The Agenda was a political discussion programme on British television network ITV, broadcast on Monday evenings from 10.45pm. The programme was presented by ITV News anchor Tom Bradby and was first broadcast on 27 February 2012 and it ran for nine series until the show's cancellation on 28 November 2016.
In each episode, Bradby was joined by four guests to discuss the biggest news stories of the previous week and then talk about the week ahead. Guests have included David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Boris Johnson. The programme did not return after 9 series, running until 2016.
Episode Guide Series Start date End date Episodes 1 27 February 2012 23 April 2012 8 2 15 October 2012 3 December 2012 8 3 28 January 2013 18 March 2013 8 4 7 October 2013 9 December 2013 10 5 10 February 2014 14 April 2014 10 6 6 October 2014 8 December 2014 10 7 2 April 2015 11 May 2015 10 8 22 February 2016 2 May 2016 10 9 26 September 2016 28 November 2016 10
Series 1 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date1 Boris Johnson, Jenny Agutter, Allison Pearson and Brendan Barber 2 Nick Clegg, Mariella Frostrup, Rachel Sylvester and Digby Jones 5 March 20123 Yvette Cooper, Fraser Nelson, James Caan and Rachel Johnson 12 March 20124 Alistair Darling, Amanda Platell, Andy Street and Fiona Shaw 19 March 20125 William Hague, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Anthony Horowitz and Jane Moore 26 March 20126 Ross Kemp, Martin Sorrell, Margot James and Joan Bakewell. 2 April 20127 Ed Miliband, Victoria Coren, Joanna Trollope and Peter Bazalgette 16 April 20128 Michael Heseltine, Christopher Meyer, Mariella Frostrup and Germaine Greer 23 April 2012
Series 2 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date1 Ed Miliband, Jo Brand, Max Hastings and Ulrika Jonsson 2 David Cameron, Stella Rimington, Julian Fellowes and Rebecca Front 22 October 20123 Nick Clegg, Victoria Coren, Sarah Sands and Greg Dyke 29 October 20124 Douglas Alexander, Germaine Greer, Amy Lamé and Christopher Meyer 5 November 20125 Boris Johnson, Hugh Grant, Kate Williams and Jamelia 12 November 20126 Patrick Stewart, Harriet Harman, Andrew Roberts and Rowan Pelling 19 November 20127 Simon Hughes, Mariella Frostrup, Fiona Shaw and Daniel Finkelstein 26 November 20128 William Hague, Jeanette Winterson, Allison Pearson and Andy Street 3 December 2012
Series 3 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date1 Jeremy Hunt, Andrea Riseborough, Jane Moore and David Baddiel 2 Ed Balls, Mariella Frostrup, Amanda Platell and Anthony Horowitz 4 February 20133 Clive Anderson, Nicola Horlick, Fiona Shaw and Danny Alexander 11 February 20134 George Osborne, Christopher Meyer, Fiona Phillips and Rowan Pelling 18 February 20135 Harriet Harman, Mary Beard, Omid Djalili and Daniel Finkelstein 25 February 20136 David Miliband, Deborah Meaden, Michael Morpurgo and Clemency Burton-Hill 4 March 20137 Paddy Ashdown, Stella Rimington, Brian Cox and Julia Hartley-Brewer 11 March 20138 Fraser Nelson, Mariella Frostrup, John Prescott and Susie Boniface 18 March 2013Agenda series three itv.com
Series 4 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date1 Michelle Mone, David Cameron, Allison Pearson and David Baddiel 7 October 20132 Harriet Harman, Dan Snow, Jeanette Winterson and Fraser Nelson 14 October 20133 Nick Clegg, Esther Rantzen, Anthony Horowitz and Mariella Frostrup 21 October 20134 Bettany Hughes, Clive Anderson, Tristram Hunt and Julia Hartley-Brewer 28 October 20135 Nigel Farage, Amanda Platell, David Schneider and Jamelia 4 November 20136 Chris Huhne, Natalie Haynes, Sarah Sands and Peter Bazalgette 11 November 20137 Ed Balls, Nicola Horlick, Christopher Meyer and Susie Boniface 18 November 20138 Michael Gove, Ben Miller, Deborah Meaden and Grace Dent 25 November 20139 Terry Christian, Heather Rabbatts, Ken Clarke and Stephanie Flanders 2 December 201310 Chuka Umunna, Jane Moore, Dom Joly and Julia Bradbury 9 December 2013
Series 5 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date1 George Osborne, Stephanie Flanders, Bettany Hughes and Martin Lewis 10 February 20142 Danny Alexander, Clive Anderson, Germaine Greer and Amanda Platell 17 February 20143 Boris Johnson, Theo Paphitis, Fiona Shaw and Victoria Coren Mitchell 24 February 20144 Fraser Nelson, Dom Joly, Jacqueline Gold and Diane Abbott 3 March 20145 Harriet Harman, Martin Sorrell, Julia Bradbury and David Schneider 10 March 20146 Jonathan Freedland, Katy Brand, Dan Snow and Sayeeda Warsi 17 March 20147 Ed Miliband, David Baddiel, Laura Tenison and Sarah Vine 24 March 20148 Douglas Alexander, Mariella Frostrup, Nick Hewer and Isabel Hardman 31 March 20149 Esther McVey, Philip Collins, Rory McGrath and Jeanette Winterson 7 April 201410 Emma Kennedy, Michael Morpurgo, Vince Cable and Allison Pearson 14 April 2014
Series 6 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date1 Ed Balls, Katy Brand, Jane Moore and James Caan 6 October 20142 Deborah Meaden, Rory Bremner, Aasmah Mir and David Cameron 13 October 20143 Dom Joly, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Nick Clegg and Nikita Lalwani 20 October 20144 Nigel Farage, Sarah Vine, David Baddiel and Grace Dent 27 October 20145 Chuka Umunna, Susie Boniface, Peter Bazalgette and Lorraine Candy 3 November 20146 George Osborne, Anthony Horowitz, Michelle Mone and Victoria Coren Mitchell 10 November 20147 Ed Miliband, Myleene Klass, Allison Pearson and Christopher Meyer 17 November 20148 Grant Shapps, Germaine Greer, Benjamin Zephaniah and Emma Barnett 24 November 20149 Danny Alexander, Stephanie Flanders, Charles Dance and Amanda Platell 1 December 201410 Mariella Frostrup, Yvette Cooper, Dominic Lawson and Russell Kane 8 December 2014
Series 7 The series began on 2 April 2015. Two episodes aired each week in the run up to the 2015 General Election. Episode Panellists Original broadcast date1 Rory Bremner, Christiane Amanpour, Grace Dent and Fraser Nelson 2 April 2015 2 Ed Miliband, Katy Brand, Brian Cox and Helena Morrissey 9 April 2015 3 Nicola Sturgeon, Christopher Meyer, Philip Collins and Elaine C. Smith 13 April 2015 4 Danny Alexander, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Aasmah Mir and Benjamin Zephaniah 16 April 2015 5 Ed Balls, Jane Moore, Marcus Brigstocke and Louise Cooper 20 April 2015 6 Jeremy Hunt, Deborah Bull, Anthony Horowitz and Jenni Russell 23 April 2015 7 Nick Clegg, Mariella Frostrup, Rory Bremner and Rachel Sylvester 27 April 2015 8 Douglas Carswell, Camilla Cavendish, Nick Hewer and Jeanette Winterson 30 April 2015 9 George Osborne, Jenni Russell, Amanda Platell and Dan Snow 4 May 2015 10 Daniel Finkelstein, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Aasmah Mir and Tristram Hunt 11 May 2015
Series 8 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date 1 Germaine Greer, Philip Collins, Julia Bradbury and John Whittingdale 22 February 2016Agenda Week 8 itv.com 2 Jeremy Corbyn, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Marcus Brigstocke and Helena Morrissey 29 February 2016 3 Tim Farron, Juliet Stevenson, Dominic Lawson and Grainne Maguire 7 March 2016 4 Chuka Umunna, Stephanie Flanders, Fraser Nelson and Ava Vidal 14 March 2016 5 Boris Johnson, Mariella Frostrup, Rory Bremner and Jane Moore 21 March 2016 6 Eddie Izzard, Lucy Powell, Luke Johnson and Rachel Johnson 4 April 2016 7 Ed Miliband, Arlene Phillips, Ruth Lea and Christopher Meyer 11 April 2016 8 George Osborne, Grace Dent, Allison Pearson and Martin Lewis 18 April 2016 9 Iain Duncan Smith, Ayesha Hazarika, Martin Sorrell and Emma Kennedy 25 April 2016 10 Nigel Farage, Zoe Williams, David Baddiel and Merryn Somerset Webb 2 May 2016
Series 9 Episode Panellists Original broadcast date 1 Ed Balls, Shappi Khorsandi, Elizabeth McGovern and Rachel Johnson 26 September 2016 2 Nick Clegg, Jane Moore, Julia Hartley-Brewer and Alastair Campbell 3 October 2016 3 Kenneth Clarke, Carole Malone, Bonnie Greer and Clive Anderson 10 October 2016 4 Joan Bakewell, Rory Bremner, Anna Soubry, Ed Miliband and Toby Young 18 October 2016 5 Nicky Morgan, Suzanne Evans, Jeremy Paxman, Griff Rhys Jones and Allison Pearson 25 October 2016 6 Diane Abbott, Ken Loach, Tom Newton Dunn and Emma Barnett 31 October 2016 7 Nigel Farage, Emily Thornberry, David Baddiel, Tim Shipman and Jan Halper-Hays 8 November 2016 8 George Osborne, David Starkey, Stacy Hilliard, Alastair Campbell and Anushka Asthana 14 November 2016 9 Michael Gove, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Piers Morgan, Owen Smith and Gina Miller 21 November 2016 10 Justine Greening, Tim Farron, Fraser Nelson, Germaine Greer and Michelle Dewberry 28 November 2016
Note: Episodes 4–5 were 60 minutes in length and aired on Tuesdays at 8pm. These two episodes were recorded at The London Studios. Episode 7 was hosted by Robert Peston.
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