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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News

The BBC's on-air editors answer more challenging questions. Can Northern Ireland ever resolve its troubled past? Should young people forget university and set up in business? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Series Producer:
Peter Leng
Correspondent:
John Simpson
Correspondent:
Robert Peston
Correspondent:
Mark Mardell
Correspondent:
Alison Holt
Producer:
Peter Leng
Producer:
Jon Leleu
Camera Operator:
Duncan Stone
Camera Operator:
Julie Ritson
Camera Operator:
John Landy
Camera Operator:
Julius Peacock
Executive Producer:
Paul Royall
Executive Producer:
Katy Searle

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD

The BBC's on-air editors answer topical questions. Could there be a Third World War? When will the global economy recover? And has Britain cut its defences too far? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Reporter:
Linda Yueh
Producer:
Peter Leng
Producer:
Hannah Green
Producer:
Alex Milner
Camera Operator:
Duncan Stone
Camera Operator:
Neil Paton
Camera Operator:
Matthew Goddard
Camera Operator:
Julius Peacock
Series Producer:
Peter Leng
Executive Producer:
Paul Royall
Executive Producer:
Katy Searle

University Challenge

The Story So Far

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Documentary looking at the history of the iconic quiz show, featuring famous ex-contestants such as Stephen Fry and John Simpson, plus hosts Bamber Gascoigne and Jeremy Paxman. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Stephen Fry
Participant:
John Simpson
Participant:
Julian Fellowes
Participant:
Miriam Margolyes
Participant:
Bamber Gascoigne
Participant:
Jeremy Paxman
Producer:
Maire Tracey
Director:
Maire Tracey

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News

The BBC's on-air editors answer more questions challenging our world. In this programme: Is America finished as the world's superpower? Has immigration gone too far in Britain? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Series Producer:
Peter Leng
Assistant Producer:
Dee Kruger
Executive Producer:
Paul Royall
Executive Producer:
Katy Searle
Camera Operator:
John Landy
Producer:
Lindsay McCoy
Camera Operator:
Tony Smith
Producer:
Dominic Hurst
Producer:
Sara Afshar
Producer:
Emma Wells
Producer:
Samuel Smith
Camera Operator:
Rachel Price
Camera Operator:
Tony Fallshaw
Director:
Chris Cook

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

BBC world affairs editor John Simpson and his guests Jon Snow, Christiane Amanpour and Max Hastings discuss the moral ambiguities and challenges of reporting from the frontline. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Series Producer:
Brendan Miller
Executive Producer:
Iain Scollay
Production Company:
Mentorn

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Series 5

Episode 1: John Simpson and Martha Kearney

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Celebrities hunt for antiques across the UK. Journalists John Simpson and Martha Kearney kick off the series, travelling through Hampshire towards Itchen Stoke near Winchester. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC News

The story of Waheed Arian, the Chester doctor who came to the UK as a child refugee and teenage asylum seeker, and whose telemedicine scheme is saving lives in global war zones. Show more

The Culture Show

Who on Earth Was Ford Madox Ford? A Culture Show Special

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Alan Yentob looks at the life and work of Ford Madox Ford, the author of Parade's End and one of the forgotten greats of British fiction. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Tom Stoppard
Participant:
John Simpson
Participant:
Rowley Leigh
Participant:
Clare Davidson
Participant:
Max Saunders
Participant:
Alan Judd
Participant:
Sara Haslam

This Week

13/06/2013

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

Andrew Neil is joined by John Prescott, Michael Portillo and Miranda Green. Emily Maitlis rounds up the news in a film and John Simpson looks at the most effective way to protest. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Neil
Participant:
Michael Portillo
Participant:
Miranda Green
Participant:
John Simpson
Participant:
Emily Maitlis
Participant:
Fiona Miller
Participant:
John Prescott

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC News

John Simpson reviews the big news stories of the year at home and abroad with BBC political editor Nick Robinson, home editor Mark Easton and contributing editor Bridget Kendall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Correspondent:
Nick Robinson
Correspondent:
Mark Easton
Correspondent:
Bridget Kendall
Producer:
Peter Leng
Producer:
Jon Leleu
Executive Producer:
Katy Searle
Executive Producer:
Paul Royall

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News

The BBC's on-air editors answer more challenging questions. Has Syria fundamentally changed the world order? And as Scotland debates independence, has 'being British' had its day? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Series Producer:
Peter Leng
Correspondent:
Mark Easton
Correspondent:
Will Gompertz
Producer:
Peter Leng
Producer:
Sarah Robbins
Camera Operator:
Joe Phua
Camera Operator:
Tony Smith
Camera Operator:
Chuck Tayman
Executive Producer:
Paul Royall
Executive Producer:
Katy Searle

Fern Britton Meets...

Series 5

Episode 2: John Simpson

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One HD

Fern Britton talks to the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson about how his faith has sustained him for over 40 years of reporting on world-changing events from the frontline. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fern Britton
Interviewed Guest:
John Simpson
Executive Producer:
Tommy Nagra

Duration: 1 hour

John Simpson, Gloria Hunniford, Lesley Joseph and Tony Robinson move in with pensioners experiencing the toughest problems facing old people in the UK. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Presenter:
John Simpson
Presenter:
Lesley Joseph
Presenter:
Lesley Joseph
Presenter:
Tony Robinson
Presenter:
Tony Robinson
Executive Producer:
Elliot Reed
Executive Producer:
Elliot Reed

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