Who is on BBC Question Time tonight? Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Ian Lavery MP, The Sun’s Rod Liddle, Ayesha Hazarika and Polly Mackenzie
QUESTION Time is on tonight as normal and as always there are some heavy hitters joining David Dimbleby on the show.
He has a few episodes before he hands over the chairman’s reins for good on 13 December. Here is who is on tonight's show.
Who's on Question Time tonight, what time is it on and where is it broadcasting from?
Tonight’s installment comes from Bishop Auckland, where a selected panels answer the top questions from the day and get the usual bout of bile from the Twitterati.
As normal the show kicks off at 10.45pm on BBC One and BBC Radio Five Live and runs for an hour.
The panel comprises of Conservative backbencher and leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, chair of the Labour Party and Corbyn supporter Ian Lavery MP, columnist for The Sun and The Times newspapers and associate editor of The Spectator Rod Liddle, comedian and former Labour advisor Ayesha Hazarika, and director of the think-tank Demos and former advisor to Nick Clegg Polly Mackenzie.
Who is Question Time host David Dimbleby?
Question Time is helmed by veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby, 79, and has been since 1994.
He joined the BBC as a news reporter in Bristol during the 60s and has appeared on news programmes since 1962.
David hosted the coverage of last year's General Election, despite having announced that the 2015 national vote would be his last.
Can I be in the Question Time audience?
Question Time is filmed in front of a live studio audience, but the audience isn’t just there to watch, applause, heckle and listen – they are put to work to come up with questions for the panel.
Those who wish to apply to be part of the audience can do so via the run by the BBC.
Hopefuls will be required to fill out a questionnaire to be considered as an audience member and will be contacted on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before the programme airs.
How long has Question Time been running?
Question Time has been airing on the BBC since the end of the 1970s – with the first episode broadcast on 29 September 1979.
The series was first presented by the late political broadcaster and commentator Sir Robin Day between 1979 and 1989, Peter Sisson between 1989 and 1993, and has been hosted by David Dimbleby since 1994.
The show has produced a number of related shows including Any Questions?, The Big Questions, and Question Time Extra.