This Week: 2015-2016
Season 14 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 This Week Season 13.
- 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 14 Progress Shield
24/09/2015
Sep 24, 2015
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Alan Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg. Miranda Green presents a round-up of the political week. Plus guests Pauline Black and Jimmy Osmond.
01/10/2015
Oct 1, 2015
Andrew Neil is joined by Alan Johnson, Michael Portillo and Nigel Farage, who explains why he thinks the debate on Britain's exit from the EU is heading in his direction.
08/10/2015
Oct 8, 2015
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Caroline Flint and Michael Portillo. They are joined by Tim Marshall, Isabel Hardman and Prof Alice Roberts.
15/10/2015
Oct 15, 2015
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Alan Johnson and Michael Portillo. They are joined by Bea Campbell and Miranda Green. Mick Hucknall talks about the politics of music.
22/10/2015
Oct 22, 2015
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Liz Kendall. Sir David Tang discusses China, while Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode look at politics and films.
29/10/2015
Oct 29, 2015
Andrew Neil, Margaret Hodge and Michael Portillo review the political week, and they are later joined by Alex Salmond. Julia Hartley-Brewer gives her view on tax credits.
05/11/2015
Nov 5, 2015
Andrew Neil rounds up the political week with Alan Johnson and Michael Portillo. They are joined by Miranda Green, Shami Chakrabarti, Jane Moore and Maureen Lipman.
19/11/2015
Nov 19, 2015
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Liz Kendall. Colonel Richard Kemp discusses IS and Adil Ray looks at the representation of Islam in the media.
26/11/2015
Nov 26, 2015
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with David Lammy, Michael Portillo and also Stephanie Flanders. With contributions from Kate Hudson, Kamal Ahmed and Amy Jackson.
By-Election Special
Dec 3, 2015
A special episode of the political review, with the Oldham West and Royton by-election. Andrew Neil rounds up the political week with Alan Johnson and Michael Portillo.
10/12/2015
Dec 10, 2015
Andrew Neil rounds up the political week with Michael Portillo and Jess Phillips. SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh gives her take on Donald Trump.
17/12/2015
Dec 17, 2015
Andrew Neil rounds up the political year in a festive special with Michael Portillo, Diane Abbott, Miranda Green and John Nicolson. They look back at a busy year in politics, from
07/01/2016
Jan 7, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson for the first programme of 2016 on the red sofas.
14/01/2016
Jan 14, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Labour MP Jess Phillips. Singer Nicola Roberts talks about mental health in the Spotlight.
21/01/2016
Jan 21, 2016
Liz Kendall joins Michael Portillo on the sofas to review the week's political news with Andrew Neil, and US film director Adam McKay talks about his new film The Big Short.
28/01/2016
Jan 28, 2016
Caroline Flint joins Michael Portillo and Andrew Neil. Writer and commentator Douglas Murray gives his take on the future of the EU and the migration crisis.
04/02/2016
Feb 4, 2016
Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson review the week's political stories. Soweto Kinch gives his take on the lack of access to top universities for black students.
25/02/2016
Feb 25, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and David Lammy. They are joined by Suzanne Evans and Miranda Green to chew over the political week.
03/03/2016
Mar 3, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Esther McVey and Alan Johnson, and they are joined by columnist Owen Jones to look at migration.
10/03/2016
Mar 10, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Jess Phillips. They are joined by PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka, who has rejoined Labour after 25 years
17/03/2016
Mar 17, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews Budget week with Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson on the big red sofa. They are joined by the SNP's Hannah Bardell.
24/03/2016
Mar 24, 2016
Andrew Neil is joined by Michael Portillo and Chuka Umunna to review the political week, and by Quilliam Foundation activist Maajid Nawaz on the fall-out from the Brussels attacks.
14/04/2016
Apr 14, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the week with Michael Portillo and Liz Kendall. Former newspaper editor Neil Wallis discusses press regulation and the revelations about John Whittingdale.
21/04/2016
Apr 21, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Ken Livingstone on the sofa, with Nigel Farage and Natalie Bennett joining them to look at upcoming elections.
28/04/2016
Apr 28, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson. Shelagh Fogarty looks at the Hillsborough verdict and whether institutions involved have changed.
12/05/2016
May 12, 2016
Andrew Neil is joined by Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson. Plus One Foot in the Grave's Richard Wilson looks at the government's White Paper on the future of the BBC.
19/05/2016
May 19, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Liz Kendall. They talk about conspiracies with David Icke. John Bird explains how governments fail the poor.
26/05/2016
May 26, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Nick Clegg, Michael Portillo and Jess Phillips on the big red sofas. Plus guests Francis Boulle, Helen Lewis and Brian Blessed.
09/06/2016
Jun 9, 2016
Andrew Neil looks at the UK's international relations with TV's Jerry Springer and documentary film-maker Michael Moore. With Michael Portillo, Liz Kendall and Suzanne Evans.
30/06/2016
Jun 30, 2016
Andrew Neil looks at quite a week in UK and European politics with Michael Portillo, Alan Johnson, radio broadcaster Iain Dale and historian David Starkey.
07/07/2016
Jul 7, 2016
Andrew Neil looks the political week with Michael Portillo and David Lammy on the big red sofas. With Douglas Murray, Isabel Hardman and Omid Djalili.
14/07/2016
Jul 14, 2016
Andrew Neil reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson. Author and poet Michael Rosen will look at the future of the Labour Party.
21/07/2016
Jul 21, 2016
Eddie Mair reviews the political week with Michael Portillo and Liz Kendall on the big red sofas. Andrew Neil reports on the US election. With musician Jean-Michel Jarre.