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
Question Time (TV programme) evenings. It is sometimes shown on BBC World News, depending on events in the news, and has been shown on the US channel C-SPAN. "Question Time" began on Tuesday 25 September 1979, as a television version of the BBC Radio 4 programme "Any Questions?". Originally intended to have only a short run, the programme became very popular and was duly extended. The guests on the very first show were Irish novelist Edna O'Brien, Derek Worlock; the Archbishop of Liverpool and politicians Teddy Taylor and Michael Foot. From 21 February 1980, the series moved to its current Thursday-night slot and became