About this season
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Episodes (32)
1. 15/01/1980
Aired 15 January 1980 • 60 min
Panelists: Tony Benn, Germaine Greer, John Hackett, Norman St. John Stevas
2. 22/01/1980
Aired 22 January 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Tessa Jowell, William Rees-Mogg, William Waldegrave, Barbara Wootton
3. 29/01/1980
Aired 29 January 1980 • 60 min
Panelists: Noel Annan, Kenneth Baker, Denis Healey, Sara Morrison
4. 05/02/1980
Aired 5 February 1980 • 60 min
Panelists: Edward du Cann, Monty Finniston, Suzanne Lowry, Oonagh McDonald
5. 12/02/1980
Aired 12 February 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Alun Chalfont, Nigel Lawson, Merlyn Rees, Marina Warner.
6. 21/02/1980
Aired 21 February 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: David Basnett, Barbara Castle, Detta O'Cathain, Peter Tapsell.
7. 28/02/1980
Aired 28 February 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Anna Coote, Janet Fookes, Gerald Kaufman, Cyril Smith.
8. 06/03/1980
Aired 6 March 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Eric Heffer, Mary Kenny, David Marquand, Geoffrey Rippon.
9. 13/03/1980
Aired 13 March 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Rhodes Boyson, Austin Mitchell, Alfred Robens, Clare Short.
10. 20/03/1980
Aired 20 March 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: John Gale, Jill Knight, Michael Meacher, Donald Stokes.
11. 27/03/1980
Aired 27 March 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Joel Barnett, John Biffen, Alan Fisher, Sarah Hogg.
12. 03/04/1980
Aired 3 April 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Bonnie Angelo, Julian Critchley, Lena Jeger, Trevor Phillips.
13. 10/04/1980
Aired 10 April 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Elizabeth Hoodless, R.V. Jones, Sheila Roberts, John Silkin.
14. 17/04/1980
Aired 17 April 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Jock Bruce-Gardyne, Ray Buckton, Margaret Maden, John Methven.
15. 24/04/1980
Aired 24 April 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Liliana Archibald, Prof Tessa Blackstone, Nicholas Fairbairn, Dickson Mabon.
16. 01/05/1980
Aired 1 May 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Joe Ashton, John Biggs-Davison, Emma Nicholson, Ivor Richard.
17. 08/05/1980
Aired 8 May 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Alan Beith, John Grugeon, Stanley Orme, Claire Palley.
18. 15/05/1980
Aired 15 May 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Hugh Clegg, Reg Prentice, Jo Richardson, Angela Rumbold.
19. 22/05/1980
Aired 22 May 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Leon Brittan, Paul Foot, Walter Goldsmith, Shirley Williams.
20. 29/05/1980
Aired 29 May 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Patricia Hewitt, Robert Mellish, Timothy Raison, David Sheppard.
21. 05/06/1980
Aired 5 June 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Patrick Devlin, Patricia Hollis, Harold Lever, Janet Young.
22. 12/06/1980
Aired 12 June 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Ann Clwyd, James Goldsmith, Sally Oppenheim, Bill Sirs.
23. 16/10/1980
Aired 16 October 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: David Basnett, Patricia Hewitt, Daphne Park, James Prior.
24. 23/10/1980
Aired 23 October 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Roy Hattersley, Una Kroll, Nigel Lawson, Arnold Weinstock.
25. 30/10/1980
Aired 30 October 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Denis Healey, Mary Kaldor, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Peter Thorneycroft.
26. 06/11/1980
Aired 6 November 1980 • 60 min
27. 13/11/1980
Aired 13 November 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Liliana Brisby, Eric Heffer, Ann Leslie, Norman St. John Stevas.
28. 20/11/1980
Aired 20 November 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Michael Carver, Judith Hart, Gavin Laird, Angus Maude.
29. 27/11/1980
Aired 27 November 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: John Alderson, Dianne Hayter, Roy Shaw, Teddy Taylor.
30. 04/12/1980
Aired 4 December 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Tessa Blackstone, Lynda Chalker, Joe Gormley, John Harvey-Jones.
31. 11/12/1980
Aired 11 December 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: David Howell, Peter Jay, Neil Kinnock, Gillian Peele.
32. 18/12/1980
Aired 18 December 1980 • 60 min
Panellists: Stanley Booth-Clibborn, Edward du Cann, Antonia Fraser, Shirley Williams.