the ""Radio 1 and a half"" audience, consequently enjoyed a massive increase in its audience share at the expense of Radio 1. After the departure of Steve Wright, who had been unsuccessfully moved from his long-running afternoon show to the breakfast show in January 1994, Bannister hired Chris Evans to present the prime morning slot in April 1995. Evans was a popular but controversial presenter who was eventually sacked in 1997 after he demanded to present the breakfast show for only four days per week. Evans was replaced from 17 February 1997"
"in May 1993, before he was replaced by Cat Deeley in 2004. An Elvis Presley special hosted by Russ Abbot aired in January 1993, as well as 2003 specials hosted by Davina McCall. A six-part revival hosted by Harry Hill ran from 10 January 2015 to 14 February 2015, before it was reported on 17 April that it had been axed by ITV due to low ratings. It remains one of Britain's most successful shows of all time, attracting around 13 million viewers for the live grand final at the end of each series. It has one of the most"
"other than a generic 'breakfast' term, or simply the name of the host, a trend which continued with Wogan's successor, Chris Evans, in 2010. For its first year in 1993, the show was broadcast between 7.00am and 9.30am. From 1994 until the end of its run, the show was reduced by 30 minutes and was broadcast between 7.30 am and 9.30 am. Evans' first show was on 11 January 2010. For its first few months on air, the show was broadcast between 7.00am and 9.30am for the first time since the end of 1993. In October that year, to coincide"
"1972), Judith Chalmers (19661970), Sue MacGregor (19721987), Jenni Murray (since 1987), Martha Kearney (1998 to March 2007), and Jane Garvey (since 8 October 2007). Fill-in presenters have included Sheila McClennon, Carolyn Quinn, Jane Little, Ritula Shah, Oona King, Amanda Platell and Emma Barnett. On 31 December 2004, the show became ""Man's Hour"" for one day only, on which it was presented by Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow. On 18 July 2010, after 64 years of ""Woman's Hour"", the BBC began broadcasting a full series called Men's Hour on BBC Radio 5 Live, presented by Tim Samuels. As of 2013,"
"The Big Questions The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing ""The Heaven and Earth Show"" as the BBC's religious discussion programme. The format is loosely based on BBC One's political discussion show, ""Question Time"", though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured four panellists from a range of different religious and ethical perspectives, as well as a number of contributors from the live studio audience."
"was presented by Peter Smith, and moved to 7.20pm on Wednesdays and a repeat at 9.35am on Thursdays. In November 1987, it was at repeated at 4pm on Tuesdays, and on Thursdays in 1989. Peter Day joined in 1988. By 1991 it was at 8.45pm on Wednesdays and repeated at 7pm on Tuesdays. In 1992 it moved to 9pm on Wednesdays. Later in the year it moved to 8.45pm and the repeat moved to 7pm on Sundays. By the early 1990s, the programme was receiving a higher profile but was only broadcast on Sundays in 1994. In 1995 it moved"
"slot and was taped in Manchester but without a live studio audience - canned laughter and applause tracks were used instead. Celebrity specials were aired from 1998 to 2000. Wipeout (UK game show) Wipeout was a British game show based on the original US format that aired on BBC1 from 25 May 1994 to 17 April 2003. The show was originally hosted by Paul Daniels from 1994 to 1997, then Bob Monkhouse took over from 1998 to 2003. During the game, correct answers would be replaced by a golden star on a black circle, where as ""wipeouts"" (wrong answers) would"
"Sue Lawley (1985/87). Bernard Levin presented the show twice in place of Day, making him the only person to present and appear as a panelist in the programme's history. John Humphrys hosted the 12 November 2009 edition when Dimbleby was taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious by a rearing bullock at his farm. Nick Robinson hosted ""Question Time"" on 5 June 2017, a leaders' special, after the show was moved for news coverage following the London Bridge attack and Dimbleby was unavailable, already preparing for coverage of Election Night. Charlie Courtauld was editor from 1998 to 2000, leaving to"