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The Best Episodes of Question Time Season 40

Every episode of Question Time Season 40 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Question Time Season 40!

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...
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Season 40 Ratings Summary

"11/01/2018" is the best rated episode of "Question Time" season 40. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/11/2018. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "18/01/2018".

  • 11/01/2018
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    #1 - 11/01/2018

    Season 40 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Islington in north London. On the panel are the Conservative housing minister Dominic Raab MP, Labour's shadow secretary for women and equalities Dawn Butler MP, the businesswoman Gina Miller, comedian Nish Kumar and broadcaster Piers Morgan.

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  • 18/01/2018
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    #2 - 18/01/2018

    Season 40 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Hereford. On the panel, the Conservative culture minister, Margot James MP, the mayor of Greater Manchester and former Labour MP, Andy Burnham, chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Howard Davies, arts advisor and former deputy mayor of London for culture, Munira Mirza, and the Oscar-winning screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black.

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  • 25/01/2018
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    #3 - 25/01/2018

    Season 40 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Dumfries, with a panel featuring Conservative peer and former secretary of state for Scotland Michael Forsyth, the Labour MP, and close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, Chris Williamson, the SNP's minister for culture Fiona Hyslop MSP, co-convenor of the Scottish Greens Maggie Chapman and Daily Mail journalist and commentator Peter Oborne.

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  • 01/02/2018
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    Season 40 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Grantham, with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are Conservative MP and former education secretary Justine Greening, Labour MP John Mann, who voted for Brexit and once described Jeremy Corbyn as 'not remotely up to the job' of leading the Labour Party into power, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson MP, head of the New Economics Forum and former advisor to Ed Miliband Miatta Fahnbulleh, and the Daily Telegraph writer and columnist Tim Stanley.

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  • 08/02/2018
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    Season 40 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Darlington. On the panel are Conservative energy minister Claire Perry MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, businessman and co-chair of the pressure group Leave Means Leave Richard Tice, political columnist for the Times Rachel Sylvester, and broadcaster and author Terry Christian.

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  • 15/02/2018
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    Season 40 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Yeovil. On the panel are the Conservatve's Theresa Villiers MP, former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour's David Lammy MP, author of the Lammy Review into the treatment and outcomes of BAME offenders in the justice system, Richard Walker, managing director, Iceland Foods, Faiza Shaheen, director of CLASS (Centre for Labour and Social Studies) and Camilla Cavendish, former head of policy for David Cameron.

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  • 22/02/2018
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    #7 - 22/02/2018

    Season 40 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs an hour of topical debate from JCB's world headquarters near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire. On the panel: Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis, Labour peer and former deputy prime minister John Prescott, the chief executive of Siemens UK, Juergen Maier, the political editor of the Sunday Express, Camilla Tominey and left-wing writer and activist Ash Sarkar, a senior editor for the news and comment site Novara Media.

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  • 01/03/2018
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    #8 - 01/03/2018

    Season 40 Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Blackpool. Panellists include Ken Clarke MP, former chancellor of the exchequer and minister under three successive Conservative prime ministers and currently the father of the House of Commons, Owen Smith MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland who challenged Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party, Nigel Farage MEP, former leader of UKIP, Michelle Dewberry, businesswoman and former winner of the BBC's The Apprentice, and Radzi Chanyanganya, presenter of Blue Peter, the Olympics and Cannonball.

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  • 08/03/2018
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    #9 - 08/03/2018

    Season 40 Episode 9 - Aired 3/8/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs debate from Westminster. On the panel are secretary of state for international trade Liam Fox, shadow minister for labour Laura Pidcock, restaurateur, writer and Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, Roma Agrawal, structural engineer who worked on the Shard and diversity campaigner for women in engineering, and spoken word artist and social campaigner George the Poet.

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  • 15/03/2018
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    #10 - 15/03/2018

    Season 40 Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs topical debate from Dover. Panellists include secretary of state for transport Chris Grayling, shadow secretary of state for Brexit Keir Starmer, Irish MEP and vice president of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness, presenter at RT Afshin Rattansi and hollywood actor and SNP supporter Brian Cox.

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  • 22/03/2018
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    #11 - 22/03/2018

    Season 40 Episode 11 - Aired 3/22/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Leeds. On the panel are James Cleverly, deputy chair of the Conservative Party who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU, shadow attorney general and member of the House of Lords, Shami Chakrabarti, the SNP shadow spokesman for defence, Stewart McDonald, journalist and transgender activist, Paris Lees and the Mail on Sunday columnist, Peter Hitchens.

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  • 12/04/2018
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    #12 - 12/04/2018

    Season 40 Episode 12 - Aired 4/12/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel are minister of state for transport and minister for London, former head of David Cameron's policy unit and Conservative MP for Orpington Jo Johnson, Labour MP and shadow secretary of state for international trade Barry Gardiner, investment fund manager and author Nicola Horlick, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland and Kate Andrews from the Institute of Economic Affairs.

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  • 19/04/2018
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    #13 - 19/04/2018

    Season 40 Episode 13 - Aired 4/19/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Chesterfield. On the panel are chief secretary to the treasury and former justice secretary Liz Truss MP, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry MP, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable MP, Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik and LBC presenter Iain Dale.

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  • 26/04/2018
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    #14 - 26/04/2018

    Season 40 Episode 14 - Aired 4/26/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bury St Edmunds. Panellists include Matt Hancock MP, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Conservative, Diane Abbott MP, shadow home secretary, Labour, Caroline Lucas MP, co-leader of Green Party, Jen Robinson, human rights lawyer representing Julian Assange, and Simon Evans, comedian and BBC Radio 4 presenter.

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  • 03/05/2018
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    #15 - 03/05/2018

    Season 40 Episode 15 - Aired 5/3/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from St Albans. On the panel are the minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington MP, shadow business minister and Labour MP Chi Onwurah, comedian and broadcaster Matt Forde, political editor of the Sunday Express Camilla Tominey and personal finance guru, broadcaster and founder of "MoneySavingExpert" Martin Lewis.

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  • 10/05/2018
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    #16 - 10/05/2018

    Season 40 Episode 16 - Aired 5/10/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Kettering. Panellists include work and pensions secretary and former TV presenter Esther McVey, Labour MP and pro-EU campaigner Chuka Umunna, CEO of electric car racing championship Formula E and a former MEP for the Spanish conservative party Alejandro Agag, campaign manager at the Tax Payers' Alliance and a member of the Vote Leave campaign Chloe Westley, and BAFTA and MOBO-winning rapper and writer Akala.

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  • 17/05/2018
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    Season 40 Episode 17 - Aired 5/17/2018

    David Dimbleby presents topical debate from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. On the panel are housing minister Dominic Raab, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Aditya Chakrabortty of The Guardian, and Camilla Cavendish, former head of policy for David Cameron.

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  • 24/05/2018
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    Season 40 Episode 18 - Aired 5/24/2018

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Worthing. On the panel - Conservative MP, former business minister and campaigner for a referendum on the Brexit deal, Anna Soubry MP; shadow minister at the Treasury and former MEP, Anneliese Dodds MP; Daily Mail and Sunday Times columnist and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph, Dominic Lawson; professor of American literature, Sarah Churchwell; and the novelist and author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver.

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  • 31/05/2018
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    #19 - 31/05/2018

    Season 40 Episode 19 - Aired 5/31/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs an hour of topical debate from Perth. On the panel are the parliamentary private secretary to Philip Hammond and Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, former Europe minister and Labour MP Caroline Flint, Scottish National Party MSP Kate Forbes, the author of Poverty Safari - which is nominated for the Orwell Prize 2018 - Darren 'Loki' McGarvey, and the founder and chairman of Stagecoach Brian Souter.

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  • 07/06/2018
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    #20 - 07/06/2018

    Season 40 Episode 20 - Aired 6/7/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Reading. On the panel are secretary of state for education Damian Hinds MP, shadow attorney general Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, entrepreneur and co-founder of Innocent Drinks Richard Reed, Daily Mirror's deputy editor-in-chief Alison Phillips and television presenter and author Richard Madeley.

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  • 14/06/2018
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    #21 - 14/06/2018

    Season 40 Episode 21 - Aired 6/14/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Caernarfon with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience.

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  • 21/06/2018
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    #22 - 21/06/2018

    Season 40 Episode 22 - Aired 6/21/2018

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel are Theresa May's former deputy Damian Green MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin, journalist and author Afua Hirsch and Spiked columnist Ella Whelan.

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    #23 - 28/06/2018

    Season 40 Episode 23 - Aired 6/28/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Exeter with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are minister for Brexit Suella Braverman, shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis, who left the shadow cabinet to vote against Brexit, former adviser to William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith and CEO of sportswear firm Head Johan Eliasch, deputy editor of the New Statesman Helen Lewis and journalist, broadcaster and regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women Janet Street-Porter.

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  • 05/07/2018
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    #24 - 05/07/2018

    Season 40 Episode 24 - Aired 7/5/2018

    David Dimbleby chairs the debate from King's Lynn with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are former secretary of state for international development Priti Patel MP, Lisa Nandy MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster Ian Blackford MP, CEO of Mansfield Town Football Club Carolyn Radford and columnist for The Times and Spectator Matthew Paris.

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  • 12/07/2018
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    #25 - 12/07/2018

    Season 40 Episode 25 - Aired 7/12/2018

    David Dimbleby presents an hour of topical debate from Dartford in Kent. On the panel are minister of state for energy and clean growth Claire Perry MP, who attends Cabinet and was at the Chequers meeting on Friday 6 July; Labour's shadow secretary of state for international trade Barry Gardiner MP; Gina Miller, fund manager and campaigner who took the government to the Supreme Court over Brexit; Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, now a columnist for both; and the broadcaster, journalist and friend of Donald Trump, Piers Morgan.

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