Southwell Minster to host BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? discussion programme

BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? programme is to be broadcast live from Southwell this week.

Southwell Minster will host the topical discussion programme Any Questions? live on Radio 4 at 8pm, on Friday, April 14.

The programme brings together a panel of personalities from the worlds of politics and media to which the audience poses questions on the burning issues of the day.

Sarah Clemson, the minster's visitor and volunteer services officer, said: "We are delighted to be hosting Any Questions? in our historic cathedral building.

"We won’t know who the panellists are until the week of the show, but we can’t wait to find out.

"It promises to be a wonderful evening and we look forward to welcoming members of the community across Nottinghamshire."

More than 1.5m listeners worldwide tune in each week, and the programme always brings lively, spontaneous debate.

The panellists don’t see the questions in advance – they hear them for the first time at the same moment the audience in the hall and at home does.

Any Questions? is hosted by BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth, who has made regular appearances on BBC Two’s Politics Live, Radio 4’s The Westminster Hour, The World Tonight, and the Brexitcast and Newscast podcasts.

Free tickets are available from the Southwell Minster website.

Doors open at 6.30pm, and the programme will be broadcast live from 8pm to 8.50pm.