Panellists: Ian Aitken, Menzies Campbell, Jane Ewart-Biggs, Douglas Hurd.

Panellists: Robin Cook, Sarah Hogg, Roy Jenkins, John Major.

Panellists: Harriet Harman, Michael Howard, Alan Watkins, and Phil Williams.

Panellists: Tony Benn, Kenneth Clarke, Elizabeth Symons, Shirley Williams.

This episode was Robin Day's final time as the programme's chair. The debate was filmed from Paris and Day was allowed to choose his own guests, who included Conservative politician and lawyer Sir Leon Brittan QC, actress Chantal Cuer, Labour politician Denis Healey, and French politician Yvette Roudy.

After its summer break, Peter Sissons made his debut as Question Time's new Chair. The panel included Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown, Labour MP Roy Hattersley, Green Party activist Sara Parkin, and Conservative MP Nicholas Ridley.