Question Time (TV programme) being taken off the air, and the death of an audience member who collapsed while recording. The programme continued to enjoy good ratings during this period, notably on the day of Margaret Thatcher's resignation on 22 November 1990, which featured two different panels over two editions. David Dimbleby was chosen to succeed Peter Sissons as the programme’s presenter in 1994, after the BBC decided to hold two pilot show auditions between Dimbleby and Jeremy Paxman with two different audiences and two different panels. For a brief period under Dimbleby’s chairmanship in the mid-1990s there were a number of variations to
BBC Radio Scotland 4's "Today" programme, but from a Scottish perspective. It also features the daily religious slot "Thought for the Day", again similar to that broadcast on Radio 4's "Today" programme. The other daily news and current affairs strands are the "Morning Call" phone-in with Kaye Adams and Louise White (0900-1200), "John Beattie" (1200–1330) and "Newsdrive" (1600–1830). BBC Radio Scotland also air live First Minister's Questions from the Scottish Parliament (Thu, 1200-1230 (MW)) and "Brian Taylor's Big Debate" hosted by BBC Scotland's political editor and is in a similar format to "Question Time" (Fri, 1215–1300). Weekend current affairs programming includes weekend editions