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 (36)
1. 17/01/2008
Aired 17 January 2008 • 60 min
David Dimbleby hosts an hour of topical debate. On the panel are Conservative MP Liam Fox , Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne, journalist Kevin Maguire, right-wing commentator MP Louise Bagshawe, and Labour MP Jacqui Smith.
2. 24/01/2008
Aired 24 January 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Alex James, David Laws, Oliver Letwin, Geoffrey Robinson, Sarah Sands.
3. 31/01/2008
Aired 31 January 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Kenneth Clarke, Bonnie Greer, Amanda Platell, John Sessions, Shaun Woodward.
4. 07/02/2008
Aired 7 February 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Duncan Bannatyne, Andy Burnham, Shami Chakrabarti, Julia Goldsworthy, Chris Grayling.
5. 14/02/2008
Aired 14 February 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Caroline Flint, Clive James, Stephen Lowe, Melanie Phillips, Sayeeda Warsi.
6. 21/02/2008
Aired 21 February 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Vince Cable, Alan Duncan, Ruth Kelly, Fraser Nelson, Derek Simpson.
7. 28/02/2008
Aired 28 February 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: George Galloway, Annabel Goldie, Cathy Jamieson, Nicol Stephen, Nicola Sturgeon.
8. 06/03/2008
Aired 6 March 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Marcus Brigstocke, David Davis, Nigel Farage, Ed Miliband, Shirley Williams.
9. 13/03/2008
Aired 13 March 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: John Denham, Nicola Horlick, Charles Kennedy, George Osborne, Alex Salmond.
10. 03/04/2008
Aired 3 April 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Rod Liddle, Theresa May, Clare Short, Sarah Teather.
11. 17/04/2008
Aired 17 April 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Harriet Harman, Simon Heffer, Tony Parsons, Caroline Spelman, Lembit Öpik.
12. 24/04/2008
Aired 24 April 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, Brian Paddick.
13. 01/05/2008
Aired 1 May 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Des Browne, William Hague, Richard Littlejohn, Polly Toynbee.
14. 08/05/2008
Aired 8 May 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Menzies Campbell, Michael Heseltine, Rachel Johnson, Piers Morgan, James Purnell.
15. 15/05/2008
Aired 15 May 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Lauren Booth, Alan Duncan, Alan Johnson, Helen Mary Jones, Simon Woodroffe.
16. 22/05/2008
Aired 22 May 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Hazel Blears, Tony Hall, Simon Hughes, Francis Maude, Cristina Odone.
17. 29/05/2008
Aired 29 May 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Geoff Hoon, Ruth Lea, Caroline Lucas, Eric Pickles, Dan Snow.
18. 05/06/2008
Aired 5 June 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Vince Cable, Shami Chakrabarti, Peter Hitchens, Douglas Hurd, David Miliband.
19. 12/06/2008
Aired 12 June 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Michael Gove, Tony McNulty, George Pascoe-Watson, June Sarpong, Shirley Williams.
20. 19/06/2008
Aired 19 June 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Hilary Benn, David Davis, Nigel Farage, Jerry Springer, Jo Swinson.
21. 26/06/2008
Aired 26 June 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Yvette Cooper, Chris Huhne, Ann Leslie, Pauline Neville-Jones, Grayson Perry.
22. 03/07/2008
Aired 3 July 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: David Cairns, Andrew Lansley, David Mitchell, Emma Nicholson, Nicola Sturgeon.
23. 10/07/2008
Aired 10 July 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Iain Duncan Smith, Julia Goldsworthy, Michael Heaver, Saira Khan.
24. 18/09/2008
Aired 18 September 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Alan Duncan, Lynne Featherstone, Harriet Harman, Ian Hislop, Simon Wolfson.
25. 25/09/2008
Aired 25 September 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Hazel Blears, Vince Cable, Theresa May, Fraser Nelson, Derek Simpson.
26. 02/10/2008
Aired 2 October 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Michael Heseltine, Charles Kennedy, Richard Lambert, Jacqui Smith, Janet Street-Porter.
27. 09/10/2008
Aired 9 October 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Ken Clarke, John Denham, Chris Huhne, Ruth Lea, Michael Nazir-Ali.
28. 16/10/2008
Aired 16 October 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: James Caan, Julia Goldsworthy, Dominic Grieve, Geoff Hoon, Clare Short.
29. 23/10/2008
Aired 23 October 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Lionel Barber, Roy Hattersley, Alex Salmond, Jo Swinson, Sayeeda Warsi.
30. 30/10/2008
Aired 30 October 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Elizabeth Edwards, Cheri Jacobus, Christopher Nixon Cox, Clarence Page, Simon Schama.
31. 06/11/2008
Aired 6 November 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Brian Eno, Nigel Farage, Bonnie Greer, Pauline Neville-Jones, Jack Straw.
32. 13/11/2008
Aired 13 November 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Margaret Beckett, Simon Heffer, Jeremy Hunt, Brian Moore, Shirley Williams.
33. 20/11/2008
Aired 20 November 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Philip Hammond, Jim Murphy, Melanie Phillips, Tavish Scott, Nicola Sturgeon.
34. 27/11/2008
Aired 27 November 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Justin King, Julia Neuberger, George Osborne, Adam Price.
35. 04/12/2008
Aired 4 December 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Mark Durkan, Arlene Foster, Alan Johnson, Andrew Lansley, Ken Maginnis, Conor Murphy.
36. 11/12/2008
Aired 11 December 2008 • 60 min
Panellists: Nadine Dorries, Jim Knight, Esther Rantzen, Will Self, Lembit Öpik.