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Live debate and discussion show coming fortnightly from across the UK.

Live debate and discussion show coming fortnightly from across the UK. Free Speech viewers get the chance to speak up about the biggest issues we're facing today.

Free Speech: Series 1

Susan Crook

Steve Anderson

Rick Edwards

Tina Daheley

Kate Nash

Free Speech: Series 1: Episode 11

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Episode 11

BBC Three - Free Speech, Series 1, Episode 11

In Liverpool, the panel tackles issues of addiction. Is it a medical or criminal issue?

Live current affairs debate programme. On the night that BBC Three broadcasts Give it Up for Comic Relief, Free Speech asks if addiction is a medical or criminal issue.

BBC Three's monthly live current affairs debate programme presented Rick Edwards comes live from Liverpool.

Rick hears the opinions of the studio audience on the big stories of the day, with Tina Daheley relaying the web responses and online comments.

Last month saw the debate get heated over same sex marriage, but what will get the panel and the audience hot under the collar this month?

The panel includes outspoken singer Kate Nash, and on the night that BBC Three broadcasts Give it Up for Comic Relief, Free Speech asks if addiction is a medical or criminal issue. 

Free Speech offers its viewers the chance to talk about the issues that matter to them. Follow the debate and get involved via bbc.co.uk/freespeech; facebook.com/bbcfreespeech; @bbcfreespeech; #freespeech.

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Live debate show giving viewers the chance to have their say about current issues.

Live debate and discussion show. Coming monthly from across the UK, Free Speech viewers get the chance speak up about the biggest issues we're facing today.

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