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Sunday 3 November 2024

  • Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch
  • On the panel was businessman Theo Paphitis, UCU General Secretary Jo Grady and More in Common director Luke Tryl

Sunday 27 October 2024

  • Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
  • Shadow science secretary Andrew Griffith
  • Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci
  • On the panel was former cabinet minister and diplomat Valerie Amos, former Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane and businessman Rocco Forte

Sunday 20 October 2024

  • Health Secretary Wes Streeting
  • Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin
  • Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake
  • On the panel was Faculty CEO Marc Warner, Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti and doctor and TV presenter Xand Van Teulken

Sunday 13 October 2024

  • First Minister of Scotland John Swinney
  • Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick
  • Lloyds Banking Group CEO Charlie Nunn
  • On the panel was actor Brian Cox, Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper and businessman John Caudwell

Sunday 6 October 2024

  • Israel's ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely
  • Former vice president of Iran Masoumeh Ebtekar
  • Science secretary Peter Kyle
  • Shadow Foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell
  • On the panel was Economist editor Zanny Minton-Beddoes, Independent MP Zarah Sultana and former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind

Sunday 29 September 2024

  • Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
  • Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden
  • Rosie Duffield, MP who resigned the Labour whip
  • On the panel was former Defence secretary Penny Mordaunt, former Conservative party chair Jake Berry and former ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher

Sunday 22nd September 2024

  • Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
  • Shadow Commons leader Chris Philp
  • Russian political activists Vladimir and Evgenia Kara-Murza
  • On the panel was former Keir Starmer adviser Claire Ainsley, Iceland executive chairman Richard Walker and housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa

Sunday 15th September 2024

  • Foreign Secretary David Lammy
  • Conservative leadership candidate James Cleverly
  • Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
  • Actors Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati
  • On the panel was broadcaster Piers Morgan, General John McColl and journalist Ava Santina

Sunday 8th September 2024

  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer
  • Conservative leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat
  • Actor Kate Winslet
  • On the panel was Guardian political editor Pippa Crerar, Sun editor Victoria Newton and chef and Green campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Sunday 28 July 2024 - presented by Victoria Derbyshire

  • Environment secretary Steve Reed
  • Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot
  • Actors Kit Harrington and Olivia Washington
  • On the panel was actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry, John Lewis chair Sharon White and Conservative MP Alicia Kearns

Sunday 21 July 2024

  • Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Shadow Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
  • Violinist Nicola Benedetti
  • On the panel was economist and journalist Stephanie Flanders, Labour MP Zarah Sultana and comedian Jon Culshaw

Sunday 14 July 2024

  • Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell
  • Tees Valley Mayor Lord Ben Houchen
  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
  • Pollster Frank Luntz
  • On the panel was Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, former Conservative adviser Samuel Kasumu and Octopus CEO Greg Jackson

Sunday 7 July 2024

  • Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick
  • Shadow Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
  • Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
  • Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
  • On the panel was Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham, Historian Simon Schama and former Conservative leader Lord Howard

Sunday 30 June 2024

  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
  • Labour campaign coordinator Pat McFadden
  • Lib Dem Deputy leader Daisy Cooper
  • SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn
  • On the panel was former justice secretary Brandon Lewis, former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman and Chef and Green activist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Sunday 23 June 2024

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary James Cleverly
  • Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson
  • First Minister of Scotland John Swinney
  • On the panel was Lord Phillip Hammond, Lord Peter Mandelson and broadcaster Susanna Reid

Sunday 16 June 2024

  • Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
  • Transport Secretary Mark Harper
  • Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
  • Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth
  • On the panel was Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries and actor Brian Cox

Sunday 9 June 2024

  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
  • Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride
  • Shadow Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood
  • SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn
  • On the panel was former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Amber Rudd, FBU General Secretary Matt Wrack and businessman John Caudwell

Sunday 2 June 2024

  • Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
  • Shadow Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Yvette Cooper
  • Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay
  • Trump lawyer Alina Habba
  • On the panel was former West Midlands Mayor Andy Street, Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti and Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper

Sunday 26 May 2024

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary James Cleverly
  • Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • On the panel was former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Alan Johnson, former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and John Lewis Chair Sharon White

Sunday 19 May 2024

  • Defence secretary Grant Shapps
  • Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
  • Russian dissident Leonoid Volkov
  • On the panel was broadcaster Piers Morgan, activist Mikaela Loach and businessman David Ross

Sunday 12 May 2024

  • Foreign Secretary David Cameron
  • Shadow cabinet office minister Jonathan Ashworth
  • Actor Dominic West
  • On the panel was former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, editor and journalist Tina Brown and Labour MP Zarah Sultana
  • Actor Joanna Lumley

Sunday 05 May 2024

  • Transport secretary Mark Harper
  • Labour campaign coordinator Pat McFadden
  • Former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Suella Braverman
  • Rwandan government spokesperson Yolando Makolo
  • On the panel was Conservative MP Paul Scully, former Labour cabinet minister Jacqui Smith and Guardian political editor Pippa Crerar

Sunday 28 April 2024

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Office minister Chris Philp MP
  • Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP
  • Former speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
  • Alba party leader Alex Salmond
  • Conservative defector Dan Poulter MP
  • On the panel was former immigration minister Robert Jenrick MP, Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti and former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford

Sunday 21 April 2024

  • Climate change committee CEO Chris Stark
  • Energy secretary Claire Coutinho
  • Shadow Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood
  • On the panel was broadcaster Chris Packham, Lib Dem MP Layla Moran and businessman Luke Johnson

Sunday 14 April 2024

  • Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
  • Shadow Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Yvette Cooper
  • Green party co-leader Carla Denyer
  • Israeli government spokesman Avi Hyman
  • On the panel was former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, Chatham House CEO Bronwen Maddox and writer John O'Farrell

Sunday 7 April 2024

  • Deputy PM Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy
  • NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
  • On the panel was former cabinet secretary and national security adviser Mark Sedwill, actress and writer Ruby Wax and former cabinet minister and diplomat Valerie Amos

Sunday 24 March 2024

  • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
  • Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds
  • Actors Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson
  • Former adviser to the Prince of Wales Paddy Harverson
  • On the panel was writer Armando Iannucci, Sun editor Victoria Newton and Centre for Countering Digital Hate CEO Imran Ahmed

Sunday 17 March 2024

  • Transport secretary Mark Harper MP
  • shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth MP
  • Earl Spencer
  • On the panel was Harriet Harman MP, Labour, businessman Theo Paphitis and former Conservative adviser Samuel Kasumu.

Sunday 10 March 2024

  • Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
  • Musician Justin Currie
  • On the panel was broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, former Conservative leader Lord Howard and chair of John Lewis Sharon White

Sunday 03 March 2024

  • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
  • Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
  • Campaigner for online safety and bereaved parent Mariano Janin
  • On the panel was businessman Rocco Forte, housing journalist Vicky Spratt and economist Andy Haldane

Sunday 25 February 2024

  • Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow International Development minister Lisa Nandy
  • Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
  • Estonian PM Kaja Kallas
  • On the panel was Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, former cabinet minister Therese Coffey and CEO of ActionAid UK Halima Begum

Sunday 18 February 2024

  • Illegal migration minister Michael Tomlinson
  • Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy
  • Wife of Russian-British activist, Evgenia Kara-Murza
  • Commissioner for Countering Extremism Robin Simcox
  • Actor Matt Smith
  • On the panel was actress Tracey Ann-Oberman, former Labour cabinet minister Douglas Alexander and Conservative MP Robert Buckland

Sunday 11 February 2024

  • Housing secretary Michael Gove
  • Labour National campaign co-ordinator Pat McFadden
  • Actor Ralph Fiennes
  • On the panel was Historian Simon Schama, Sun editor Victoria Newton and housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa

Sunday 04 February 2024

  • Esther Ghey, mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey
  • Education secretary Gillian Keegan
  • Shadow Science secretary Peter Kyle
  • On the panel was Marie Claire editor Andrea Thompson, former cabinet minister Justine Greening and former Facebook executive Richard Allan

Sunday 28 January 2024

  • Business secretary Kemi Badenoch
  • Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro
  • Britain in a Room film – a selection of voters in the north-west giving their views on the state of the country, Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, and their most pressing concerns
  • On the panel was former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries, Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan and More in Common's Luke Tryl

Sunday 21 January 2024

  • Defence secretary Grant Shapps
  • Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper
  • First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf
  • On the panel was businessman Tom Hunter, broadcaster Simon Rieve and former cabinet minister Nicky Morgan

Sunday 14 January 2024

  • Foreign Secretary David Cameron
  • Labour leader Keir Starmer
  • On the panel was actor Alan Cumming, journalist Isabel Oakeshott and Independent editor Geordie Greig

Sunday 07 January 2024

  • PM Rishi Sunak
  • Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson
  • Former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton
  • On the panel was comedian Jon Culshaw, former government adviser Louise Casey and Spectator editor Fraser Nelson

Sunday 17 December 2023

  • Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman
  • Deputy PM Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting
  • On the panel was actor Brian Cox, broadcaster Susannah Reid and former cabinet minister Robert Buckland

Sunday 10 December 2023

  • Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick
  • Housing secretary Michael Gove
  • Shadow Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall
  • First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska
  • On the panel was Activist Bill Browder, Guardian Political editor Pippa Crerar and former cabinet minister Damian Green

Sunday 03 December 2023

  • Health Secretary Victoria Atkins
  • Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Israeli PM adviser Mark Regev
  • Activist Ndileka Mandela
  • On the panel was RCGP Council Chair Kamila Hawthorne, Historian Andrew Roberts, Broadcaster Jane Moore

Sunday 26 November 2023

  • Chief secretary to the treasury Laura Trott
  • Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones
  • Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis
  • Doctor Who star Catherine Tate.
  • On the panel were Reform UK leader Richard Tice, Unison general secretary Christina McAnea and SSE boss Alistair Phillips-Davies.

Sunday 19 November 2023

  • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
  • Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Actor Joanna Scanlan.
  • On the panel were Labour MP John McDonnell, director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce Shevaun Haviland and West Midlands mayor Andy Street.

Sunday 12 November 2023

  • Defence secretary Grant Shapps
  • Shadow Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ secretary Yvette Cooper
  • President of Israel Isaac Herzog
  • Ofcom chair Lord Grade
  • On the panel was former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries, Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti and former US ambassador Kim Darroch

Sunday 5 November 2023

  • Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow Defence secretary John Healey
  • Arab League Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki
  • Actor Sarah Snook
  • On the panel was Green party co-leader Carla Denyer, former health minister Lord Bethell and broadcaster Pies Morgan

Sunday 29 October 2023

  • Science secretary Michelle Donelan
  • Shadow science secretary Peter Kyle
  • Palantir CEO Alex Karp
  • Parents circle representatives Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin
  • On the panel was Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, Conservative MP David Davis and Daily Mirror Alison Phillips

Sunday 22 October 2023

  • Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett
  • Veteran Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi
  • Immigration minister Robert Jenrick
  • Shadow international development minister Lisa Nandy
  • On the panel was Former Pentagon adviser Jasmine El-Gamal, Historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore and Financial Times Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher

Sunday 15th October 2023

  • Foreign Secretary James Cleverly
  • Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy
  • First minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf MSP
  • Mark Regev, senior adviser to the Israeli prime minister.
  • Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK
  • On the panel was former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, Chatham House CEO Bronwen Maddox and Oxfam GB CEO Danny Sriskandarajah

Sunday 8th October 2023

  • Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer
  • Transport secretary Mark Harper
  • Actor Steve Coogan, portraying Jimmy Savile in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ drama The Reckoning, and Jimmy Savile survivor Sam Brown
  • On the panel was Guardian editor Katharine Viner, Currys chief executive Alex Baldock and UCU general secretary Jo Grady

Sunday 1st October 2023

  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
  • Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
  • Actor Helen Mirren
  • On the panel was Spectator editor Fraser Nelson, former government adviser Louise Casey and comedian Jon Culshaw

Sunday September 24th 2023

  • Defence secretary Grant Shapps MP
  • Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey MP
  • Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP
  • On the panel was journalist Rachel Johnson, author and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay

Sunday September 17 2023

  • Foreign secretary James Cleverly
  • Shadow Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden
  • Online safety campaigner Ian Russell
  • On the panel are journalist Jane Moore, author Irvine Welsh and activist Nimco Ali

Sunday September 10 2023

  • Justice secretary Alex Chalk
  • Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and Chief of the UK Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
  • On the panel was Stephen Fry, former government adviser Salma Shah and chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor.

Sunday September 03 2023

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP
  • Shadow Secretary of state for education Bridget Phillipson MP
  • Actor Timothy Spall
  • Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE.
  • The panellists are broadcaster Piers Morgan, chef and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and children's commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza.

Sunday 15 July 2023

  • Labour leader Keir Starmer
  • Business secretary Kemi Badenoch
  • Australian footballer Sarah Walsh.
  • On the panel are John Lewis chair Sharon White, PoliticsJOE editor Oli Dugmore and former cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom.

Sunday 9 July 2023

  • Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Treasury minister Victoria Atkins
  • US climate envoy John Kerry
  • Actors James Norton and Luke Thompson
  • On the panel were former cabinet minister David Gauke, Daily Mirror editor Alison Phillips and Former ITN executive Stewart Purvis

Sunday 2 July 2023

  • NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard
  • Health Secretary Steve Barclay
  • Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
  • NASA astronaut Christina Koch
  • Presenter Michael Mosley
  • Former health minister Lord Bethell
  • Online safety campaigner Baroness Kidron

Sunday 25 June 2023

  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
  • Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy
  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg
  • Activist Marina Litvinenko
  • Comedian Ben Elton
  • More InCommon pollster Luke Tryl
  • Singer Rick Astley

Sunday 18 June 2023

  • Housing secretary Michael Gove
  • Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar
  • Actor Mark Rylance
  • Activist Evgenia Kara-Murza
  • Historian Simon Schama
  • Former Boris Johnson adviser Samuel Kasumu
  • Former cabinet minister Justine Greening


Sunday 11 June 2023

  • Energy secretary Grant Shapps
  • Shadow Foreign secretary David Lammy
  • Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf
  • Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage
  • Actor Alan Cumming
  • Journalist Isabel Oakeshott
  • Former Conservative leader Michael Howard



Sunday 04 June 2023

  • Immigration minister Robert Jenrick
  • Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu
  • Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Actors Tom Hollander and Will Keen
  • Confederation of British Industry Director-General Rain Newton Smith
  • Former UK government special adviser Salma Shah
  • Actor Brian Cox

Sunday 28 May 2023

  • Health Secretary Steve Barclay
  • Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin
  • Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries
  • Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth
  • Investor and activist Bill Browder
  • BMA Junior Doctors Committee co-chair Vivek Trivedi
  • British Chambers of Commerce Director General Shevaun Haviland



Sunday 21 May 2023

  • Thérèse Coffey MP, Environment Secretary
  • Wes Streeting MP, Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor and politician
  • Panellists include Martin Lewis, Broadcaster and MoneySavingExpert.com founder, Fatima Ibrahim, Green New Deal Rising co-founder, and Jake Berry MP, Conservative

Sunday 14 May 2023

  • Energy secretary Grant Shapps
  • Shadow Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque
  • UN World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain
  • Octopus Energy boss Greg Jackson
  • Chef and Restaurateur Thomasina Miers
  • The Guardian's Political editor Pippa Crerar

Sunday 07 May 2023

  • Culture secretary Lucy Frazer
  • Shadow Health secretary Wes Streeting
  • New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
  • Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
  • Daily Mirror editor Alison Phillips
  • Academic Jason Arday

Sunday 30 April 2023

  • Transport Secretary Mark Harper
  • Labour Campaign coordinator Shabana Mahmood
  • Green party co-leader Adrian Ramsay
  • Actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi.
  • On the panel is Conservative Lord Nicholas Soames, Actor Adjoa Andoh and ARIA chair Matt Clifford.

Sunday 23 April 2023

  • Ofsted boss Amanda Spielman
  • Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow Work and Pension Secretary Jonathan Ashworth
  • Lib Dem leader Ed Davey.
  • Teaching union chief Mary Bousted, Sunday Mail editor Lorna Hughes and food campaigner Henry Dimbleby.

16 April 2023

  • Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
  • Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen
  • Conservative party chair Greg Hands
  • ESA scientist Carole Mundell.
  • On the panel is NHS Providers executive Saffron Cordery, Comparethemarket boss Market Baillie and Bloomberg journalist Stephanie Flanders.

2 April 2023

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Suella Braverman
  • Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy
  • Billionaire Jenn Tallinn
  • Author Judy Blume.
  • On the panel is West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin, NFU President Minette Batters and UK ebay boss Murray Lambell.

Sunday 26 March 2023

  • Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove
  • Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell
  • Office for Budget Responsibility Chair Richard Hughes
  • Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova.
  • On the panel are former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane, former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres and West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.

Sunday 19 March 2023

  • Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy
  • SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes and reality TV star
  • Campaigner Georgia Harrison.
  • On the panel is Mumsnet boss Justine Roberts, PoliticsJoe editor Oli Dugmore and Tech entrepreneur Brent Hoberman.

Sunday 12 March 2023

  • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
  • Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ director-general Mark Thompson.
  • On the panel is former cabinet minister Simon Clarke, Labour MP Nadia Whitome and former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sport executive Peter Salmon.

Sunday 5 March 2023

  • Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris MP
  • Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP
  • Online safety campaigners Judy Thomas and Baroness Kidron
  • SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan MSP
  • Panellists were Spectator editor Fraser Nelson, broadcaster Hannah Fry and Labour MP Sam Tarry.

Sunday 26 February 2023

  • Dominic Raab MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary
  • David Lammy MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary
  • Humza Yousaf MSP, SNP leadership candidate and Scottish Health Secretary
  • Panellists include Dave Penman, FDA general secretary, Thomasina Miers, chef and restaurateur, and George Eustice MP, former cabinet minister

Sunday 19 February 2023

  • Commons leader Penny Mordaunt
  • Shadow Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Yvette Cooper
  • US deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman
  • Actor Hugh Jackman.
  • On the panel was former chief whip Wendy Morton, author Bill Browder and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.

Sunday 12 February 2023

  • International Development minister Andrew Mitchell
  • Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy
  • Polish President Andrzej Duda
  • Broadcaster Prue Leith.
  • On the panel is Ukrainian Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko, AI expert Priya Lakhani and SNP MP John Nicholson

Sunday 05 February 2023

  • Business Secretary Grant Shapps
  • Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham
  • Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
  • Ukranian Eurovision presenter Timur Miroshnychenko.
  • On the panel is former Vaccine Taskforce chief Kate Bingham, former Conservative Chair Jake Berry and Shadow Care Minister Liz Kendall.

Sunday 29 January 2023

  • Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove
  • Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Philipson
  • US Ambassador Jane Hartley
  • Actors Jenna Coleman and Aiden Turner.
  • On the panel is former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, Teaching union chief Mary Bousted and headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh.

Sunday 22 January 2023

  • Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland & Leader of the SNP
  • James Cleverly MP, Foreign Secretary
  • Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor
  • Panellists include Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, former Conservative Leader, Rachel Johnson, LBC Presenter and John Allan, Chair of Tesco

Sunday 15 January 2023

  • Sir Keir Starmer MP, leader of the Labour Party
  • Mark Harper MP, Transport Secretary
  • Panellists include Brian Cox, Actor, Caroline Nokes MP, Conservative and Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee and Sir Howard Davies, Chair of NatWest.

Sunday 8 January 2023

  • Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minster
  • Wes Streeting MP, Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary
  • Sam Mendes, Director
  • Andy Haldane, Former Chief Economist at the Bank of England
  • Clive Kay, King’s College Hospital CEO
  • Pat Cullen, Nurses’ union Chief

Sunday 18 December 2022

  • Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Yvette Cooper
  • NASA scientist Howard Hu
  • Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
  • Editor of The Sun Victoria Newton
  • Broadcaster Susanna Reid.

Sunday 12 December 2022

  • James Cleverly MP, foreign secretary;
  • Wes Streeting MP, shadow health secretary
  • Steve Powis, NHS England’s medical director.
  • Pat Cullen, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing
  • Stuart Rose, chair of Asda
  • Simon Sebag Montefiore, historian.

Sunday 4 December 2022

  • Actor Kate Winslet
  • Conservative party chair Nadhim Zahawi
  • Shadow Education secretary Bridget Philipson
  • Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
  • Online safety campaigner Baroness Kidron
  • Currys CEO Alex Baldock

Sunday 27 November 2022

  • Transport Secretary Mark Harper
  • Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy
  • Singer Bonnie Tyler
  • Broadcaster Hannah Fry
  • Former Conservative party chair Jake Berry
  • Trades Union Congress chief Frances O'Grady.

Sunday 20 November 2022

  • Health secretary Steve Barclay
  • Shadow Work and Pensions secretary
  • Jonathan Ashworth
  • NASA scientist Howard Hu
  • CBI boss Tony Danker
  • GMB General Secretary Gary Smith
  • Former professional footballer Chloe Morgan

Sunday 13 November 2022

  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt
  • Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
  • Financial Times editor Roula Khalaf
  • Institute of Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson
  • Historian Simon Schama.

Sunday 6th November 2022

  • Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden
  • Shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband
  • Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
  • Baroness Sue Campbell
  • Former chair of UK Sport
  • Chair of the House of Commons Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Affairs committee Diana Johnson
  • Climate change expert Miles Allan
  • Former cabinet minister Justine Greening.

Sunday 30th October 2022

  • Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove
  • Shadow Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Yvette Cooper
  • Actors David Harewood and Zachary Quinto
  • Green MP Caroline Lucas
  • Stonewall chair Iain Anderson
  • Former chancellor Phillip Hammond.

Sunday 23rd October 2022

  • Labour leader Keir Starmer
  • Conservative leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt
  • Former Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab
  • Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg
  • Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith
  • Former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King
  • Academic Professor Jane Green.

Sunday 16th October 2022

  • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
  • Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Ozlem Tureci and Professor Ugur Sahin of BioNTech
  • Tesco chair John Allan
  • Unison general secretary Christina McAcnea
  • Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

Sunday 9 October 2022

From the SNP conference in Aberdeen Laura Kuenssberg’s guests are

  • Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
  • Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi
  • Conservative MP Nadine Dorries
  • Actor Douglas Henshall
  • Former Chancellor Alistair Darling
  • SNP MP Joanna Cherry
  • SSE senior executive Martin Pibworth.

Sunday 2 October 2022

From the Conservative party conference in Birmingham Laura Kuenssberg’s guests are

  • Prime Minister Liz Truss
  • Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Star Wars actor Mark Hamill
  • Former cabinet minister Michael Gove
  • Guardian political editor Pippa Crerar
  • John Lewis chair Sharon White.

Sunday 25 September 2022

From the Labour's conference in Liverpool Laura Kuenssberg’s guests are

  • Labour's leader Keir Starmer
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng
  • Trades Union Congress chief Frances O'Grady
  • Economist Gerald Lyons
  • Iceland boss Richard Walker.

Sunday 18 September 2022

  • Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi Prime Minister
  • John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
  • Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
  • John Sentamu, Former Archbishop of York
  • Victoria Newton, editor of The Sun
  • Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons

Sunday 11 September 2022

  • David Cameron, Former PM
  • Gordon Brown, Former PM
  • Theresa May, Former PM
  • Caroline Kennedy, US diplomat
  • Nicholas Soames, Former Conservative MP
  • Alison Phillips, Daily Mirror editor
  • Baroness Amos, Labour politician

Sunday 4 September 2022

  • Liz Truss MP, Conservative leadership candidate
  • Rishi Sunak MP, Conservative leadership candidate
  • Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine
  • Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Attorney General
  • Joe Lycett, Comedian
  • Cleo Watson, Former No 10 Deputy Chief of Staff