Question Time (TV programme) of Dimbleby's ability to defeat the panel. It became clear during the riot special that David Dimbleby knows of the existence of Dimblebot and the associated Dimbledance. The @bbcquestiontime account now has 408,000 followers. When chaired by Sir Robin Day, "Question Time" was almost always made in London, at the Greenwood Theatre of Guy's Hospital Medical School. After his departure, the BBC decided to try to widen the programme's appeal by moving it around the country. Currently, the programme is presented from a different location each week, usually in the UK, with a local studio audience each time. The make-up
Question Time British National Party controversy Time", had been proposing an appearance by Griffin over the previous two years. "The Independent" gave credit to the BBC for resisting "the naïve showbiz instincts" of executives at Mentorn, who may have wanted "what Peter Hain calls a 'beanfest' for reasons well removed from the BBC's charter obligations." On 21 October, the day before the broadcast, the BBC Director-General, Mark Thompson, wrote an article for "The Guardian" entitled 'Keeping Nick Griffin off air is a job for parliament, not the BBC'. He said that those arguing for the BNP to be excluded from the programme were making the case