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36 episodes17/01/2008
David Dimbleby hosts an hour of topical debate. On the panel are Conservative MP Liam Fox , Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne, journalist Kevin Maguire, right-wing commentator MP Louise Bagshawe, and Labour MP Jacqui Smith.
24/01/2008
Panellists: Alex James, David Laws, Oliver Letwin, Geoffrey Robinson, Sarah Sands.
31/01/2008
Panellists: Kenneth Clarke, Bonnie Greer, Amanda Platell, John Sessions, Shaun Woodward.
07/02/2008
Panellists: Duncan Bannatyne, Andy Burnham, Shami Chakrabarti, Julia Goldsworthy, Chris Grayling.
14/02/2008
Panellists: Caroline Flint, Clive James, Stephen Lowe, Melanie Phillips, Sayeeda Warsi.
21/02/2008
Panellists: Vince Cable, Alan Duncan, Ruth Kelly, Fraser Nelson, Derek Simpson.
28/02/2008
Panellists: George Galloway, Annabel Goldie, Cathy Jamieson, Nicol Stephen, Nicola Sturgeon.
06/03/2008
Panellists: Marcus Brigstocke, David Davis, Nigel Farage, Ed Miliband, Shirley Williams.
13/03/2008
Panellists: John Denham, Nicola Horlick, Charles Kennedy, George Osborne, Alex Salmond.
03/04/2008
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Rod Liddle, Theresa May, Clare Short, Sarah Teather.
17/04/2008
Panellists: Harriet Harman, Simon Heffer, Tony Parsons, Caroline Spelman, Lembit Öpik.
24/04/2008
Panellists: Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, Brian Paddick.
01/05/2008
Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Des Browne, William Hague, Richard Littlejohn, Polly Toynbee.
08/05/2008
Panellists: Menzies Campbell, Michael Heseltine, Rachel Johnson, Piers Morgan, James Purnell.
15/05/2008
Panellists: Lauren Booth, Alan Duncan, Alan Johnson, Helen Mary Jones, Simon Woodroffe.
22/05/2008
Panellists: Hazel Blears, Tony Hall, Simon Hughes, Francis Maude, Cristina Odone.
29/05/2008
Panellists: Geoff Hoon, Ruth Lea, Caroline Lucas, Eric Pickles, Dan Snow.
05/06/2008
Panellists: Vince Cable, Shami Chakrabarti, Peter Hitchens, Douglas Hurd, David Miliband.
12/06/2008
Panellists: Michael Gove, Tony McNulty, George Pascoe-Watson, June Sarpong, Shirley Williams.
19/06/2008
Panellists: Hilary Benn, David Davis, Nigel Farage, Jerry Springer, Jo Swinson.
26/06/2008
Panellists: Yvette Cooper, Chris Huhne, Ann Leslie, Pauline Neville-Jones, Grayson Perry.
03/07/2008
Panellists: David Cairns, Andrew Lansley, David Mitchell, Emma Nicholson, Nicola Sturgeon.
10/07/2008
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Iain Duncan Smith, Julia Goldsworthy, Michael Heaver, Saira Khan.
18/09/2008
Panellists: Alan Duncan, Lynne Featherstone, Harriet Harman, Ian Hislop, Simon Wolfson.
25/09/2008
Panellists: Hazel Blears, Vince Cable, Theresa May, Fraser Nelson, Derek Simpson.
02/10/2008
Panellists: Michael Heseltine, Charles Kennedy, Richard Lambert, Jacqui Smith, Janet Street-Porter.
09/10/2008
Panellists: Ken Clarke, John Denham, Chris Huhne, Ruth Lea, Michael Nazir-Ali.
16/10/2008
Panellists: James Caan, Julia Goldsworthy, Dominic Grieve, Geoff Hoon, Clare Short.
23/10/2008
Panellists: Lionel Barber, Roy Hattersley, Alex Salmond, Jo Swinson, Sayeeda Warsi.
30/10/2008
Panellists: Elizabeth Edwards, Cheri Jacobus, Christopher Nixon Cox, Clarence Page, Simon Schama.
06/11/2008
Panellists: Brian Eno, Nigel Farage, Bonnie Greer, Pauline Neville-Jones, Jack Straw.
13/11/2008
Panellists: Margaret Beckett, Simon Heffer, Jeremy Hunt, Brian Moore, Shirley Williams.
20/11/2008
Panellists: Philip Hammond, Jim Murphy, Melanie Phillips, Tavish Scott, Nicola Sturgeon.
27/11/2008
Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Justin King, Julia Neuberger, George Osborne, Adam Price.
04/12/2008
Panellists: Mark Durkan, Arlene Foster, Alan Johnson, Andrew Lansley, Ken Maginnis, Conor Murphy.
11/12/2008
Panellists: Nadine Dorries, Jim Knight, Esther Rantzen, Will Self, Lembit Öpik.