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With a close election result expected in May, the leaders of the smaller parties may decide who becomes prime minister. But what will their price be? In the last of four live shows, representatives of Ukip and the Liberal Democrats face an audience of over a hundred voters aged ...

March 2015
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The Conservative Party is under the microscope in an election special. Education minister Sam Gyimah MP and a panel of those from across the Conservative spectrum face a live audience of over a hundred voters aged 16-34 for an unscripted hour of tough and uncensored questions.
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With a close election result expected in May the leaders of the smaller parties may decide who becomes prime minister. But what will their price be? In the second of four live shows, the leaders of the Green party, SNP and Plaid Cymru face an audience of over a hundred voters aged 16-34 for an unscripted hour of tough and ...
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In the first of four live shows, Ed Miliband faces an audience of over 100 voters aged 16 to 34 for an unscripted hour of tough and uncensored questions. From immigration to his difficulty eating bacon sandwiches, nothing will be out of bounds for our audience putting the potential prime minister to the test.
November 2014
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Rick Edwards and Tina Daheley present live debate from Manchester. Amongst the topics of the week the panel will be discussing Islamic extremism.
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Free Speech is joined by Nick Clegg for an hour of live and unscripted debate. The deputy prime minister answers questions from a studio audience of young people and from the audience at home submitted by social media. During the two weeks before broadcast, viewers have been submitting and voting on questions to ask via Fa...
October 2014
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Free Speech comes from a mental health hospital in London with an audience made up of those with a personal experience of a mental health issue - the first time this has happened on British television. On the panel is Tony Blair's fomer Director of Communications, Alastair Campbell; Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, the chair of the ...
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Live current affairs debate presented by Rick Edwards and Tina Daheley from the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent, just two days before a by-election which will likely see Ukip's first MP in parliament and close to the constituency being targeted by its leader Nigel Farage for the general election. Along with the other issue...
September 2014
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Live current affairs debate from Cardiff, presented by Rick Edwards and Tina Daheley. Along with the other issues of the week, the question 'Do we live in a sexist country?' is debated.
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Live current affairs debate from Edinburgh, just one week before the big vote on independence. On the panel are Joan McAlpine of the SNP, leader of the Scottish Conservative party Ruth Davidson, actor Martin Compston and Times and Spectator columnist Hugo Rifkind.
April 2014
Live debate from Nottingham's old courthouse, where topics include crime and punishment.
Debate from Winchester in front of both state- and privately-educated audience members.
March 2014
Live current affairs debate from the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham.
With BBC Three facing the axe from the airwaves, the debate show discusses its future.
November 2013
Free Speech asks whether young people are being failed by politics.
October 2013
'Are zero hours contracts fair?' asks the live debate show.
September 2013
Live from London, Rick Edwards chairs a debate on the situation in Syria.
August 2013
'Is modern life driving us mad?' That's the question Free Speech asks.
July 2013
In Magaluf, a panel discusses issues such as the boozed-up reputation of Brits abroad.
In Magaluf, a panel discusses issues such as the boozed-up reputation of Brits abroad.
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