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<h2 id="premise">Premise</h2> <p>It was a British <a href="/facts/Audience_participation/BtMhrVba">audience participation</a> <a href="/facts/Talk_show/sLLJNdg9">talk show</a> which involved Scottish teenagers asking questions to celebrities about topical issues of the day.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="guests">Guests</h2> <p>(Sourced from the BBC's Radio Times archive)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>10 Dec 1984: Ato Wahib Muluneh, Dr. John Seaman & <a href="/facts/George_Galloway/DhrmvHI3">George Galloway</a>.</li> <li>14 Dec 1984: <a href="/facts/Arthur_Scargill/MMrMtmqm">Arthur Scargill</a>.</li> <li>18 Dec 1984: <a href="/facts/Billy_Connolly/1TQ4ofXN">Billy Connolly</a>.</li> <li>21 Dec 1984: <a href="/facts/Anne,_Princess_Royal/6HI3zHkk">HRH Princess Anne</a>.</li> <li>8 Jan 1985: The Rt Hon <a href="/facts/Cecil_Parkinson/69e1XohX">Cecil Parkinson</a>, MP.</li> <li>15 Jan 1985: The Bishop of Durham, The Right Rev <a href="/facts/David_Jenkins_(bishop)/0mN7nlxM">David Jenkins</a>.</li> <li>22 Jan 1985: <a href="/facts/Tessa_Sanderson/5fPbEtvP">Tessa Sanderson</a>, <a href="/facts/Mary_Peters_(athlete)/2I8WX6Wb">Mary Peters</a> and <a href="/facts/Wendy_Smith-Sly/ElaDgHEy">Wendy Sly</a>.</li> <li>29 Jan 1985: <a href="/facts/Jimmy_Boyle_(artist)/Ed1f21Bt">Jimmy & Sarah Boyle</a>.</li> <li>5 Feb 1985: The Rt Hon <a href="/facts/Enoch_Powell/rc0TPPt9">Enoch Powell</a>, MP</li> <li>12 Feb 1985: <a href="/facts/Midge_Ure/3JDTA1c4">Midge Ure</a>, <a href="/facts/Stuart_Adamson/fUBedPGE">Stuart Adamson</a> and <a href="/facts/The_Bluebells/B0hofVwU">Robert Hodgens</a>.</li> <li>17 Sep 1985: <a href="/facts/John_Nicolson/BKE1BwhQ">John Nicolson</a> replaces Hilary O'Neill and Michael MacFarlane as host. No Guest specified in Radio Times.</li> <li>24 Sep 1985: The Rt Hon <a href="/facts/Neil_Kinnock/9bcjJT19">Neil Kinnock</a>, MP, Leader of the Labour Party.</li> <li>1 Oct 1985: Mrs. <a href="/facts/Victoria_Gillick/9SEBf4Yr">Victoria Gillick</a>.</li> <li>8 Oct 1985: Former Prime Minister of Rhodesia Mr. <a href="/facts/Ian_Smith/cfIfyRRv">Ian Smith</a>.</li> <li>15 Oct 1985: <a href="/facts/Steve_Sawyer_(environmentalist)/yJB1Ft3G">Steve Sawyer</a>, <a href="/facts/Greenpeace/nB8x6RJL">Greenpeace</a>.</li> <li>22 Oct 1985: <a href="/facts/James_Anderton/gKmfLlK2">James Anderton</a>, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester & Leslie Curtis, Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales.</li> <li>29 Oct 1985: Dr. <a href="/facts/David_Owen/bKfbtxDD">David Owen</a>.</li> <li>5 Nov 1985: <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Archer/Q70amvGR">Jeffrey Archer</a>.</li> <li>12 Nov 1985: Jo-Ag-Quis-Ho, Chief of the <a href="/facts/Iroquois/PnYFTuIP">Iroquois Confederacy</a>.</li> <li>19 Nov 1985: Vladimir Pozner.</li> <li>26 Nov 1985: <a href="/facts/Tony_Benn/0tWCy8d3">Tony Benn</a>.</li> <li>3 Dec 1985: <a href="/facts/Cliff_Richard/u8Cl5fTf">Cliff Richard</a>.</li> <li>10 Dec 1985: Aurora & Michael El Legion.</li> <li>22 Sep 1986: <a href="/facts/Derek_Hatton/XjdRIToH">Derek Hatton</a> & <a href="/facts/John_Macreadie/J6I32Xda">John Macreadie</a>.</li> <li>29 Sep 1986: <a href="/facts/Jim_Kerr/a8YreACj">Jim Kerr</a>.</li> <li>6 Oct 1986: Mrs. <a href="/facts/Mary_Whitehouse/EDr5C8qB">Mary Whitehouse</a>.</li> <li>13 Oct 1986: <a href="/facts/World_Association_of_Nuclear_Operators/JMa4Yzez">Lord Walter Marshall</a>.</li> <li>20 Oct 1986: <a href="/facts/Ian_Botham/CR84qxJC">Ian Botham</a>.</li> <li>27 Oct 1986: Former Vice-President <a href="/facts/Walter_Mondale/Mt6WnypN">Walter Mondale</a> (via satellite).</li> <li>17 Nov 1986: Former Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Edward_Heath/uduKQcHs">Edward Heath</a>.</li> <li>24 Nov 1986: Guest not specified by Radio Times.</li> <li>1 Dec 1986: Guest not specified by Radio Times.</li> <li>8 Dec 1986: <a href="/facts/Denis_Healey/U2DcgKfG">Denis Healey</a>.</li> <li>15 Dec 1986: South Africa's Deputy Foreign Minister Ron Miller (via satellite).</li> <li>29 Sep 1987: <a href="/facts/Bernie_Grant/5xHt6f30">Bernie Grant</a>.</li> <li>6 Oct 1987: <a href="/facts/Edwina_Currie/VSJA0SNw">Edwina Currie</a>.</li> <li>13 Oct 1987: <a href="/facts/Terry_Butcher/2JNuJerb">Terry Butcher</a>.</li> <li>20 Oct 1987: <a href="/facts/Ben_Elton/YbCdQSwA">Ben Elton</a>.</li> <li>27 Oct 1987: <a href="/facts/Janet_Farrar/X9cDkhmP">Janet</a> & <a href="/facts/Stewart_Farrar/SjDIa1VX">Stewart Farrar</a>.</li> <li>3 Nov 1987: Former News of the World editor <a href="/facts/David_Montgomery_(newspaper_executive)/qeu2hndL">David Montgomery</a>.</li> <li>10 Nov 1987: <a href="/facts/Peter_Tatchell/uxIQtzyF">Peter Tatchell</a>.</li> <li>17 Nov 1987: <a href="/facts/Freemasonry/zgLC9973">Freemason</a> Commander Michael Higham.</li> <li>24 Nov 1987: <a href="/facts/Billy_Bragg/DybQYMCc">Billy Bragg</a>.</li> <li>1 Dec 1987: <a href="/facts/Winnie_Ewing/7rhyCqXc">Winnie Ewing</a>.</li> <li>8 Dec 1987: <a href="/facts/Clive_Barker/bVNxtU56">Clive Barker</a>.</li> <li>15 Dec 1987: <a href="/facts/Michael_Grade/LMqGsTGy">Michael Grade</a>.</li> <li>22 Dec 1987: Sir <a href="/facts/Ian_MacGregor/aJymXMPY">Ian MacGregor</a>.</li> <li>9 May 1988: Live edition. Guest not specified by Radio Times.</li> <li>16 May 1988: Live edition. Guest not specified by Radio Times.</li> <li>30 May 1988: Live edition. <a href="/facts/Tom_Robinson/xW68CLLU">Tom Robinson</a> & The Rev David Holloway.</li> <li>6 Jun 1988: Live edition. Senator <a href="/facts/Gary_Hart/pLnXsX5y">Gary Hart</a>.</li> <li>13 Jun 1988: Live edition. <a href="/facts/Linda_Lusardi/5Pwny0LB">Linda Lusardi</a>, <a href="/facts/Gail_McKenna/UuyyzhTd">Gail McKenna</a> & Miss Bluebell <a href="/facts/Margaret_Kelly_(dancer)/hYh8wlho">Margaret Kelly</a>.</li> <li>21 Sep 1988: Krishnan Guru-Murthy becomes host. Guest: <a href="/facts/Jimmy_Savile/3cr380To">Jimmy Savile</a>.</li> <li>28 Sep 1988: <a href="/facts/John_Prescott/dpg7s8tI">John Prescott</a>, MP.</li> <li>5 Oct 1988: Guest not specified in Radio Times.</li> <li>12 Oct 1988: Dr. Jerry Nims.</li> <li>19 Oct 1988: Guest not specified in Radio Times.</li> <li>26 Oct 1988: Guest not specified in Radio Times.</li> <li>3 April 1989: <a href="/facts/Pamela_Stephenson/4l7l1n1C">Pamela Stephenson</a>.</li> <li>10 April 1989: The <a href="/facts/Guardian_Angels/6uB0Vs4m">Guardian Angels</a> founders <a href="/facts/Curtis_Sliwa/jp3xAszr">Curtis Sliwa</a> & Dave Edmond.</li> <li>17 April 1989: <a href="/facts/Janet_Street-Porter/kFfDzqoJ">Janet Street-Porter</a>.</li> <li>24 April 1989: Rt Hon <a href="/facts/Roy_Hattersley/2u0u2D02">Roy Hattersley</a>, MP.</li> <li>8 May 1989: Rt Hon <a href="/facts/Douglas_Hurd/yzYk5nwj">Douglas Hurd</a>, MP. (Originally scheduled but postponed from 1 May)</li> <li>15 May 1989: <a href="/facts/Miguel_d%27Escoto_Brockmann/1bsIojjA">Padre Miguel D'Escoto</a>.</li> <li>13 Jan 1992: John Kelly becomes host. Guest: <a href="/facts/Justin_Fashanu/jT04LTGd">Justin Fashanu</a>.</li> <li>20 Jan 1992: <a href="/facts/Robbie_Coltrane/AklarvXl">Robbie Coltrane</a>.</li> <li>27 Jan 1992: <a href="/facts/Thomas_Sutherland_(academic)/Hs4cyoFy">Tom Sutherland</a>.</li> <li>3 Feb 1992: <a href="/facts/Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey/pgUpuju3">Bernadette Devlin McAliskey</a>.</li> <li>24 Feb 1992: <a href="/facts/Caroline_Cossey/gVYwcD1c">Caroline Cossey</a>.</li> <li>2 Mar 1992: <a href="/facts/Kate_Adie/sH9bLfdK">Kate Adie</a>.</li> <li>16 Mar 1992: <a href="/facts/Nabil_Shaban/Uha08ewd">Nabil Shaban</a>. (Originally scheduled but postponed from 9 March)</li> <li>23 Mar 1992: <a href="/facts/Craig_Charles/S00a98yo">Craig Charles</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 11 July 1976. <a href="https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b8f4314a5e3444bb892c87bd9ecd766a" target="_blank">https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b8f4314a5e3444bb892c87bd9ecd766a</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 8 October 1984. <a href="https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0f167e1c82b18f445b77e146b60d258c" target="_blank">https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0f167e1c82b18f445b77e146b60d258c</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 10 December 1984. <a href="https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/13c41279791347c49b87bc8c88578a73" target="_blank">https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/13c41279791347c49b87bc8c88578a73</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Jimmy Savile: Cold, aggressive, menacing". Channel 4 News. 8 October 2012. <a href="https://www.channel4.com/news/jimmy-savile-cold-aggressive-menacing" target="_blank">https://www.channel4.com/news/jimmy-savile-cold-aggressive-menacing</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Rowat, Alison (9 May 2020). "BBC audience prompted to take Billy Connolly to task". The Herald. Scotland. Retrieved 22 August 2021. <a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18438339.bbc-audience-prompted-take-billy-connolly-task/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18438339.bbc-audience-prompted-take-billy-connolly-task/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 26 January 1994. <a href="https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/329a5b377be74f42a0c43fef1af2fb33" target="_blank">https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/329a5b377be74f42a0c43fef1af2fb33</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"SNP John Nicolson on Hosting Brilliant Grilling by Scottish Teenagers In 1986". HuffingtonPost.com. 3 August 2015. <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/31/john-nicolson-ian-botham-open-to-question-krishnan-guru-murthy_n_7911094.html" target="_blank">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/31/john-nicolson-ian-botham-open-to-question-krishnan-guru-murthy_n_7911094.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Home - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. <a href="https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>