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Any Questions? is a topical discussion programme "in which a panel of personalities from the worlds of politics, media, and elsewhere are posed questions by ... AnyQuestions? FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch FortheAustraliantelevisionseries,seeAnyQuestions(AustralianTVseries). AnyQuestions?Thepanelduringarecordingofa2016episodeintheNexusMethodistChurch,BathGenreTopicaldiscussion[1]Runningtime50minutesCountryoforiginUnitedKingdomLanguage(s)EnglishHomestationBBCRadio4HostedbyCurrent:ChrisMason(2019–)Former:FreddieGrisewood(1948–1967)DavidJacobs(1967–1984)JohnTimpson(1984–1987)JonathanDimbleby(1987–2019)Originalrelease12October1948–presentWebsiteAnyQuestions? AnyQuestions?isatopicaldiscussionprogramme"inwhichapanelofpersonalitiesfromtheworldsofpolitics,media,andelsewhereareposedquestionsbytheaudience".[2] ItistypicallybroadcastonBBCRadio4onFridaysat8pmandrepeatedthefollowingdayat1:10pm.AnyQuestions?isalsoavailableonBBCSounds.[3][4] Contents 1Originsandscheduling 2Presenters 3Venues 4Notableeditions 4.1Firstedition 4.2Demonstrators 4.3Prison 4.4Stuckintraffic 4.560thanniversary 4.62013NewYorkspecial 4.770thanniversary 5Seealso 6References 7Externallinks Originsandscheduling[edit] AnyQuestions?wasfirstbroadcastinOctober1948,beginningasafortnightlyprogrammeontheWestofEnglandHomeServiceandwasoriginallyintendedtorunforsixeditionsonly.ItbecameaweeklyprogrammeinSeptember1949,broadcastliveintheWestRegiononFridayeveningswithanationalrepeattransmissionontheHomeServiceuptosixdayslater. ThispatternchangedinSeptember1950whentheliveFridaybroadcastwasswitchedtotheBBCLightProgramme(BBCRadio2fromOctober1967),althoughthediscussionstillcamefromvenuesintheWestofEnglandandtheprogrammecontinuedtoberepeatedlaterontheHomeService(BBCRadio4fromOctober1967). On10April1970,theFridaybroadcastmovedtoRadio4,whichhasbroadcastboththeliveandtherecordededitionsofAnyQuestions?eversince.[5] Presenters[edit] AnyQuestions?waschairedbyFreddieGrisewoodfrom1948to1967,byDavidJacobsfrom1967to1984,byJohnTimpsonfrom1984to1987andbyJonathanDimblebyfrom1987to2019.[6] InMarch2019,Dimblebyannouncedthathewould"standdown...attheendofJune".ShaunLey,RitulaShah,EdStourtonandJulianWorrickerservedasinterimmoderators.InOctober2019,ChrisMasonwasannouncedasDimbleby'ssuccessor.[7][8][9] Venues[edit] TablessetupforarecordingatOxfordUniversity'sCatholicchaplaincy AnyQuestions?isbroadcastfromadifferentlocationeachweek.[10]Amongothers,AnyQuestions?hasbroadcastfromeducationalinstitutions,performingartsvenues,andreligiousandgovernmentbuildings,including: Rugby'sAshlawnSchool[11] BirminghamRepertoryTheatre[12] Chichester'sBishopLuffaSchool[13] Runcorn'sBolingbrokeAcademy[14] BridlingtonPriory[15] BrockenhurstCollege[16] Weybridge'sBrooklandsCollege[17] Peterborough'sBushfieldAcademy[18] Aberystwyth'sCeredigionMuseum[19] CoventryCathedral[20] CrickhowellHighSchool[21] FalmouthUniversity[22] GiggleswickSchool[23] Bath'sHayesfieldGirls'School[24] Cardiff'sHoddinottHall[25] London'sLadyMargaretSchool[26] LeedsMinster[27] Horsforth'sLeedsTrinityUniversity[28] ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity[29] MiddlesbroughTownHall[30] OxfordTownHall[31] SevenoaksSchool[32] SheffieldCathedral[33] StJohn'sWoodChurch[34] UniversityofAberdeen[35] UniversityofChester[36] UniversityofEastLondon[37] UniversityofGlasgow[38] UniversityofWorcester[39] Maidstone'sValleyParkSchool[40] Glasgow'sWellingtonChurch[41] WestminsterSynagogue[42] WestonMuseum[43] Holton'sWheatleyParkSchool[44] WimbledonSynagogue,London–theprogramme'sfirsteverbroadcastfromasynagogue,andcoincidingwiththe200thanniversaryofthefirstReformJudaismservice.[45] Wigan'sWinstanleyCollege[46] WorthingCollege[47] Sedbury'sWyedeanSchool[48] Notableeditions[edit] Firstedition[edit] AnyQuestions?wasfirstbroadcaston12October1948.ThefirsteditionwasbroadcastfromtheGuildhallinWinchester.[49] Demonstrators[edit] DuringaNovember1976editionbroadcastfromBasingstoke,"stone-throwingdemonstrators"smashedwindows.PoliticianEnochPowell—knownfortheRiversofBloodspeech,inwhichhespokeaboutmassimmigration—wasonthepanel,anddemonstratorsdecided"tomaketheirviewsheard".[50] Prison[edit] InSeptember1991,AnyQuestions?camefromNorfolk'sWaylandPrison.Theaudiencewasmadeupofprisoners,whohadprisonofficerssittingbesidethem.Aftertheprogrammefinished,theprisoners—withouttheirofficers—"crowdedaround"presenterJonathanDimbleby.One"confronted"Dimbleby,saying:"Iwanttoaskyousomething,becausewe'requitecrosshere."AfterDimblebyfeltamomentof"alarm",theprisonercontinued:"WhydoweonlyhearTestMatchSpecialnowonlongwave?"Dimblebyhad"noanswer",butfelt"veryrelieved".[51][52] Stuckintraffic[edit] InMarch1993,AnyQuestions?broadcastduringsnowyweather.Then-ConservativePartychairmanNormanFowlerwasscheduledasaguestforthatday;althoughhewasstuckintraffic,hestillmanagedtocallonhismobilephoneandtakepartinthediscussion. PresenterJonathanDimblebywenttoFowlerfirstas"phonebatteriesusedtorunoutveryquickly".Fowler'sfirstwordswere:"GoodeveningJonathan,Ifindmyselfatsomethingofadisadvantagehere."FellowpanellistJackCunningham,thenLabour'sShadowForeignSecretary,replied:“Ofcourseyouare,youareintheCabinetwhichisruiningthecountry!”[53][54] 60thanniversary[edit] InOctober2008,AnyQuestions?returnedtoWinchesterforits60thanniversaryedition.Onthepanel,attheHenryBeaufortSchool,were:LabourMPHarrietHarman,historianandacademicPeterHennessy,ConservativepoliticianOliverLetwin,andLiberalDemocratShirleyWilliams.[55][56] 2013NewYorkspecial[edit] ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism,thevenuefortheprogramme's2013NewYorkspecial InApril2013,AnyQuestions?presenteda"specialedition"fromNewYork,"tomarkthefirst100daysofPresidentObama'ssecondterm".Onthepanelwere:DemocraticMemberofCongressDonnaEdwards,Reuterseditor-at-largeHarryEvans,RepublicanMemberofCongressNanHayworth,andDemocraticpolitician,formerAttorneyGeneralandGovernorofNewYorkstateEliotSpitzer.ThiseditionwasbroadcastfromColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism.[57][58] 70thanniversary[edit] InOctober2018,AnyQuestions?heldits70thanniversaryeditionattheHouseofCommons.Onthepanelwere:ConservativepoliticianTomPursglove,ScottishLabourPartyMPDanielleRowley,onlineestateagentAkshayRuparelia,OurFutureOurChoiceco-founderLaraSpirit,andRizzleKickssingerJordanStephens.Thepanelansweredquestionsonclimatechange,mentalhealthandsocialmedia,Brexit,andhousing.Theprogramme'spanelandaudiencewereaged18to30.[59] Seealso[edit] AnyAnswers? 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