Any Questions? and Any Answers?

Alex Forsyth presents topical debate in which guests from politics, business, science, arts and the media answer questions from members of the public. Anita Anand presents listeners' responses to the issues raised.

AA: TARIFF, ADOLESCENCE
Apr 5, 2025 – 40:13
AQ: Kevin Hollinrake MP, Christopher Hope, Baroness Jenny Jones, Kirsty McNeil MP
Apr 4, 2025 – 51:58
AA: TAX, ADOLESCENCES
Mar 29, 2025 – 42:42
AQ: Torsten Bell MP, Stephanie Flanders; Sarah Olney MP & Helen Whately MP
Mar 28, 2025 – 47:00
AA: Heathrow, Welfare cuts
Mar 22, 2025 – 43:13
AQ: Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Pat Cullen MP, Sorcha Eastwood MP, Lord Weir
Mar 21, 2025 – 46:50
Troops, Trade, Welfare, NHS
Mar 15, 2025 – 43:00
AQ: Dan Jarvis MP, Daniel Kebede, John Lamont MP, Anne McElvoy
Mar 14, 2025 – 46:44
AQ: Matt Goodwin, Alison McGovern MP, Sir Jeremy Wright MP, Max Wilkinson MP
Mar 7, 2025 – 46:40
AQ: Douglas Alexander MP, Meghan Gallacher MSP, Frances Guy, Fiona Hyslop MSP
Mar 1, 2025 – 46:49
AQ: Lord Frost, Bronwen Maddox, James Murray MP, Steve Richards
Feb 7, 2025 – 46:52
AQ: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Lord Finkelstein, Meg Hillier MP, Greg Swenson
Jan 10, 2025 – 47:12
AQ: Timandra Harkness, Richard Holden MP, Calum Miller MP, Emily Thornberry MP
Dec 20, 2024 – 47:04
AQ: Seamus Logan MP, Douglas Lumsden MSP, Michael Marra MSP and Laura Webster
Dec 6, 2024 – 46:50
AQ: Andy Burnham, Nigel Evans, Rt Revd Rose Hudon-Wilkin, Baroness Wheatcroft
Nov 29, 2024 – 46:52
Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Sarah Champion MP, Lord Elliott, Catherine Pepinster
Nov 16, 2024 – 46:52
AQ: Daisy Cooper MP, John Glen MP, Paul Johnson, James Murray MP
Nov 2, 2024 – 46:28
AQ: Hilary Benn MP, David Brooks MLA, Chris Donnelly, Tina McKenzie
Oct 18, 2024 – 47:00
AQ: Victoria Collins MP, Nigel Huddleston MP, Steve Reed MP, Alex Wilson AM
Sep 20, 2024 – 46:33
AQ: Baroness Goldie, Ivan McKee MSP, Alex Salmond, Michael Shanks MP
Sep 13, 2024 – 46:24
AQ: Baroness Fox, Paul Nowak, Lucy Powell MP, Sir Jeremy Wright KC MP
Sep 6, 2024 – 46:51
AQ: Ellie Chowns MP, Andrew RT Davies MS, Emma Pinchbeck, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP
Aug 30, 2024 – 46:42
AQ: Nadra Ahmed; Wendy Chamberlain MP; Barry Gardiner MP & Kevin Hollinrake MP
Aug 23, 2024 – 46:58
AQ: Dame Harriett Baldwin; Liam Halligan; James Murray; Ann Pettifor
Aug 16, 2024 – 46:50
AQ: Robert Buckland; Inaya Folarin Iman; Dan Norris MP & Vicky Spratt
Aug 9, 2024 – 46:37
AQ: Alex Norris MP, Charlotte Pickles, Dr Emma Runswick, Helen Whately MP
Aug 2, 2024 – 46:44
AQ: Douglas Alexander MP, Angela Haggerty, Lord Offord, Pete Wishart MP
Jul 26, 2024 – 46:57
AQ: Andrew Bowie MP, Daniel Kebede, Alison McGovern MP, Jill Rutter
Jul 12, 2024 – 46:35
AQ: Lord Falconer, Professor Matthew Goodwin, Layla Moran MP, Polly Toynbee, Lord Willetts
Jul 5, 2024 – 56:59
AQ: David Davis, Sarah Olney, Tommy Sheppard, Wes Streeting
Jun 28, 2024 – 56:49
AQ: John Healey, Kevin Hollinrake, Anne McElvoy, Adrian Ramsay
Jun 22, 2024 – 56:42
AQ: David TC Davies, Guto Harri, Delyth Jewell MS, Rain Newton-Smith, Jo Stevens
Jun 14, 2024 – 56:34
AQ: James Cartlidge, Paul Johnson, Alison McGovern, John Nicolson, Richard Tice
Jun 7, 2024 – 56:39
AQ: Anneliese Dodds MP, Kate Forbes MSP, Alister Jack MP, Christine Jardine MP, Lorna Slater MSP
May 24, 2024 – 56:34
AQ: Fatima Ibrahim, David Johnston MP, Tim Montgomerie, Karin Smyth MP
May 17, 2024 – 47:03
AQ: Alistair Carmichael MP, Kevin Hollinrake MP, Jonathan Reynolds MP, Sarah Swindley
May 10, 2024 – 46:47
AQ: Ian Blackford MP, Anthony Browne MP, Lucy Powell MP, Luke Tryl
May 3, 2024 – 46:35
AQ: Kate Andrews, Carla Denyer, John Glen MP, Darren Jones MP
Apr 26, 2024 – 46:58
AQ: Daisy Cooper MP, Lord Dannatt, Anneliese Dodds MP, Tom Pursglove MP
Apr 19, 2024 – 46:59
AQ: Dan Jarvis MP, Alex Phillips, Enver Solomon, Andrew Stephenson MP
Apr 12, 2024 – 46:54
AQ: Sir Jake Berry MP, Baroness Chakrabarti, Inaya Folarin Iman, Richard Walker
Apr 5, 2024 – 46:40
AQ: Andrew Griffith MP, Seema Malhotra MP, Sarah Olney MP, Tim Stanley
Mar 29, 2024 – 46:59
AQ: Grace Blakeley, Damian Green MP, Dame Meg Hillier MP, Lord Sumption
Mar 22, 2024 – 46:54
AQ: Simon Bird, Louise Haigh MP, Mark Spencer MP, Danny Sriskandarajah
Mar 15, 2024 – 46:33
AQ: Simon Boyd, Nigel Huddleston MP, Sarah Jones MP, Soumaya Keynes
Mar 8, 2024 – 46:26
AQ: Hilary Benn MP, Tina McKenzie, John Nicolson MP, Jacob Young MP
Mar 2, 2024 – 47:06
AQ: Baroness Chapman, Lindsey German, Bronwen Maddox, Andrew Mitchell MP
Feb 23, 2024 – 46:52
AQ: Mark Littlewood, Alison McGovern MP, Esther McVey MP, Sonia Sodha
Feb 16, 2024 – 46:45
AQ: Dame Jackie Baillie MSP, Murdo Fraser MSP, Joyce McMillan, Alyn Smith MP
Feb 9, 2024 – 46:42
AQ: Sir Robert Buckland MP, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Christine Jardine MP, Ann Widdecombe
Feb 2, 2024 – 46:46

Recent Reviews

SRC...

Great podcast. Need to work on the posting.

Excellent podcast. Still seem to be struggling to consistently post the correct AQ and AA each week.
bicycle wheel

Are used to be quite good with David Dimbleby was in charge

Chris Mason seems like he’s more interested in getting us a good 30 second soundbite out of the guests that he is in answering the questions. I think after listening to this show for a while probably to keep my interest you need to switch to a more balanced presenter. One who can keep the discussion moving by focusing on the most important points behind the question rather than taking his own ideas and injecting them in appropriately into the discussion.
RupertE

Superb quality, long running BBC Radio 4 show

An engaging and interesting way to keep up with the week’s main issues and headlines in a civilized question and debate format with a live audience. This is one of the many weekly highlights on BBC Radio 4.
Ash33333

Great Podcast Bad Posts

The podcast itself is great I wish we had something like this in the US. However, last week they posted the same podcast twice and never posted any answers. The feed has this error a lot. If they can correct these problems I'll give it a 5.
SapTap22

Simply outstanding!

Very informative and entertaining. One truly gets a sense of the political perspectives that are felt across England. As an American I appreciate the wide range of opinions from the informed guests. I tune in every week knowing when done I will have a greater understanding of England and of the world.