The following is a list of episodes of Question Time , a British current affairs debate television programme broadcast by BBC Television.
Contents Year overview · Presenters · Highest appearance makers Year: 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 |
Year | Episodes | Transmission dates |
---|---|---|
1979 | 13 [1] [fn 1] | 25 September – 18 December |
1980 | 32 [2] | 15 January – 18 December |
1981 | 31 [3] | 15 January – 17 December |
1982 | 31 [4] | 14 January – 16 December |
1983 | 32 [5] [fn 2] | 13 January – 15 December |
1984 | 35 [6] | 12 January – 20 December |
1985 | 29 [7] | 10 January – 12 December |
1986 | 35 [8] | 9 January – 11 December |
1987 | 33 [9] | 15 January – 10 December |
1988 | 35 [10] | 7 January – 15 December |
1989 | 37 [11] | 12 January – 14 December |
1990 | 34 [12] | 18 January – 13 December |
1991 | 35 [13] | 10 January – 5 December |
1992 | 33 [14] | 23 January – 10 December |
1993 | 34 [15] | 14 January – 9 December |
1994 | 35 [16] | 13 January – 15 December |
1995 | 32 [17] | 12 January – 14 December |
1996 | 33 [18] | 11 January – 19 December |
1997 | 33 [19] | 23 January – 18 December |
1998 | 33 [20] [fn 3] | 15 January – 17 December |
1999 | 37 [21] [fn 4] | 14 January – 16 December |
2000 | 36 [22] | 13 January – 14 December |
2001 | 38 [23] [fn 5] | 11 January – 6 December |
2002 | 37 [24] [fn 6] | 10 January −12 December |
2003 | 35 [25] | 9 January – 11 December |
2004 | 37 [26] | 8 January – 9 December |
2005 | 35 [27] | 6 January – 8 December |
2006 | 36 [28] | 12 January – 7 December |
2007 | 37 [29] | 11 January – 13 December |
2008 | 36 [29] | 17 January – 11 December |
2009 | 37 [29] | 15 January – 10 December |
2010 | 40 [29] | 14 January – 9 December |
2011 | 39 [29] | 13 January – 8 December |
2012 | 36 [29] | 12 January – 13 December |
2013 | 38 [29] | 10 January – 12 December |
2014 | 36 [29] | 9 January – 11 December |
2015 | 41 [29] | 8 January – 17 December |
2016 | 39 [29] | 14 January – 8 December |
2017 | 41 [29] | 12 January – 14 December |
2018 | 39 [29] | 11 January – 13 December |
2019 | 42 [29] | 10 January – 13 December |
2020 | 37 [29] | 9 January – 10 December |
2021 | 39 [29] | 6 January – 16 December |
2022 | 37 [29] | 13 January – 15 December |
2023 | 37 [29] | 12 January – 14 December |
2024 | to be determined | 11 January – to be determined |
Presenters | Date | No. of episodes |
---|---|---|
Robin Day | 1979–1989 | 303 |
Robert McKenzie | 1980–1981 | 3 |
Ludovic Kennedy | 1982–1983 | 4 |
Bernard Levin | 1984–1985 | 2 |
Sue Lawley | 1984–1987 | 5 |
Donald MacCormick | 1985 | 9 |
Peter Sissons | 1989–1993 | 149 |
David Dimbleby | 1994–2018 | 914 |
John Humphrys | 2009 | 1 |
Nick Robinson | 2017 | 1 |
Fiona Bruce | 2019– | |
Victoria Derbyshire | 2022 | 1 |
Panellists | Affiliation | No. of appearances [30] | Average per year | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kenneth Clarke | Conservatives | 59 | 1.6 | 1982–2019 |
Shirley Williams | Labour (before 1981) Social Democrats (1981–88) Liberal Democrats (1988–2021) | 58 | 1.6 | 1980–2015 |
Menzies Campbell | Liberal Democrats | 47 | 1.6 | 1987–2017 |
Harriet Harman | Labour | 45 | 1.3 | 1981–2015 |
Charles Kennedy | Liberal Democrats | 44 | 1.4 | 1983–2015 |
Clare Short | Labour | 38 | 1.2 | 1980–2011 |
Paddy Ashdown | Liberal Democrats | 36 | 1.1 | 1983–2016 |
Roy Hattersley | Labour | 1.2 | 1979–2010 | |
Nigel Farage | Conservatives (until 1992) UKIP (1993–2018) Brexit Party / Reform UK (2019–present) | 35 | 1.8 | 2000–2019 |
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