Interactive Question Time

Watch the programme and join the debate at the same time

Question Time is now interactive, providing digital viewers with new ways to follow the programme or to take part.

You can join the Question Time debate during the programme by sending us your views. And you can read other viewers' comments during the programme.

INTERACT WITH QUESTION TIME Digital Satellite, Freeview and Cable viewers press red Text your comments to 83981 Read comments on Ceefax page 155 Send and read comments on the website Guide to getting Digital TV

Digital viewers can go interactive by pressing the red button and selecting Question Time. Ceefax also publishes viewers' comments during the programme.

Behind the red button

After pressing the red button on Digital TV, you can carry on watching the programme. Just choose Question Time from the list of options and you should be able to see the programme on the left of the screen and a menu of options on the right of the screen.

INTERACTIVE MENU Tonight's vote Your comments Current Question Meet the panellists Join the audience

You can find out more about the panel or check the question being discussed. Or you can find out about joining the audience or taking part in the live debate.

Vote

Some weeks, the programme includes a vote for the audience at home on one of the key questions put to the panel. Digital satellite viewers can vote here. All viewers can vote via telephone using voting numbers given out during the programme. The result will be announced by David Dimbleby at the end of the show.

Your comments

Choose this option to send us your comments or to read what other viewers are saying. Only digital satellite viewers can send messages within this service. Digital Cable and Freeview users are directed to send messages via SMS (Dial 83981) or by email ([e-mail]) or by visiting the Question Time website.

Send a message or read other viewers' comments

Thousands of messages are sent during the programme and it is not possible to show them all. A selection are posted during the programme on the interactive service and on Ceefax page 155. More messages including e-mails are published here at the Question Time website after the show.

Current Question

You can check the question being discussed by the panel. Questions are put by members of the studio audience during the programme and it is not possible to use questions from the audience at home.

Meet the panellists

Short biographies of the members of the panel are available here.

Join the audience

Find out where Question Time will be staged in the coming weeks and how to apply to join the studio audience.