This week, for the very first time in its 34-year history, BBC Question Time is going to be televised outside the UK, in Johannesburg. [Correction: not only not the first time it’s been televised outside the UK – it’s been to Moscow, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, and others – BBCQT has been to Johannesburg before, in 2005. My bad.]
.@bbcquestiontime to broadcast from South Africa on Thurs 12 December http://t.co/SomOwmQkG2 #bbcqt @BBCOne
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) December 6, 2013
David Dimbleby is chairing as usual, though next year will be his 20th anniversary and it’s long past time he retired from the post. (I’ve said this before. I’ll say it again. Dimbleby is a very, very poor presenter.)
Besides Dimbleby, there will be six people on the panel:
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