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
Playing for Time (game show) Playing for Time (game show) Playing for Time is a BBC Television daytime quiz programme that aired on BBC One from 13 November 2000 to 23 July 2001. The programme is hosted by Eamonn Holmes. The game is played in a best two-out-of-three rounds format. In each round, both players are allotted 60 seconds on separate clocks; when one player runs out of time, the other player wins the round and banks the time left on their clock. The host asks a three-choice question, and both players' clocks start simultaneously. Each player's clock stops as soon as they press a