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
A Question of Sport from Series 1–25) were wiped from the BBC archives. The episodes that survived in the archives are: The "A Question of Sport" format has been applied to various other areas of knowledge. The following spin-off series were all made by the BBC: Roslin also hosted a one-off special, "A Question of EastEnders", in 2000. Another one-off special, "A Question of Comedy" was to have been aired on 16 March 2007 as a part of Comic Relief 2007, but after a scandal involving contestant Jade Goody it was replaced with a special edition of "Top Gear". "A Question of Spit" was