Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: Season 8
Season 8 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 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Season 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Interview with Nigel Farage
Sep 6, 2026 · 59 min
Laura talks to Reform leader Nigel Farage, business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds and shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith. On the panel are Jeremy Vine, political scientist
Reform's mega donations, and why AI staff are 'frightened'
Sep 13, 2026 · 59 min
Laura talks to housing and communities secretary Angela Rayner MP, shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat MP, Wales’ first minister Rhun Ap Iorwerth and Jacob Coxon, former AI rese
Earl Spencer, Sting and taxing the wealthy
Sep 20, 2026 · 59 min
Laura Kuenssberg talks to Bridget Phillipson MP, equalities minister, Sir Ed Davey MP, Liberal Democrat leader, and musician and songwriter Sting. On the panel are Gyles Brandreth,
Interview with the Prime Minister
Sep 27, 2026 · 59 min
Laura Kuenssberg interviews Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. She also interviews Chris Philp, the Shadow Home Secretary and BBC Directo
Kemi Badenoch, Prison Releases and MP Safety
Oct 4, 2026 · 59 min
Laura Kuenssberg's guests are Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party, Alex Norris, the justice secretary, Katie Amess, daughter of former MP Sir David Amess who was murder
Ukraine, defence spending and Richard E Grant
Oct 11, 2026 · 59 min
Victoria Derbyshire talks to defence secretary Wes Streeting, shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith, SNP leader John Swinney and the actors Richard E Grant and Christine Baranski.
Zack Polanski, and NHS Corridor Care
Oct 18, 2026 · 60 min
Guests include Yvette Cooper, the health secretary, Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party in England & Wales, and Helen Whately, shadow work and pensions secretary.
What to expect from the Budget, and EU/UK relations
Oct 25, 2026 · 59 min
Laura talks to housing secretary Angela Rayner, Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper and Reform treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick.
The Chancellor and the Conservative Leader
Nov 1, 2026 · 59 min
Guests include John Healey, the chancellor of the exchequer, and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. On the panel are Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Andy Haldane and Nicola Sturgeon.