Question Time British National Party controversy is the flagship BBC Television political panel show, which began in 1979. The weekly show, hosted by David Dimbleby since 1994, takes place at locations around the country. Questions from a local audience are directed to a panel of invited guests, usually consisting of British politicians, alongside other public figures. The topics for debate during the programme are loosely defined by "set-piece" questions from pre-selected audience members. For each topic, the question is answered by each panel member in turn, followed by supplementary questions on the topic, time permitting. The show is pre-recorded a few hours before being broadcast, and
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