Question Time: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Question Time Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
15/01/1980
Jan 15, 1980 · 60 min
Panelists: Tony Benn, Germaine Greer, John Hackett, Norman St. John Stevas
22/01/1980
Jan 22, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Tessa Jowell, William Rees-Mogg, William Waldegrave, Barbara Wootton
29/01/1980
Jan 29, 1980 · 60 min
Panelists: Noel Annan, Kenneth Baker, Denis Healey, Sara Morrison
05/02/1980
Feb 5, 1980 · 60 min
Panelists: Edward du Cann, Monty Finniston, Suzanne Lowry, Oonagh McDonald
12/02/1980
Feb 12, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Alun Chalfont, Nigel Lawson, Merlyn Rees, Marina Warner.
21/02/1980
Feb 21, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: David Basnett, Barbara Castle, Detta O'Cathain, Peter Tapsell.
28/02/1980
Feb 28, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Anna Coote, Janet Fookes, Gerald Kaufman, Cyril Smith.
06/03/1980
Mar 6, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Eric Heffer, Mary Kenny, David Marquand, Geoffrey Rippon.
13/03/1980
Mar 13, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Rhodes Boyson, Austin Mitchell, Alfred Robens, Clare Short.
20/03/1980
Mar 20, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: John Gale, Jill Knight, Michael Meacher, Donald Stokes.
27/03/1980
Mar 27, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Joel Barnett, John Biffen, Alan Fisher, Sarah Hogg.
03/04/1980
Apr 3, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Bonnie Angelo, Julian Critchley, Lena Jeger, Trevor Phillips.
10/04/1980
Apr 10, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Elizabeth Hoodless, R.V. Jones, Sheila Roberts, John Silkin.
17/04/1980
Apr 17, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Jock Bruce-Gardyne, Ray Buckton, Margaret Maden, John Methven.
24/04/1980
Apr 24, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Liliana Archibald, Prof Tessa Blackstone, Nicholas Fairbairn, Dickson Mabon.
01/05/1980
May 1, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Joe Ashton, John Biggs-Davison, Emma Nicholson, Ivor Richard.
08/05/1980
May 8, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Alan Beith, John Grugeon, Stanley Orme, Claire Palley.
15/05/1980
May 15, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Hugh Clegg, Reg Prentice, Jo Richardson, Angela Rumbold.
22/05/1980
May 22, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Leon Brittan, Paul Foot, Walter Goldsmith, Shirley Williams.
29/05/1980
May 29, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Patricia Hewitt, Robert Mellish, Timothy Raison, David Sheppard.
05/06/1980
Jun 5, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Patrick Devlin, Patricia Hollis, Harold Lever, Janet Young.
12/06/1980
Jun 12, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Ann Clwyd, James Goldsmith, Sally Oppenheim, Bill Sirs.
16/10/1980
Oct 16, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: David Basnett, Patricia Hewitt, Daphne Park, James Prior.
23/10/1980
Oct 23, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Roy Hattersley, Una Kroll, Nigel Lawson, Arnold Weinstock.
30/10/1980
Oct 30, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Denis Healey, Mary Kaldor, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Peter Thorneycroft.
13/11/1980
Nov 13, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Liliana Brisby, Eric Heffer, Ann Leslie, Norman St. John Stevas.
20/11/1980
Nov 20, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Michael Carver, Judith Hart, Gavin Laird, Angus Maude.
27/11/1980
Nov 27, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: John Alderson, Dianne Hayter, Roy Shaw, Teddy Taylor.
04/12/1980
Dec 4, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Tessa Blackstone, Lynda Chalker, Joe Gormley, John Harvey-Jones.
11/12/1980
Dec 11, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: David Howell, Peter Jay, Neil Kinnock, Gillian Peele.
18/12/1980
Dec 18, 1980 · 60 min
Panellists: Stanley Booth-Clibborn, Edward du Cann, Antonia Fraser, Shirley Williams.