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 (37)
1. 15/01/2009
Aired 15 January 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Chris Grayling, Stephen Pollard, Jenny Tonge, Willie Walsh, Shaun Woodward.
2. 22/01/2009
Aired 22 January 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Janet Daley, Caroline Flint, Liam Fox, David Laws, Christopher Meyer.
3. 29/01/2009
Aired 29 January 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Charlie Falconer, Michael Gove, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Nicola Sturgeon, Jo Swinson.
4. 05/02/2009
Aired 5 February 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Shami Chakrabarti, Nigel Farage, Geoff Hoon, Theresa May, Will Young.
5. 12/02/2009
Aired 12 February 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Liam Byrne, Monty Don, Justine Greening, Kelvin Mackenzie, Salma Yaqoob.
6. 19/02/2009
Aired 19 February 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Tim Campbell, Michael Heseltine, Tony McNulty, Piers Morgan, Sarah Teather.
7. 26/02/2009
Aired 26 February 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Cheryl Gillan, Peter Hain, Elfyn Llwyd, George Pascoe-Watson, Kirsty Williams.
8. 05/03/2009
Aired 5 March 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Germaine Greer, Andrew Mitchell, Shirley Williams, Toby Young.
9. 12/03/2009
Aired 12 March 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Alan Johnson, Susan Kramer, David Mitchell, Charles Moore, Sayeeda Warsi.
10. 19/03/2009
Aired 19 March 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Fern Britton, Vince Cable, Kenneth Clarke, Tessa Jowell, Douglas Murray.
11. 26/03/2009
Aired 26 March 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Charles Clarke, Ed Davey, Caroline Lucas, Eric Pickles, Michael Winner.
12. 23/04/2009
Aired 23 April 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Vince Cable, John Denham, Claire Fox, Philip Hammond, David Starkey.
13. 30/04/2009
Aired 30 April 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Norman Baker, Hilary Benn, Andrew Lansley, Frank Skinner, Leanne Wood.
14. 07/05/2009
Aired 7 May 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Bruce Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Iain Gray, David Steel, Nicola Sturgeon.
15. 14/05/2009
Aired 14 May 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Margaret Beckett, Benedict Brogan, Menzies Campbell, Steve Easterbrook, Theresa May.
16. 21/05/2009
Aired 21 May 2009 • 60 min
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.
17. 28/05/2009
Aired 28 May 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Nigel Farage, Caroline Flint, Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, Daniel Hannan, Caroline Lucas, Jo Swinson.
18. 04/06/2009
Aired 4 June 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Liam Fox, Max Hastings, Fiona Phillips, Janet Royall.
19. 11/06/2009
Aired 11 June 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Peter Hain, Chris Huhne, Ruth Lea, Derek Simpson, Caroline Spelman.
20. 18/06/2009
Aired 18 June 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Kenneth Clarke, Ed Davey, Charlie Falconer, Esther Rantzen, Polly Toynbee.
21. 25/06/2009
Aired 25 June 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Julia Goldsworthy, Jim Knight, Kelvin Mackenzie, Pauline Neville-Jones, Leanne Wood.
22. 02/07/2009
Aired 2 July 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Jarvis Cocker, Iain Duncan Smith, Harriet Harman, Peter Hitchens, David Laws.
23. 09/07/2009
Aired 9 July 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Suzanne Burlton, Andy Burnham, Shami Chakrabarti, Jeremy Hunt, Sarah Teather.
24. 16/07/2009
Aired 16 July 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Lionel Barber, Chris Bryant, Trisha Goddard, Margot James, Lembit Öpik.
25. 23/07/2009
Aired 23 July 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: George Galloway, Geoff Hoon, Clive James, Sayeeda Warsi, Shirley Williams.
26. 24/09/2009
Aired 24 September 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Harriet Harman, Michael Heseltine, Digby Jones, David Laws, Fraser Nelson.
27. 01/10/2009
Aired 1 October 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Ben Bradshaw, Charles Kennedy, Theresa May, Dambisa Moyo, David Starkey.
28. 08/10/2009
Aired 8 October 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Yvette Cooper, Ian Hislop, George Osborne, Stuart Rose, Sarah Teather.
29. 15/10/2009
Aired 15 October 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Norman Baker, Joan Bakewell, Nigel Farage, Damian Green, Alan Johnson.
30. 22/10/2009
Aired 22 October 2009 • 60 min
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.
31. 29/10/2009
Aired 29 October 2009 • 60 min
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.
32. 05/11/2009
Aired 5 November 2009 • 60 min
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.
33. 12/11/2009
Aired 12 November 2009 • 60 min
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.
34. 19/11/2009
Aired 19 November 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Menzies Campbell, Nick Ferrari, Chris Grayling, Clare Short, Phil Woolas.
35. 26/11/2009
Aired 26 November 2009 • 60 min
Question Time comes from Edinburgh, with guest panellists Lord Falconer, David Davis, Nicola Sturgeon, Melanie Phillips and Marcus Brigstocke. David Dimbleby chairs.
36. 03/12/2009
Aired 3 December 2009 • 60 min
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.
37. 10/12/2009
Aired 10 December 2009 • 60 min
Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Richard Dannatt, William Hague, Piers Morgan, Bill Rammell, Salma Yaqoob.