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Season 31

37 episodes · 15th January 2009

Episodes

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Episode 1

15/01/2009

Panellists: Chris Grayling, Stephen Pollard, Jenny Tonge, Willie Walsh, Shaun Woodward.
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Episode 2

22/01/2009

Panellists: Janet Daley, Caroline Flint, Liam Fox, David Laws, Christopher Meyer.
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Episode 3

29/01/2009

Panellists: Charlie Falconer, Michael Gove, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Nicola Sturgeon, Jo Swinson.
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Episode 4

05/02/2009

Panellists: Shami Chakrabarti, Nigel Farage, Geoff Hoon, Theresa May, Will Young.
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Episode 5

12/02/2009

Panellists: Liam Byrne, Monty Don, Justine Greening, Kelvin Mackenzie, Salma Yaqoob.
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Episode 6

19/02/2009

Panellists: Tim Campbell, Michael Heseltine, Tony McNulty, Piers Morgan, Sarah Teather.
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Episode 7

26/02/2009

Panellists: Cheryl Gillan, Peter Hain, Elfyn Llwyd, George Pascoe-Watson, Kirsty Williams.
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Episode 8

05/03/2009

Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Germaine Greer, Andrew Mitchell, Shirley Williams, Toby Young.
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Episode 9

12/03/2009

Panellists: Alan Johnson, Susan Kramer, David Mitchell, Charles Moore, Sayeeda Warsi.
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Episode 10

19/03/2009

Panellists: Fern Britton, Vince Cable, Kenneth Clarke, Tessa Jowell, Douglas Murray.
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Episode 11

26/03/2009

Panellists: Charles Clarke, Ed Davey, Caroline Lucas, Eric Pickles, Michael Winner.
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Episode 12

23/04/2009

Panellists: Vince Cable, John Denham, Claire Fox, Philip Hammond, David Starkey.
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Episode 13

30/04/2009

Panellists: Norman Baker, Hilary Benn, Andrew Lansley, Frank Skinner, Leanne Wood.
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Episode 14

07/05/2009

Panellists: Bruce Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Iain Gray, David Steel, Nicola Sturgeon.
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Episode 15

14/05/2009

Panellists: Margaret Beckett, Benedict Brogan, Menzies Campbell, Steve Easterbrook, Theresa May.
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Episode 16

21/05/2009

Filmed in Salisbury, this edition focussed on the MP Expenses Scandal. Also, this edition was broadcast at the earlier time of 9.00pm. Panellists: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Marta Andreasen, Martin Bell, Ben Bradshaw, Vince Cable, William Hague.
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Episode 17

28/05/2009

Panellists: Nigel Farage, Caroline Flint, Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, Daniel Hannan, Caroline Lucas, Jo Swinson.
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Episode 18

04/06/2009

Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Liam Fox, Max Hastings, Fiona Phillips, Janet Royall.
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Episode 19

11/06/2009

Panellists: Peter Hain, Chris Huhne, Ruth Lea, Derek Simpson, Caroline Spelman.
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Episode 20

18/06/2009

Panellists: Kenneth Clarke, Ed Davey, Charlie Falconer, Esther Rantzen, Polly Toynbee.
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Episode 21

25/06/2009

Panellists: Julia Goldsworthy, Jim Knight, Kelvin Mackenzie, Pauline Neville-Jones, Leanne Wood.
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Episode 22

02/07/2009

Panellists: Jarvis Cocker, Iain Duncan Smith, Harriet Harman, Peter Hitchens, David Laws.
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Episode 23

09/07/2009

Panellists: Suzanne Burlton, Andy Burnham, Shami Chakrabarti, Jeremy Hunt, Sarah Teather.
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Episode 24

16/07/2009

Panellists: Lionel Barber, Chris Bryant, Trisha Goddard, Margot James, Lembit Öpik.
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Episode 25

23/07/2009

Panellists: George Galloway, Geoff Hoon, Clive James, Sayeeda Warsi, Shirley Williams.
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Episode 26

24/09/2009

Panellists: Harriet Harman, Michael Heseltine, Digby Jones, David Laws, Fraser Nelson.
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Episode 27

01/10/2009

Panellists: Ben Bradshaw, Charles Kennedy, Theresa May, Dambisa Moyo, David Starkey.
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Episode 28

08/10/2009

Panellists: Yvette Cooper, Ian Hislop, George Osborne, Stuart Rose, Sarah Teather.
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Episode 29

15/10/2009

Panellists: Norman Baker, Joan Bakewell, Nigel Farage, Damian Green, Alan Johnson.
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Episode 30

22/10/2009

Filmed in London, this episode was notable due to the appearance of BNP leader Nick Griffin. Worldwide press coverage, and record viewing figures - 7.9 million. Panellists: Bonnie Greer, Nick Griffin, Chris Huhne, Jack Straw, Sayeeda Warsi.
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Episode 31

29/10/2009

Question Time is in Llandudno. The panel includes the former home secretary Jacqui Smith MP, shadow Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan MP, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Lembit Opik MP, Plaid Cymru's Elfyn Llwyd and the broadcaster John Sergeant.
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Episode 32

05/11/2009

Question Time comes from Reading. The panel includes Welsh Secretary Peter Hain MP; the shadow environment secretary Nick Herbert MP; the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair; the former MEP and broadcaster Robert Kilroy-Silk; and the comedian Natalie Haynes.
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Episode 33

12/11/2009

Question Time comes from Weston Super Mare, chaired by John Humphrys. The panel includes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward, the Conservative shadow security minister Pauline Neville-Jones, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on communities and local government Julia Goldsworthy, the cultural commentator and writer Will Self and the rowing champion, double Olympic gold medallist, television presenter and writer James Cracknell.
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Episode 34

19/11/2009

Panellists: Menzies Campbell, Nick Ferrari, Chris Grayling, Clare Short, Phil Woolas.
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Episode 35

26/11/2009

Question Time comes from Edinburgh, with guest panellists Lord Falconer, David Davis, Nicola Sturgeon, Melanie Phillips and Marcus Brigstocke. David Dimbleby chairs.
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Episode 36

03/12/2009

David Dimbleby chairs the show from London. The panel includes the former foreign secretary and Labour MP Margaret Beckett, the shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, the Liberal Democrats' treasury spokesman Vince Cable MP, the writer Clive Anderson and TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp.
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Episode 37

10/12/2009

Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Richard Dannatt, William Hague, Piers Morgan, Bill Rammell, Salma Yaqoob.