British political discussion programme on ITV
Peston Genre Politics Presented by Robert Peston and Anushka Asthana Theme music composer Sitting Duck Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English Executive producers Mark Rubens Rachel Corp Production location Editors Vicky Flind (Executive Editor),[ 1] Sarah Weaver (Deputy Editor), Kishan Koria (Deputy Editor) Camera setup Multi-camera Running time 60 minutes (including adverts) Production company Multistory Media Network ITV Release 26 September 2018 (2018-09-26 ) – present ITV News ;Exposure ;On Assignment ;Tonight
Peston is the flagship political discussion programme on British television network ITV1 , usually recorded live on Wednesday evenings at 9pm. It is broadcast live on Twitter (the first terrestrial UK programme to do so) and then played out after the News at Ten at 10.45pm. It was announced on 5 June 2018 that the show would launch in the autumn of that year as a continuation of Peston on Sunday .[ 2] The programme is presented by Robert Peston , the Political Editor of ITV News , and features a combination of interviews with politicians and public figures alongside analysis of the major news events of the week.
According to ITV, Peston intends to "provide viewers with a fresh, intelligent and lively perspective on the big matters of the day."[ 3] Political and cultural guests join Robert Peston in the studio or remotely for interviews, with analysis from Anushka Asthana and 'Screeny', the show's large touchscreen which also features social media interaction.
The show launched on 26 September with its own emoji on Twitter promoting the launch. The emoji appears when any user tweets #Peston.[ 4]
The programme is broadcast from TC2 at BBC Studioworks' Television Centre in West London and shares a studio with Lorraine and Loose Women .
Episodes
Run 1
The show launched on 26 September 2018 for its initial run.
Episode
Date
Guests
1
26 September 2018
Matt Hancock , Barry Gardiner , Amber Rudd and Rose McGowan with Nadine Dorries and Alastair Campbell
2
3 October 2018
Andrea Leadsom , Dawn Butler , Nigel Dodds and Steve Baker with Stella Creasy and Anna Soubry
3
10 October 2018
David Davis , Nick Clegg and David Lidington with Sarah Wollaston and Gloria de Piero
4
17 October 2018
John McDonnell , Nigel Farage , Helen McEntee and James Cleverly with Lisa Nandy and Andrea Jenkyns
5
24 October 2018
Sadiq Khan , Johnny Mercer and Sebastian Coe with Nicky Morgan and Caroline Flint
6
31 October 2018
Sajid Javid , John McDonnell and Julia Neuberger with Chuka Umunna and Antoinette Sandbach
7
7 November 2018
Matt Hancock , Emily Thornberry , Jacob Rees-Mogg and Stanley McChrystal with Angela Eagle and Oliver Letwin
8
14 November 2018
Jacob Rees-Mogg , Nicola Sturgeon and Brandon Lewis with Nadine Dorries , Jess Phillips and Heidi Allen
9
21 November 2018
Philip Hammond , Rebecca Long-Bailey and Nigel Dodds with John Whittingdale , David Lammy and Nicky Morgan
10
28 November 2018
Greg Clark , Barry Gardiner , Jo Johnson and Professor Green with Hilary Benn and Suella Braverman
11
5 December 2018
David Gauke , Iain Duncan Smith , Nigel Dodds and Ian Hislop with Sam Gyimah and Lisa Nandy
12
12 December 2018
James Brokenshire , John McDonnell , Steve Baker and Nigel Dodds with Gus O'Donnell , Nicky Morgan and Caroline Flint
13
19 December 2018
Amber Rudd and Angela Rayner with Nadine Dorries , Chuka Umunna and Justine Greening
Run 2
Peston returned in the New Year to cover the run-up to Britain's scheduled departure from the EU on 29 March.
Episode
Date
Guests
1
9 January 2019
Andrea Leadsom , Tom Watson and Dominic Grieve with Lucy Powell , Maria Caulfield and Femi Oluwole
2
16 January 2019
John McDonnell , Liz Truss and Nigel Dodds with Lisa Nandy , Ben Bradshaw , Sam Gyimah and John Whittingdale
3
23 January 2019
Keir Starmer , Matt Hancock and Nigel Farage with Jess Phillips , Jo Swinson , Nicky Morgan and Gareth Johnson
4
30 January 2019
Greg Clark , Jon Trickett and Philippe Lamberts with Nadine Dorries , Oliver Letwin , Lisa Nandy and Peter Kyle
5
6 February 2019
David Davis , Damian Hinds , Tom Watson and Michelle O'Neill with Luciana Berger and Andrea Jenkins
6
13 February 2019
Nicola Sturgeon , Len McCluskey , Yvette Cooper and John Allan with Jess Phillips , Steve Double and Henry Newman
7
20 February 2019
Sajid Javid and Peter Mandleson with Heidi Allen , Gavin Shuker , Maria Caulfield and Stephen Doughty
8
27 February 2019
John McDonnell , Matt Hancock and Oliver Letwin with Lisa Nandy , Wes Streeting , John Whittingdale and Anna Soubry
9
6 March 2019
Sadiq Khan , David Miliband and Tracey Emin with John Mann , Antoinette Sandbach , Mark Francois and Lloyd Russell-Moyle
10
13 March 2019
Greg Clark , Steve Baker and Angela Rayner with Andrea Jenkyns , Sam Gyimah and Lucy Powell
11
20 March 2019
Emily Thornberry , Nigel Farage , William Hague and Suella Braverman with Lisa Nandy and Phillip Lee
12
27 March 2019
Liz Truss , Jacob Rees-Mogg and Chris Wilkins with Nicky Morgan , Heidi Allen and Justin Madders
13
3 April 2019
Philip Hammond , Tom Watson and Steve Baker with Alastair Campbell , Anand Menon, Jill Rutter, Nadine Dorries and Ed Vaizey
14
10 April 2019
Jeremy Hunt , John McDonnell and Mairead McGuinness with Justine Greening , Melanie Onn and John Whittingdale
Run 3
Peston returned after Easter in 2019, covering a period including the Local and European elections and the Conservative Leadership race to replace Theresa May as PM.
Episode
Date
Guests
1
1 May 2019
Rory Stewart , Barry Gardiner , Jonathan Powell and Felix Ottaway O'Mahony with Wes Streeting , Nicky Morgan , Jo Swinson and Steve Double
2
8 May 2019
George Osborne , Nigel Farage and Jon Ronson with Caroline Flint , Andrea Jenkyns and Caroline Lucas
3
15 May 2019
Emily Thornberry , Nicola Sturgeon , Vince Cable and Anthony Scaramucci with Lisa Nandy , Ed Vaizey and Andrew Bridgen
4
22 May 2019
Jacob Rees-Mogg , Johnny Mercer and Alastair Campbell with Wes Streeting , Dominic Grieve , Laura Parker, Alexandra Phillips and Gavin Esler
5
29 May 2019
Jeremy Hunt , Len McCluskey and James Cleverly with Ben Bradshaw , Mims Davies and Mark Francois
6
5 June 2019
Rory Stewart , John McDonnell Steve Baker and Heidi Allen with Theresa Villiers and Peter Kyle
7
12 June 2019
Andrea Leadsom , Priti Patel and Mark Harper with Lisa Nandy , Sam Gyimah and Annunziata Rees-Mogg
8
19 June 2019
Rory Stewart , Tom Watson and Jo Swinson with Lucy Powell , Andrea Jenkyns and Dominic Grieve
9
26 June 2019
Jeremy Hunt , David Gauke , Dawn Butler and Will Young with Ben Bradshaw and Mark Francois
10
3 July 2019
Dominic Raab , Nigel Farage , Jon Ashworth and Richard Ratcliffe with Jess Phillips and Nicky Morgan
11
10 July 2019
Philip Hammond , Emily Thornberry and Sean Spicer with Nicholas Soames and Melanie Onn
12
17 July 2019
Boris Johnson , Peter Hain and Greg Swenson with Lisa Nandy , Nadine Dorries and Sam Gyimah
13
24 July 2019
Rory Stewart , John McDonnell and Jacob Rees-Mogg with Caroline Flint , Mark Francois and Ed Vaizey
Run 4
Peston was back on air after the summer on 4 September 2019, returning with an interview with the PM Boris Johnson and ending with coverage of the snap UK General Election
Episode
Date
Guests
1
4 September 2019
Boris Johnson , John McDonnell and Ian Blackford with Dominic Grieve , Jess Phillips and Salma Shah
2
11 September 2019
Robert Jenrick , Nigel Farage , Emily Thornberry and David Gauke with Lisa Nandy , Luciana Berger and Jason Stein
3
18 September 2019
Nicky Morgan , Rachel Riley and Sam Gyimah with Mark Francois , Gloria de Piero and Joanna Cherry
4
25 September 2019
Boris Johnson , Amber Rudd and Barry Gardiner with Jess Phillips , Dominic Grieve and Alexandra Phillips
5
2 October 2019
Michael Gove , Nicola Sturgeon and Richard Burgon with Sarah Wollaston , John Whittingdale and Melanie Onn
6
9 October 2019
Andrea Leadsom , Rory Stewart and Julia Gillard with Damian Green , Heidi Allen and Peter Kyle
7
16 October 2019
Nicky Morgan , Steve Baker , Mairead McGuinness and Stephen Kinnock with David Lammy and Andrea Jenkyns
8
20 October 2019 ('Brextra Edition')
Matt Hancock , Emily Thornberry and Joanna Cherry with Bernard Jenkin and Antoinette Sandbach
9
23 October 2019
Sajid Javid and John McDonnell with Lisa Nandy , Mark Francois and Dominic Grieve
10
30 October 2019
Robert Buckland and Dawn Butler with Sayeeda Warsi , Chuku Umunna , Melanie Onn and Gavin Barwell [ 5]
11
6 November 2019
Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham with Luciana Berger , Ben Bradshaw , Alexandra Phillips and Ed Vaizey
12
13 November 2019
Andrea Leadsom , Jon Trickett and Conrad Black with Caroline Lucas , Matthew Elliot and Ali Milani
13
20 November 2019
Nicky Morgan , Len McCluskey and Petronella Wyatt with Ed Davey , Catherine West and John Whittingdale
14
27 November 2019
Jonathan Ashworth , Robert Jenrick and David Gauke with Sayeeda Warsi , Lucy Powell and John Nicolson
15
4 December 2019
Boris Johnson , Nicola Sturgeon and Barry Gardiner with Mark Francois and Gloria De Piero
16
11 December 2019
Jo Swinson , John McDonnell and Brandon Lewis with Adam Price , Rosie Duffield and John Whittingdale
17
18 December 2019
Emily Thornberry , Matt Hancock and David Baddiel with Andrea Jenkyns and Melanie Onn
Run 5
The show returned to air on 15 January 2020 staying on air throughout lockdown to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, including a number of episodes with Robert Peston himself in isolation.
Episode
Date
Guests
1
15 January 2020
James Cleverly , Jonathan Ashworth , Soweto Kinch , Nadia Whittome and Tom Tugendhat
2
22 January 2020
Brandon Lewis , Lisa Nandy , Arlene Foster , Lucy Powell and Suella Braverman
3
29 January 2020
Grant Shapps , Emily Thornberry , Cherie Blair , Gloria De Piero and Andrea Jenkyns
4
5 February 2020
Robert Buckland , Rebecca Long-Bailey , Jess Phillips , Rosie Duffield and Damian Green
5
12 February 2020
Nicky Morgan , Len McCluskey , Jeremy Hunt , Rosena Allin-Khan and Sayeeda Warsi
6
26 February 2020
Grant Shapps , Keir Starmer , Zelda Perkins, Liz Kendall and Justine Greening
7
4 March 2020
Nicola Sturgeon , Sir Patrick Vallance , Seb Gorka , Jonathan Ashworth , Huw Merriman and Poppy Trowbridge
8
11 March 2020
Alistair Darling , Steve Barclay , Dr Margaret Harris, Tobias Ellwood , Alison McGovern and Poppy Trowbridge
9
18 March 2020
Mark Walport , Johan Lundgren , Anthony Scaramucci , Tobias Ellwood and Jess Phillips
10
25 March 2020
Robert Jenrick , Jeremy Hunt , Angela Rayner , Mikhail Varshavski , George Freeman and Wes Streeting
11
1 April 2020
Jonathan Van-Tam , Lisa Nandy , Rick Wilson and Nick Timothy
12
8 April 2020
Therese Coffey , Keir Starmer , Pascal Soriot , Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Nicky Morgan
13
15 April 2020
Matt Hancock , Jeremy Howard, Ai WeiWei , Jess Phillips and Gavin Barwell
14
22 April 2020
John Newton , Jeremy Hunt , Jonathan Sacks , Liz Kendall and David Davis
15
29 April 2020
Nicola Sturgeon , Robert Jenrick , Jonathan Ashworth , Cherie Blair and Tobias Ellwood
16
6 May 2020
Gordon Brown , Robert Buckland , Joe Tracini , Jeremy King and Steve Baker
17
13 May 2020
Andrew Bailey , Anneliese Dodds , Matt Forde , Ed Davey and Nicky Morgan
18
20 May 2020
Anthony Costello , Sam Allardyce , Andy Puddicombe , David Miliband and Andrea Leadsom
19
27 May 2020
Matt Hancock , Stephen Reicher , James Graham , Yvette Cooper and Amber Rudd
20
3 June 2020
Jeremy Hunt , Michael O'Leary , Sheila Jackson Lee , David Lammy and Nick Timothy
21
10 June 2020
Oliver Dowden , Lisa Nandy , Tinchy Stryder , Dawn Butler and David Davis
22
17 June 2020
Robert Buckland , Anne Longfield , John Barnes , Jess Phillips and Gavin Barwell
23
24 June 2020
Matt Hancock , Paul Nurse , David Frum , Greg Clark and Cherie Blair
24
1 July 2020
Dominic Raab , Jonathan Ashworth , John Edmunds , Nicky Morgan and Jonathan Powell
25
8 July 2020
Alok Sharma , David King , Simon Emeny, Caroline Nokes and Ed Balls
26
15 July 2020
Matt Hancock , Nicola Sturgeon , DeRay Mckesson , Peter Kyle and Sayeeda Warsi
Run 6
Peston returned following the summer break in September 2020 to discuss the ongoing management of the COVID-19 pandemic, UK-EU Free Trade Deal negotiations and the US Presidential Election.
Episode
Date
Guests
1
9 September 2020
Jenny Harries , Gina Miller , Declan McKenna , Jess Phillips and David Davis
2
16 September 2020
Robert Jenrick , Richard Hatchett , Len McCluskey , Yvette Cooper and Gavin Barwell
3
23 September 2020
Michael Gove , Keir Starmer , Michael Gove , Michael O'Leary , Steve Baker and Nadia Whittome
4
30 September 2020
Nicola Sturgeon , Liz Truss , Rick Wilson , Rupa Huq , and Nick Timothy
5
7 October 2020
Lisa Nandy , Ruth Davidson , Bill Kristol , Andrea Leadsom , and Ruth Smeeth
6
14 October 2020
George Eustice , Michelle O'Neill , David King , Liz Kendall , and David Davis
7
21 October 2020
Oliver Dowden , Rupert Soames , Paul Nurse , Rosena Allin-Khan , and Andrea Jenkyns
8
28 October 2020
Robert Buckland , Dick Durbin , Kit Harington , Rosie Duffield , and Gavin Barwell
9
4 November 2020
Anthony Scaramucci , Grant Shapps , Emily Thornberry , DeRay Mckesson , Ed Balls and Nicky Morgan
10
11 November 2020
Therese Coffey , Kim Darroch , Naomi Klein , Ken Clarke and Angela Eagle
11
18 November 2020
John Edmunds , George Eustice , Robert Rinder , Rebecca Long-Bailey and Kate Fall
12
25 November 2020
Steve Barclay , Tim Spector , Angela Hartnett , Liz Kendall and Ken Clarke
13
2 December 2020
Nicola Sturgeon , Gary Neville , Jeremy Hunt and Wes Streeting
14
9 December 2020
Nigel Farage , Robert Jenrick , Katherine O'Brien , Kate Green and Amber Rudd
Run 7
The show returned from a Christmas break as the UK returned to Covid lockdown to combat a severe second wave of the virus.
Episode
Date
Guests
1
6 January 2021
Jeremy Hunt , Therese Coffey , Michael O'Leary , Martin Luther King III , John McDonnell and Sayeeda Warsi
2
13 January 2021
Patrick Vallance , Kim Darroch , Nicky Morgan and Wes Streeting
3
20 January 2021
Liz Truss , Simon Coveney , Armando Iannucci , Charles Walker and Ed Balls
4
27 January 2021
Kwasi Kwarteng , Robin Shattock , Ephraim Mirvis , Jess Phillips and Dehenna Davison
5
3 February 2021
Nadine Dorries , Anders Tegnell , Dawn Butler and David Davis
6
10 February 2021
John Edmunds , Arlene Foster , Robert Jenrick , Liz Kendall and David Davis
7
17 February 2021
Robert Buckland , Yuli Edelstein , Russell T Davies , Naz Shah and Steve Baker
8
24 February 2021
Grant Shapps , Neil Ferguson , Alex George , Lucy Powell and Mark Harper
9
3 March 2021
Steve Barclay , Lisa Nandy , John Curtice , John McDonnell and Nicky Morgan
10
10 March 2021
Steve Coogan , Joao Vale de Almeida , John Barnes , Rebecca Long-Bailey and Caroline Nokes
11
17 March 2021
Priti Patel , Paul Nurse , Roxane Gay , Jess Phillips and Maria Miller
12
24 March 2021
Liz Truss , Andy Haldane , Jason Isaacs , Yvette Cooper and Amber Rudd
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