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Question Time British National Party controversy second party in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Griffin had already appeared on other BBC shows, including "The Andrew Marr Show" on BBC One and "The World at One" on BBC Radio 4. No BNP representative had ever appeared on "Question Time" before, but following the European election performance, this stance was reviewed. The possibility of an appearance on "Question Time" by Nick Griffin was publicly announced by the BBC in early September. That month, James Macintyre of the "New Statesman" who was a former "Question Time" producer, said that Mentorn, the independent production company responsible for "Question