Question Time Season 34, Episode 17: 17/05/2012

12/01/2012

David Dimbleby chairs a debate in Tower Hamlets in east London. He is joined by a panel comprising of transport secretary Justine Greening; former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown; Labour's shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander; deputy first minister of Scotland and deputy leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon; and Daily Mail columnist and former editor of the Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie.

60 min

19/01/2012

Question Time comes from Shrewsbury. David Dimbleby is joined by Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairman of the Conservative Party; Stephen Twigg MP, Labour's shadow education secretary; Green MP, Caroline Lucas; Germaine Greer, feminist writer and academic and Charles Moore, columnist and former editor at the Telegraph and the Spectator.

60 min

26/01/2012

Question Time comes from Plymouth, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Liberal Democrat Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne, Labour's former higher education minister David Lammy, Conservative MP Liz Truss, comedian Mark Steel and Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips.

60 min

02/02/2012

BBC Question Time comes from Southport, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: International Development Minister Alan Duncan MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan MP, former head of the CBI Digby Jones, creator of Grange Hill & Brookside Phil Redmond, and Emma Boon from the Taxpayers Alliance.

60 min

09/02/2012

BBC Question Time comes from London, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Defence Secretary Philip Hammond; Labour's Alastair Campbell, who was director of communications under Tony Blair; Liberal Democrat peer, Shirley Williams; comedian and actor Steve Coogan; and veteran Daily Mail journalist Ann Leslie.

60 min

16/02/2012

BBC Question Time comes from Nottingham, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Kramer, Julie Meyer founder of the investment firm Ariadne Capital, and Owen Jones author of the book "Chavs".

60 min

23/02/2012

BBC Question Time comes from Tunbridge Wells, chaired by David Dimbleby. On the panel: Communications Minister Ed Vaizey, the Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry, UKIP's deputy leader Paul Nuttall, Daily Telegraph columnist Cristina Odone and historian Simon Schama.

60 min

01/03/2012

David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week from Dewsbury. On the panel: Conservative MP John Redwood, Labour MP Rachel Reeves, Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson, historian David Starkey, and professional footballer Clarke Carlisle.

60 min

08/03/2012

David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week from Guildford, with a studio audience and a panel of guests which includes communities secretary Eric Pickles, shadow energy and climate change secretary Caroline Flint, singer Will Young, Daily Mail columnist Janice Atkinson-Small and novelist Will Self.

60 min

15/03/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from St Andrews. On the panel: the former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson MSP, Labour's Frank Field MP, the SNP's Humza Yousaf MSP and the broadcaster and journalist Janet Street-Porter.

60 min

22/03/2012

60 min

29/03/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Portsmouth. On the panel: the comedian Alexei Sayle, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, children's minister Sarah Teather MP, conservative Anna Soubry MP, and the columnist and chair of the National Trust Sir Simon Jenkins.

60 min

19/04/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Leeds. On the panel: the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, the Conservative party co-chairman Sayeeda Warsi, Respect MP George Galloway, president of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron, and the Times columnist David Aaronovitch.

60 min

26/04/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Romford in East London. On the panel: Employment Minister Chris Grayling MP, Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes MP, UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage MEP and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

60 min

03/05/2012

David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week, from London. The panel includes work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith MP, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Ming Campbell MP, leader of the PCS union Mark Serwotka and the businessman and star of Dragons' Den Theo Paphitis.

60 min

10/05/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Oldham. On the panel: environment secretary Caroline Spelman MP, shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant MP, Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge Mary Beard, and the Daily Telegraph columnist Peter Oborne.

60 min

24/05/2012

Joining David Dimbleby on Question Time from King's Lynn are former deputy prime minister John Prescott, universities minister David Willetts, leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, comedian and actor Griff Rhys Jones and Sunday Times columnist Minette Marrin.

60 min

31/05/2012

David Dimbleby chairs a debate on the big stories of the week from Rugby. Joining him on the panel are: Alan Duncan, minister for international development; shadow Home Office minister, Stella Creasy; Mark Oaten, former Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman; Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spectator; and broadcaster and columnist Victoria Coren.

60 min

07/06/2012

David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Inverness. On the panel, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, Labour's leader in Scotland Johann Lamont MSP, Conservative former Secretary of State for Scotland Lord Forsyth, Infrastructure Minister in the Scottish Government Alex Neil MSP, Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips and the actor Alan Cumming.

60 min

14/06/2012

David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Stockton-on-Tees. On the panel: television executive and former Director General of the BBC Greg Dyke, President of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron MP, Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens, Housing Minister Grant Shapps MP and Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry MP.

60 min

21/06/2012

David Dimbleby chairs from West Bromwich. On the panel are justice secretary Ken Clarke, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, general secretary of the Unite trade union Len McCluskey, economist Ruth Lea and Midlands businesswoman of the year Julie White.

60 min

28/06/2012

David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Luton. On the panel: Transport Secretary Justine Greening MP, Shadow Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown, comic actor & broadcaster Tony Robinson and the businessman Terry Smith, chief executive of the City brokerage Tullett Prebon.

60 min

05/07/2012

David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Derby. Panellists include energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey MP, former home secretary Alan Johnson MP, Conservative MP Louise Mensch, Sunday Times and Independent columnist Dominic Lawson, and John Lydon, former lead singer of the Sex Pistols and founder of the band Public Image Ltd.

60 min

27/09/2012

David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Brighton. On the panel: Labour's Deputy Leader Harriet Harman MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander MP, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp and comedian Steve Coogan.

60 min

04/10/2012

David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Manchester. On the panel - cabinet minister Kenneth Clarke MP, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, Liberal Democrat Baroness Kramer, the broadcaster and columnist Janet Street-Porter and Willie Walsh, chief executive of the parent company of British Airways and Iberia.

60 min

11/10/2012

David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Birmingham. On the panel: Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps MP, Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint MP, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Simon Hughes MP, the poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah and the Daily Telegraph columnist Cristina Odone.

60 min

18/10/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Easterhouse in Glasgow. Panellists include Deputy First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon MSP, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party Ruth Davidson MSP, Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran MP, Daily Telegraph Scottish Editor Alan Cochrane and Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the PCS trade union.

60 min

25/10/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Slough. He is joined by a panel comprising business secretary Vince Cable, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry, Claire Perry, UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall and Mehdi Hasan, political director of the Huffington Post website.

60 min

01/11/2012

David Dimbleby presents from central London in the week before the US presidential election. On the panel are former foreign secretary David Miliband, US television presenter and former Democratic Party mayor of Cincinnati Jerry Springer, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Colleen Graffy, former chairman of Republicans Abroad, and Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty.

60 min

08/11/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Bexhill. The panel includes police minister Damian Green, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams, novelist and Sun columnist Jane Moore and Professor David Blanchflower, economics editor of the New Statesman and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

60 min

15/11/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Corby as the polls close in the by-election. On the panel are justice secretary Chris Grayling MP, Labour's deputy leader and shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman, UKIP Leader Nigel Farage, Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt and Moray MacLennan, chief executive of the advertising agency M&C Saatchi.

60 min

22/11/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament. On the panel: Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith MP, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy MP, businesswoman and star of Dragons' Den Deborah Meaden and the Independent columnist Owen Jones.

60 min

29/11/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Swansea on the day Lord Justice Leveson's report on press standards is published. On the panel are singer and phone hacking campaigner Charlotte Church, former News of the World executive editor Neil Wallis, columnist Simon Jenkins, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin MP and shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant MP.

60 min

06/12/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Liverpool. On the panel: Francis Maude MP, minister for the cabinet office; Andy Burnham MP, Labour's shadow health secretary; Tim Farron MP, president of the Liberal Democrats; Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times; and Leanne Wood AM, leader of Plaid Cymru.

60 min

13/12/2012

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Bristol. On the panel: Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for International Development; Stella Creasy MP, Shadow Home Office Minister; Cross-bench peer Lord Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer; author Will Self, and Peter Hitchens, Columnist for the Mail on Sunday.

60 min