Question Time Season 48, Episode 16: 05/02/2026

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Trump Special

Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time during Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, asking what his presidency means for Britain and the world. On the panel: from the government, Scotland secretary Douglas Alexander; from the Conservatives, shadow housing secretary James Cleverly; broadcaster and journalist Piers Morgan; and award-winning playwright and author Bonnie Greer.

59 min

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25/09/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Bedworth in Warwickshire. On the panel: from the government, Lisa Nandy MP, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport; from the Conservatives, Luke Evans MP, shadow health minister; Munira Wilson MP, the Liberal Democrats’ education spokesperson; singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg; and Richard Tice MP, deputy leader of Reform UK.

59 min

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02/10/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Belfast, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel are: from the government, Hilary Benn MP, secretary of state for Northern Ireland; from the Conservatives, Alex Burghart MP, shadow Northern Ireland secretary; John Finucane, Sinn Féin MP; Jonathan Buckley MLA, the DUP’s economy and business spokesman; and author and journalist Aoife Moore.

59 min

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09/10/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Shrewsbury, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, chief secretary to the Treasury James Murray MP; from the Conservatives, shadow culture secretary Nigel Huddleston MP; Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales; Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf; and the Daily Telegraph columnist Annabel Denham.

59 min

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16/10/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Bishop's Stortford, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: from the government, the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander MP; the shadow secretary of state for work and pensions, Helen Whately MP; for the Liberal Democrats, Lisa Smart MP; the journalist and broadcaster Matthew Syed; and the author and academic Ash Sarkar.

59 min

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23/10/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Swindon, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: from the government, minister for adult social care Stephen Kinnock MP; shadow business minister Harriet Baldwin MP; Daily Mail columnist and Reform UK supporter Nadine Dorries and journalist and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup.

59 min

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30/10/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Bradford, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, the Culture secretary Lisa Nandy MP; for the Conservatives Harriet Cross MP; the commentator and GB News presenter Matt Goodwin and the economist Faiza Shaheen.

59 min

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06/11/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Sunderland, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, Anna Turley MP, Labour Party chair; for the Conservatives, former energy minister Graham Stuart; general secretary of the TUC Paul Nowak and Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley.

59 min

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13/11/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from London, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, from the government, justice minister Alex Davies-Jones MP; Conservative peer and former home secretary Ken Clarke; co-founder of Your Party Zarah Sultana MP; and Reform UK MP Danny Kruger.

59 min

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20/11/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Loughborough, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel, care minister Stephen Kinnock; for the Conservatives Joe Robertson MP; newly elected president of the Liberal Democrats Josh Babarinde; comedian Zoe Lyons and author and journalist Ella Whelan.

59 min

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27/11/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Watford, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: for the government, the chief secretary to the treasury James Murray, the Conservative shadow treasury minister Gareth Davies, the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Calum Miller, columnist and author Sonia Sodha, and entrepreneur Luke Johnson.

59 min

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Immigration Special

Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of Question Time from Dover, focusing on the issue of immigration. On the panel are: for the government, the migration minister Mike Tapp; the shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan; the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper; the leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski; and Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf.

59 min

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11/12/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Paisley, with politicians, commentators and members of the public. On the panel: the leader of the SNP at Westminster, Stephen Flynn; the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar; the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Russell Findlay; the journalist and commentator Angela Haggerty; and the former Conservative trade minster, Lord Offord, who has defected to Reform.

59 min

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22/01/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Macclesfield.

59 min

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29/01/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from King's Lynn.

59 min

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05/02/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dorking.

59 min

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12/02/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Bristol.

59 min

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19/02/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Ringwood.

59 min

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26/02/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham.

59 min

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05/03/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dumfries.

59 min

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12/03/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate.

59 min

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19/03/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Croydon.

59 min

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26/03/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff.

59 min