Any Questions? is a topical debate radio programme in the United Kingdom. It is broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Friday evenings and repeated on Saturday afternoons, when it is followed by a phone-in response programme, Any Answers?. It typically features a panel with four members featuring politicians from the three major UK political parties and other public figures who answer questions put to them by the audience, with a neutral chairman. When the programme visits the other UK nations (and province) representaives from the nationalist parties participate. The panel members are not notified of the questions before the programme, although questions usually cover topical political questions. It inspired the television version, Question Time. Debate is a formalized system of (usually) logical argument. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... In broadcasting, a phone in is where viewers or listeners air comments on-air via telephone, often regarding a specific topic of discussion for that day. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Question Time is a topical debate television programme in the United Kingdom, based on Any Questions?. It is currently shown on BBC One at 22:35 on Thursdays, and typically features politicians from the three major political parties and other public figures who answer questions put to them by the...

Any Questions? was first broadcast on 12 October 1948 as programme on the Home Service in the West of England. It has been broadcast nationally since 1950. The programme has had four chairmen in its history: October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The BBC Home Service was the original name for Radio 4 and was on the air from 1939 until 30 September 1967. ... The West Country is a name for the West of England. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

• Freddie Grisewood from 1948 to December 1967,
• David Jacobs from December 1967 to July 1983,
• John Timpson from July 1983 to July 1987,
• Jonathan Dimbleby from July 1987; Nick Clarke has been his occasional substitute in recent years.

Many popular figures have appeared on the programme more than once: the record for appearances is held by Tony Benn, who first appeared as a panel member in March 1951 and has contributed to over 80 programmes. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Henry Jacobs (April 30, 1888 - June 6, 1976) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jonathan Dimbleby, born in 1944, is a commentator and presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tony Benn speaking in London, June 2004 The Right Honourable Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (born April 3, 1925), known as Tony Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British politician regarded as being on the left of the Labour Party. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

When the programme was first broadcast there was a rule that no questions could be asked on topics that had been discussed in the Houses of Parliament during the last two weeks. This rule created considerable consternation to the panelists on a programme during the Suez war. Over time the rule was relaxed and eventually dropped. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... HM Ships Eagle, Bulwark, and Albion of the British Royal Navy. ...