Political debate show broadcast with live audience from Norwich landmark
BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? - presented by Alex Forsyth - aired from Norwich Cathedral's nave at 8pm on Friday, March 6.
The panel featured Sir Mark Lyall Grant, former national security adviser and UK ambassador to the UN; treasury minister and Labour MP Lucy Rigby; Eleanor Shearer of the think tank Common Wealth; and former Conservative cabinet minister Sir John Whittingdale MP.
The Dean of Norwich, the Very Rev Dr Andrew Braddock, said: "We were delighted that the cathedral could host lively, informed and topical debate as part of its wider role in civic life."
Audience members posed questions on a range of subjects including the war in Iran, investment in North Sea gas fields, the impact of artificial intelligence on youth employment and the financial challenges facing heritage buildings and the hospitality industry.
Any Questions? was first broadcast in October 1948. Every week it visits a different part of the country with a panel of four speakers who answer questions from the audience.
