Season 31

01 15/01/2009 Episode 115th January 2009 Panellists: Chris Grayling, Stephen Pollard, Jenny Tonge, Willie Walsh, Shaun Woodward. 02 22/01/2009 Episode 222nd January 2009 Panellists: Janet Daley, Caroline Flint, Liam Fox, David Laws, Christopher Meyer. 03 29/01/2009 Episode 329th January 2009 Panellists: Charlie Falconer, Michael Gove, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Nicola Sturgeon, Jo Swinson. 04 05/02/2009 Episode 45th February 2009 Panellists: Shami Chakrabarti, Nigel Farage, Geoff Hoon, Theresa May, Will Young. 05 12/02/2009 Episode 512th February 2009 Panellists: Liam Byrne, Monty Don, Justine Greening, Kelvin Mackenzie, Salma Yaqoob. 06 19/02/2009 Episode 619th February 2009 Panellists: Tim Campbell, Michael Heseltine, Tony McNulty, Piers Morgan, Sarah Teather. 07 26/02/2009 Episode 726th February 2009 Panellists: Cheryl Gillan, Peter Hain, Elfyn Llwyd, George Pascoe-Watson, Kirsty Williams. 08 05/03/2009 Episode 85th March 2009 Panellists: Douglas Alexander, Germaine Greer, Andrew Mitchell, Shirley Williams, Toby Young. 09 12/03/2009 Episode 912th March 2009 Panellists: Alan Johnson, Susan Kramer, David Mitchell, Charles Moore, Sayeeda Warsi. 10 19/03/2009 Episode 1019th March 2009 Panellists: Fern Britton, Vince Cable, Kenneth Clarke, Tessa Jowell, Douglas Murray. 11 26/03/2009 Episode 1126th March 2009 Panellists: Charles Clarke, Ed Davey, Caroline Lucas, Eric Pickles, Michael Winner. 12 23/04/2009 Episode 1223rd April 2009 Panellists: Vince Cable, John Denham, Claire Fox, Philip Hammond, David Starkey. 13 30/04/2009 Episode 1330th April 2009 Panellists: Norman Baker, Hilary Benn, Andrew Lansley, Frank Skinner, Leanne Wood. 14 07/05/2009 Episode 147th May 2009 Panellists: Bruce Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Iain Gray, David Steel, Nicola Sturgeon. 15 14/05/2009 Episode 1514th May 2009 Panellists: Margaret Beckett, Benedict Brogan, Menzies Campbell, Steve Easterbrook, Theresa May. 16 21/05/2009 Episode 1621st May 2009 Filmed in Salisbury, this edition focussed on the MP Expenses Scandal. Also, this edition was broadcast at the earlier time of 9.00pm. Panellists: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Marta Andreasen, Martin Bell, Ben Bradshaw, Vince Cable, William Hague. 17 28/05/2009 Episode 1728th May 2009 Panellists: Nigel Farage, Caroline Flint, Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, Daniel Hannan, Caroline Lucas, Jo Swinson. 18 04/06/2009 Episode 184th June 2009 Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Liam Fox, Max Hastings, Fiona Phillips, Janet Royall. 19 11/06/2009 Episode 1911th June 2009 Panellists: Peter Hain, Chris Huhne, Ruth Lea, Derek Simpson, Caroline Spelman. 20 18/06/2009 Episode 2018th June 2009 Panellists: Kenneth Clarke, Ed Davey, Charlie Falconer, Esther Rantzen, Polly Toynbee. 21 25/06/2009 Episode 2125th June 2009 Panellists: Julia Goldsworthy, Jim Knight, Kelvin Mackenzie, Pauline Neville-Jones, Leanne Wood. 22 02/07/2009 Episode 222nd July 2009 Panellists: Jarvis Cocker, Iain Duncan Smith, Harriet Harman, Peter Hitchens, David Laws. 23 09/07/2009 Episode 239th July 2009 Panellists: Suzanne Burlton, Andy Burnham, Shami Chakrabarti, Jeremy Hunt, Sarah Teather. 24 16/07/2009 Episode 2416th July 2009 Panellists: Lionel Barber, Chris Bryant, Trisha Goddard, Margot James, Lembit Öpik. 25 23/07/2009 Episode 2523rd July 2009 Panellists: George Galloway, Geoff Hoon, Clive James, Sayeeda Warsi, Shirley Williams. 26 24/09/2009 Episode 2624th September 2009 Panellists: Harriet Harman, Michael Heseltine, Digby Jones, David Laws, Fraser Nelson. 27 01/10/2009 Episode 271st October 2009 Panellists: Ben Bradshaw, Charles Kennedy, Theresa May, Dambisa Moyo, David Starkey. 28 08/10/2009 Episode 288th October 2009 Panellists: Yvette Cooper, Ian Hislop, George Osborne, Stuart Rose, Sarah Teather. 29 15/10/2009 Episode 2915th October 2009 Panellists: Norman Baker, Joan Bakewell, Nigel Farage, Damian Green, Alan Johnson. 30 22/10/2009 Episode 3022nd October 2009 Filmed in London, this episode was notable due to the appearance of BNP leader Nick Griffin. Worldwide press coverage, and record viewing figures - 7.9 million. Panellists: Bonnie Greer, Nick Griffin, Chris Huhne, Jack Straw, Sayeeda Warsi. 31 29/10/2009 Episode 3129th October 2009 Question Time is in Llandudno. The panel includes the former home secretary Jacqui Smith MP, shadow Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan MP, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Lembit Opik MP, Plaid Cymru's Elfyn Llwyd and the broadcaster John Sergeant. 32 05/11/2009 Episode 325th November 2009 Question Time comes from Reading. The panel includes Welsh Secretary Peter Hain MP; the shadow environment secretary Nick Herbert MP; the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair; the former MEP and broadcaster Robert Kilroy-Silk; and the comedian Natalie Haynes. 33 12/11/2009 Episode 3312th November 2009 Question Time comes from Weston Super Mare, chaired by John Humphrys. The panel includes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward, the Conservative shadow security minister Pauline Neville-Jones, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on communities and local government Julia Goldsworthy, the cultural commentator and writer Will Self and the rowing champion, double Olympic gold medallist, television presenter and writer James Cracknell. 34 19/11/2009 Episode 3419th November 2009 Panellists: Menzies Campbell, Nick Ferrari, Chris Grayling, Clare Short, Phil Woolas. 35 26/11/2009 Episode 3526th November 2009 Question Time comes from Edinburgh, with guest panellists Lord Falconer, David Davis, Nicola Sturgeon, Melanie Phillips and Marcus Brigstocke. David Dimbleby chairs. 36 03/12/2009 Episode 363rd December 2009 David Dimbleby chairs the show from London. The panel includes the former foreign secretary and Labour MP Margaret Beckett, the shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, the Liberal Democrats' treasury spokesman Vince Cable MP, the writer Clive Anderson and TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp. 37 10/12/2009 Episode 3710th December 2009 Panellists: Paddy Ashdown, Richard Dannatt, William Hague, Piers Morgan, Bill Rammell, Salma Yaqoob.