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(1955–1996)

Full Cast & Crew

Series Directed by 

John Furness ... (unknown episodes)

Series Writing Credits  

Robert Kee ... (narrative script) (1 episode, 1958)
Howard Thomas ... (creator) (unknown episodes)

Series Cast  

Norman Fisher Norman Fisher ...  Self - Question-Master / ... 162 episodes, 1956-1961
Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski ...  Self - Panellist / ... 72 episodes, 1955-1961
Alan Bullock Alan Bullock ...  Self - Panellist / ... 53 episodes, 1955-1961
Julian Huxley Julian Huxley ...  Self - Panellist 45 episodes, 1955-1961
A.J. Ayer A.J. Ayer ...  Self - Panellist 43 episodes, 1956-1961
Alan Melville Alan Melville ...  Self - Question-Master / ... 35 episodes, 1955-1958
Marghanita Laski Marghanita Laski ...  Self - Panellist 26 episodes, 1955-1961
Violet Bonham Carter ...  Self - Panellist 23 episodes, 1955-1960
Eric James Eric James ...  Self - Panellist 23 episodes, 1956-1961
James Fisher James Fisher ...  Self - Panellist 23 episodes, 1956-1960
Ifor Evans Ifor Evans ...  Self - Panellist 20 episodes, 1956-1960
John Wolfenden John Wolfenden ...  Self - Panellist / ... 20 episodes, 1958-1961
Barbara Wootton Barbara Wootton ...  Self - Panellist 19 episodes, 1956-1960
Bernard Braden ...  Self - Question-Master / ... 19 episodes, 1957-1958
Michael Flanders Michael Flanders ...  Self - Question-Master / ... 19 episodes, 1958-1959
Margaret Lane Margaret Lane ...  Self - Panellist 18 episodes, 1955-1961
Noel Annan Noel Annan ...  Self - Panellist 16 episodes, 1956-1960
David Cecil David Cecil ...  Self - Panellist 15 episodes, 1956-1961
John Maud John Maud ...  Self - Panellist 15 episodes, 1956-1958
Hugh Ross Williamson Hugh Ross Williamson ...  Self - Question-Master / ... 14 episodes, 1955
W. Grey Walter W. Grey Walter ...  Self - Panellist 12 episodes, 1956-1961
Gwyn Thomas Gwyn Thomas ...  Self - Panellist 12 episodes, 1956-1960
Ruth Pitter Ruth Pitter ...  Self - Panellist 12 episodes, 1957-1960
Bernard Williams Bernard Williams ...  Self - Panellist / ... 12 episodes, 1959-1961
Pamela Hansford Johnson Pamela Hansford Johnson ...  Self - Panellist 11 episodes, 1957-1961
John Betjeman John Betjeman ...  Self - Panellist 10 episodes, 1955-1960
David Daiches David Daiches ...  Self - Panellist 10 episodes, 1956-1960
Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand ...  Self - Panellist 10 episodes, 1957-1960
Alexander Kennedy Alexander Kennedy ...  Self - Panellist 10 episodes, 1957-1959
Margery Fry Margery Fry ...  Self - Panellist 9 episodes, 1955-1957
Peter Brook Peter Brook ...  Self - Panellist 8 episodes, 1955-1957
Malcolm Muggeridge ...  Self - Question-Master / ... 8 episodes, 1955-1956
Alan Gemmell Alan Gemmell ...  Self - Panellist 8 episodes, 1957-1959
Oliver Franks Oliver Franks ...  Self - Panellist 7 episodes, 1956-1961
Rebecca West Rebecca West ...  Self - Panellist 7 episodes, 1956-1959
George Paget Thomson George Paget Thomson ...  Self - Panellist 7 episodes, 1958-1960
Edward Shackleton Edward Shackleton ...  Self - Panellist 7 episodes, 1958-1960
Robert Boothby Robert Boothby ...  Self - Panellist 7 episodes, 1959-1960
Michael Grant Michael Grant ...  Self - Panellist 6 episodes, 1956-1959
Bertrand Russell ...  Self - Panellist 6 episodes, 1956-1957
Hesketh Pearson Hesketh Pearson ...  Self - Panellist 6 episodes, 1956-1957
Hubert Gregg ...  Self - Question-Master 6 episodes, 1956
William Golding ...  Self - Panellist 6 episodes, 1957-1960
Yehudi Menuhin ...  Self - Panellist 6 episodes, 1958-1961
Miles Thomas Miles Thomas ...  Self - Panellist 6 episodes, 1958-1959
Peter Hall ...  Self - Panellist 6 episodes, 1959-1961
Mary Ann Sieghart Mary Ann Sieghart ...  Self - Question-Master 6 episodes, 1996
Robert Kee Robert Kee ...  Self - Question-Master 5 episodes, 1958-1960
Jacquetta Hawkes Jacquetta Hawkes ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1955-1959
George Earl of Harewood George Earl of Harewood ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1956-1961
V.S. Pritchett V.S. Pritchett ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1956-1960
James Laver James Laver ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1956-1958
John Wain John Wain ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1957-1961
C.P. Snow C.P. Snow ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1957-1959
Reg Butler Reg Butler ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1957-1959
Anthony Quinton Anthony Quinton ...  Self - Panellist 5 episodes, 1958-1959
Glyn Daniel Glyn Daniel ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1955-1956
Frederic Hooper Frederic Hooper ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1956-1959
Salvador de Madariaga Salvador de Madariaga ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1956-1958
Hugh Trevor-Roper ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1957-1959
Christopher Butler Christopher Butler ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1957-1959
Joost de Blank Joost de Blank ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1957-1959
Richard Dawkins ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1996
Paul Helm Paul Helm ...  Self - Panellist 4 episodes, 1996
Roy Harrod Roy Harrod ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1957-1960
Peter Ustinov ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1955-1960
Clough Williams-Ellis Clough Williams-Ellis ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1956-1959
Mary Stocks Mary Stocks ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1956-1959
Larry Adler ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1956-1958
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1957-1958
Elspeth Huxley Elspeth Huxley ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1958-1960
Shirley Williams Shirley Williams ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1959-1961
Richard Harris Richard Harris ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1959
J.H. Plumb J.H. Plumb ...  Self - Panellist 3 episodes, 1960-1961
A.B. Campbell A.B. Campbell ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1955
Lady Longford Lady Longford ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1955
John Nicholas John Nicholas ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1955
Compton MacKenzie Compton MacKenzie ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1960
Megan Lloyd George Megan Lloyd George ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1959
Lady Ravensdale Lady Ravensdale ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1958
Sylvia Harrison Sylvia Harrison ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1958
Nicholas Monsarrat Nicholas Monsarrat ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1957
Cyril Connolly Cyril Connolly ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1957
Stephen Spender Stephen Spender ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1957
John Wedgwood John Wedgwood ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956-1957
Virginia Spencer Cowles Virginia Spencer Cowles ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1956
Oliver Lyttleton Oliver Lyttleton ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1957-1960
Michel Saint-Denis Michel Saint-Denis ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1957
Joseph McCulloch Joseph McCulloch ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1957
A.L. Goodhart A.L. Goodhart ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1957
Max Beloff Max Beloff ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1957
Stephen Potter Stephen Potter ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958-1960
Mark Bonham-Carter Mark Bonham-Carter ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958-1960
Harold Nicolson Harold Nicolson ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958-1959
Mother Alexandra Mother Alexandra ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958-1959
Raymond Aron Raymond Aron ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958-1959
Stevie Smith Stevie Smith ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958-1959
Katharine Elliot Katharine Elliot ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958
Goronwy Rees Goronwy Rees ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1958
Edith Sitwell ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1959-1960
Charles Coulson Charles Coulson ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1959-1960
Denis Johnston ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1959
Patrick Blackett Patrick Blackett ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1959
Paul-Marc Henry Paul-Marc Henry ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1960-1961
Cecil Day-Lewis ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1961
Norman Birkett Norman Birkett ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1961
A.S. Byatt A.S. Byatt ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
Ben Okri Ben Okri ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
Lewis Wolpert Lewis Wolpert ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
Lisa Jardine Lisa Jardine ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
Edward De Bono Edward De Bono ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
Theodore Zeldin Theodore Zeldin ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
Nancy Cartwright Nancy Cartwright ...  Self - Panellist 2 episodes, 1996
John Berger ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Patrick Heron Patrick Heron ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Wendy Hiller ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Robert Morley ...  Self - Panelist 1 episode, 1955
Ian Hunter ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Margaret Rawlings ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Gilbert Harding Gilbert Harding ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Harry Rée Harry Rée ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Hugh Casson Hugh Casson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
D.W. Brogan D.W. Brogan ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Peter Medawar Peter Medawar ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
George Edwards George Edwards ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Cecil Woodham-Smith Cecil Woodham-Smith ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Peter Masefield Peter Masefield ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Geoffrey Gorer Geoffrey Gorer ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Eugene Paul Bennett Eugene Paul Bennett ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1955
Joyce Grenfell ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Flora Robson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Marius Goring ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Ewen Montagu Ewen Montagu ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Arthur Calder-Marshall Arthur Calder-Marshall ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Peter Fleming Peter Fleming ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Isobel Barnett Isobel Barnett ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Claud Cockburn Claud Cockburn ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Enid Bagnold Enid Bagnold ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
W.H. Auden ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
William Douglas-Home William Douglas-Home ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Roger Bannister Roger Bannister ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Monica Dickens Monica Dickens ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Bridget Boland Bridget Boland ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
George Woodcock George Woodcock ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Kate O'Brien Kate O'Brien ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Dwight Macdonald Dwight Macdonald ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Milton Shulman Milton Shulman ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Mervyn Stockwood Mervyn Stockwood ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Paul Jennings Paul Jennings ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Rosamond Lehmann Rosamond Lehmann ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Frank Birch Frank Birch ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Lionel Hale Lionel Hale ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Geoffrey Grigson Geoffrey Grigson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Moran Caplat Moran Caplat ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Charles Gibbs-Smith Charles Gibbs-Smith ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Solly Zuckerman Solly Zuckerman ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Basil Spence Basil Spence ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Tom Harrisson Tom Harrisson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Peter Quennell Peter Quennell ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Esmond Wright Esmond Wright ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Graham Hutton Graham Hutton ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Alan Pryce-Jones Alan Pryce-Jones ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Diana Reader Harris Diana Reader Harris ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Walter Elliot Walter Elliot ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Donald Tyerman Donald Tyerman ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
Michael Ayrton Michael Ayrton ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1956
James Robertson Justice ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Margaret Mead ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Dilys Powell Dilys Powell ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
James Morris James Morris ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Pamela Frankau Pamela Frankau ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Drew Middleton Drew Middleton ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Michael Ramsey Michael Ramsey ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
John Summerson John Summerson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Hubert Phillips Hubert Phillips ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
William Holford William Holford ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
George Barnes George Barnes ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Jo Grimond Jo Grimond ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Daniel Jones Daniel Jones ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1957
Aldous Huxley ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Vera Brittain ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Isaiah Berlin ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Ashley Montagu ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Arthur Bliss Arthur Bliss ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Malcolm Sargent Malcolm Sargent ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Olivier Todd Olivier Todd ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Andrew Cavendish Andrew Cavendish ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
William Wedgwood Benn William Wedgwood Benn ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Edward Twining Edward Twining ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Anthony Chenevix-Trench Anthony Chenevix-Trench ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Jane Ironside Jane Ironside ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Alan Ross Alan Ross ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Steuart Wilson Steuart Wilson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Margery Fisher Margery Fisher ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Ellis Waterhouse Ellis Waterhouse ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1958
Ralph Richardson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Sam Wanamaker ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Moira Shearer ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Tyrone Guthrie ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Asa Briggs Asa Briggs ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Lord Moran Lord Moran ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Frank George Frank George ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Elizabeth Irving Elizabeth Irving ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Alec Kirkbride Alec Kirkbride ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Keith Kyle Keith Kyle ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Alec Peterson Alec Peterson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Frederick Marquis Frederick Marquis ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1959
Arnold Wesker Arnold Wesker ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Wolf Mankowitz ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Doris Lessing ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
John Mason Brown ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Colin Davis Colin Davis ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Hephzibah Menuhin Hephzibah Menuhin ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Eugene Rostow Eugene Rostow ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Thomas Corbishley Thomas Corbishley ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Richard Hoggart Richard Hoggart ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Richard Titmuss Richard Titmuss ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
T.E. Utley T.E. Utley ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Denis Brogan Denis Brogan ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1960
Robert Bolt ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Henry Kissinger ...  Self 1 episode, 1961
John Whiting John Whiting ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Kenneth Kaunda Kenneth Kaunda ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Michael Swann Michael Swann ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Gladwyn Jebb Gladwyn Jebb ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Donald MacKay Donald MacKay ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Stuart Hampshire Stuart Hampshire ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Barbara Ward Barbara Ward ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
Richard Neustadt Richard Neustadt ...  Self 1 episode, 1961
Kenneth Younger Kenneth Younger ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961
C.J. Hamson C.J. Hamson ...  Self - Panellist 1 episode, 1961

Series Produced by 

John Furness ... producer (230 episodes, 1955-1961)
Jack Ashley ... producer (17 episodes, 1960)
Catherine Freeman ... producer (9 episodes, 1957-1958)
John Grist ... producer (8 episodes, 1957-1960)
Michael Roberts ... producer (6 episodes, 1996)
Christopher Salt ... series producer (6 episodes, 1996)
Mike Bowen ... producer (4 episodes, 1959)
John Pearson ... producer (1 episode, 1956)
Peter Brook ... producer (unknown episodes)

Series Additional Crew 

Howard Thomas ... arranged by (11 episodes, 1955)

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