The Andrew Neil Show | |
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Genre | Politics |
Directed by | Martin Collett |
Presented by | Andrew Neil |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
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Editor | John McAndrew |
Running time | 30 minutes (Series 1) 45 minutes (Series 2) |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 8 May 2022 – 2 April 2023 |
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The Andrew Neil Show (2019) |
The Andrew Neil Show is a political programme presented by Andrew Neil. It is broadcast on Channel 4 every Sunday evening. It was launched on 8 May 2022, returned for a second series on 25 September 2022, and returned for a third series on 29 January 2023.
Neil's BBC political programme The Andrew Neil Show came off-air during the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2020 and was then cancelled as a result of budget cuts at the BBC. [1] Following his departure from the BBC, Neil became founding chairman of GB News and a presenter on the channel, but resigned amid controversy in September 2021. [2]
In January 2022, it was reported that Neil was in talks with Channel 4 about presenting a weekly politics show to be launched later in 2022. [3] On 21 February, Channel 4 announced that Neil would host a show beginning in May, which would also be accompanied by a weekly podcast. [4]
In July 2023, Channel 4 announced that they axed The Andrew Neil Show amid content cuts. [5]
The Andrew Neil Show airs at 6 pm on Sundays. The show was extended to 45 minutes on 25 September 2022, and George Osborne and Ed Balls became regular commentators. [6]
No. overall | No. in series | Panel | Interviews | Original release date | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Madeline Grant, Pippa Crerar | Jacob Rees-Mogg | 8 May 2022 | - |
2 | 2 | Madeline Grant, Pippa Crerar | Jonathan Ashworth | 15 May 2022 | - |
3 | 3 | George Osborne, Ed Balls | - | 22 May 2022 | - |
4 | 4 | Sonia Sodha, Sebastian Payne | Mick Lynch | 29 May 2022 | - |
5 | 5 | Madeline Grant, Stephen Bush | Paul Scully | 5 June 2022 | - |
6 | 6 | Madeline Grant, Stephen Bush | David Davis | 12 June 2022 | - |
7 | 7 | Madeline Grant, Stephen Bush | David Miliband | 19 June 2022 | - |
8 | 8 | Sonia Sodha, Jack Blanchard | Damian Green | 26 June 2022 | - |
9 | 9 | Madeline Grant, Stephen Bush | Stephen Kinnock, Matt Vickers | 3 July 2022 | - |
10 | 10 | Madeline Grant, Stephen Bush, Pippa Crerar, Noa Hoffman | Jacob Rees-Mogg, George Osborne | 10 July 2022 | Resignation of Boris Johnson |
11 | 11 | - | Rishi Sunak | 29 July 2022 | Conservative Party leadership election |
The Telegraph said of the inaugural episode: "It made for a middling half hour of chat, chuckles and cheeky jokes." [7]
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