Here's how you can apply to be in BBC Question Time audience in Kettering

BBC One's Question Time will be presented from Kettering for the third time when it returns next week.

The flagship debate show, which sees a panel of guests take questions from members of the public in the audience, will be broadcast from the town on Thursday, March 5.

Fiona Bruce will host the debate in Kettering with panellists confirmed the day before the event.

The topical show, which first aired in 1979, was filmed in Kettering for the first time in 2018 at the Kettering Conference Centre in Thurston Drive, with questions about the UK's Brexit progress.

BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce/BBCplaceholder image
BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce/BBC

In 2022, Kettering’s second time as host saw local vicar Rev Richard Coles on the panel with Suella Braverman MP, Wes Streeting MP, Lesia Vasylenko and Max Hastings.

The location for next week's Kettering broadcast has not yet been revealed but the BBC has been contacted for further information.

Those applying will be asked about their political views and audience members will be requested to come up with two questions to be considered for the programme.

People who have been in a Question Time audience within the past five years have been asked to not apply this time round.

Question Time is broadcast live on iPlayer at 8pm every Thursday. This is recorded and then transmitted after the news at 10.40pm on BBC1. The first time the panellists hear the questions is when they are asked by the audience. They are never forewarned.

To apply to be in the Question Time audience on March 5 in Kettering go to https://eu.castitreach.com/ag/mentorn/questiontime/welcome.html.

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