Sharp End - Episode Guide

In the Sharp End interview, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams explains why she wants to give voters the right to sack Assembly members who don't measure up.

Adrian Masters is joined in the studio by Christina Rees, who's just been picked to fight Neath in next year's UK election, Plaid Cymru AM, Rhun ap Iorwerth and UKIP MEP, Nathan Gill.

Owain Phillips is joined in the studio for political chat with special guests.

On this week's Sharp End, Presenter Adrian Masters was joined by Assembly Members Keith Davies,Byron Davies, Aled Roberts and MP Jonathan Edwards

Presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Laura McAllister who is the Professor of Governance at Liverpool University, Labour's Alun Davies and Plaid Cymru's Rhodri Glyn Thomas.

On Sharp End this week, Adrian Masters is joined by Plaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd, Russell George for the Conservatives and Deputy Minister for Culture Ken Skates.

This week on Sharp End, presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Assembly members Elun Jones from Plaid Cymru and David Melding for the Conservatives and from Westminster, the Labour MP Huw Irranca-Davies.

On Sharp End this week Adrian Masters is joined by guests Bethan Jenkins from Plaid, UKIP's Mark Reckless and Labour's Vaughan Gething.

Adrian Masters is joined in the studio by Plaid Cymru's Helen Mary Jones , Nick Ramsay for the Conservatives, Labour Peer Eluned Morgan and the Green Party's Amelia Womack.

In this one hour special we analyse the Corbyn effect on both UK and Welsh politics and our reporter Owain Phillips interviews Labour MP's Carolyn Harris and Stephen Kinnock in Westminster and talks to Nia Griffith about her new role as Shadow Welsh Secretary.

Political Editor Adrian Masters presents this week's programme from the Liberal Democrats Conference in Bournemouth while Owain Phillips is joined in our Cardiff Bay studios by Kezia Dugdale who is the Labour party leader in Scotland,Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns and Nathan Gill the Leader of UKIP in Wales.

Sharp End presented by Adrian Masters this week comes from the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. Our guest in Brighton the Shadow Welsh Secretary Nia Griffith. Back in our Cardiff studios, the debate is hosted by Owain Phillips with Assembly members, Alun Davies for Labour , Plaid Cymru"s Elin Jones and the Conservative's Angela Burns.

This week's programme focuses on the Conservative Conference in Manchester where Adrian Masters interviews the Prime Minister while Owain Phillips is joined in our Cardiff Bay studios by Assembly members Simon Thomas for Plaid Cymru, Conservatives Suzy Davies, Eluned Parrott for the Liberal Democrats along with Labour's candidate in Delyn Hannah Blythyn.

Adrian Masters is joined by Plaid Cymru's Bethan Jenkins, Labour's Mick Antoniw and the Conservative Nick Ramsay to discuss plans to change the powers of the National Assembly and Welsh Government. They also discuss claims that the sacking of a Labour AM from a committee post shows that the First Minister is becoming intolerant of dissent.

On this week's programme our studio guests are political commentator Gareth Hughes, Plaid's Helen Mary Jones and Sam Gould from UKIP and we are joined down the line from Westminster by Labour MP Stephen Doughty to chat about tax credits , Plaid's party conference and the visit to Swansea by UKIP Leader Nigel Farage.

Presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Assembly members Julie Morgan for Labour, William Powell for the Liberal Democrats and the leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies.

Topics include the Living Wage, the Conservatives launch of their economic policy "Stronger Futures Cymru" and tax credits.

Joining Adrian Masters on this edition of Sharp End is Marie Brousseau-Navarro the Honorary French Consul to Wales . Also on the panel three Assembly candidates for the next intake. They are Plaid's Neil McEvoy, Jayne Cowan for the Conservatives and Marc Tierney for Labour.

On the last Sharp End of the year, Presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Assembly Members Mick Antoniw for Labour, Darren Millar for the Conservatives and Rhun ap Iorwerth for Plaid Cymru.

Adrian Masters discusses job losses at Tata steel in Port Talbot with Assembly members Nick Ramsay, Bethan Jenkins and David Rees with special reports from Owain Phillips in Westminster and Andrea Byrne in Port Talbot

Presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Labour's Vaughan Gething, Suzy Davies from the Conservatives and Sam Gould from UKIP

Presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Green Party Leader Alice Hooker-Stroud, Eluned Parrott for the Liberal Democrats , Plaid's Simon Thomas and down the line from Westminster the Conservative MP Glyn Davies

Adrian Masters is joined by Labour's Alun Davies, The Conservative MEP Kay Swinburne,

Plaid's Helen Mary Jones and from Westminster Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams.

This week the conversation turns to Europe, The Liberal Democrat Conference and the drive to get voters registered in time for the May Elections

Adrian Masters proves that politics isn't just show business for ugly people with the help of attractive studio guests and an interview with a genuine Hollywood star -Welsh actor Michael Sheen. The latest Welsh Barometer poll shows growing support for UKIP and a lead for the Leave campaign in the EU referendum.

Presenter Adrian Masters discusses whether the European Referendum will drown out the matter of who will govern Wales for the next five years? He's joined by studio guests while reporter Owain Phillips talks to MP's in Westminster.

Adrian Masters and guests discuss the UKIP Conference and the Wales Bill

Presenter Owain Phillips with guests Suzy Davies AM for the Conservatives and Assembly candidates Glyn Wise for Plaid and Labour's Dawn Bowden

Presenter Owain Phillips is joined by Neil Hamilton for UKIP, Bethan Jenkins AM for Plaid Cymru, Labour's Keith Davies AM and for the Conservative Party Antony Pickles.

On Sharp End this week, Adrian Masters is joined by Liberal Democrat Eluned Parrott , UKIP's Llyr Powell, Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth, Craig Lawton for the Conservatives and Julie Morgan for Labour.

The steel crisis overshadows the Assembly Elections and leads to a rare recall of members.

Owain Phillips and his guests discuss the latest developments in the steel crisis, look at the results of an exclusive ITV Wales opinion poll and debate how their parties are faring in the Assembly election campaign

Presenter Adrian Masters and guests discuss steel which remains a big story despite the Election. Also on the agenda Welsh income tax, the latest on the Referendum campaigns and a look at the main issues in the South Wales West regional battleground.

Adrian Masters and his guests discuss an exclusive ITV Cymru Wales opinion poll, with the Welsh election just over a week away.

Adrian Masters and guests discuss the looming election.

Adrian Masters is joined by a panel of guests looking forward to the new Assembly term.

Adrian Masters talks over the deadlock about who will become the next FM and discusses the forthcoming EU Referendum with our guests the Conservative's Angela Burns, Neil Hamilton for UKIP and former Welsh Government advisor Cathy Owens.

Presenter Adrian Masters and guests discuss Europe, exciting events in the early days of the new term and the appointment of Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams as Education Secretary.

Adrian Masters presents a special edition of Sharp End on the EU Referendum with an exclusive poll and six guests to discuss why they want to remain or leave the EU

Adrian Masters and guests discuss the results of the Referendum decision to leave the EU

Adrian Masters and guests survey the post Brexit landscape with findings from our latest poll.

In this week's Sharp End presenter Adrian Masters discusses with the panel the appointment of Theresa May as Leader of the Conservative party and the continued political turmoil within Labour.

Adrian Masters is joined by Adam Price AM, Julie Morgan AM and security expert Dr Bela Arora to discuss MPs' decision on equipping the Royal Navy with a new fleet of submarines armed with nuclear weapons. There are also reports on Theresa May's first visit to Wales as Prime Minister and the launch of Owen Smith's campaign to become Labour leader.

Adrian Masters and his guests return from politics' summer break to discover it's like they'd never been away, with Brexit and the Labour leadership election. This week Adrian's joined from Westminster by Jo Stevens MP; David Melding AM and Professor Roger Scully are in the studio. Owain Phillips reports from Bosnia on a visit by Assembly Members to Srebrenica, 21 years after the massacre of Muslims during the civil war.

Join Adrian Masters for the latest edition of Sharp End . His guests this weeks are Assembly members Adam Price from Plaid , Darrren Millar for the Conservatives and Cathy Owens from Deryn Consulting

Owain Phillips chats to Assembly members Caroline Jones from UKIP, Nick Ramsay for the Conservatives and Lee Waters for Labour at the start of the Conference Party season.

This week we look at UKIP's Conference in Bournemouth and the Liberal Democrats Conference in Brighton with the latest from Adrian Masters.

On Sharp End this week, Adrian Masters brings us the latest from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool while Owain Phillips brings us the latest on developments within UKIP in Wales

On Sharp End this week, Adrian Masters brings us the latest from the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham while Owain Phillips is in Cardiff with Labour's Paul Flynn MP, Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth AM and Angela Burns AM for the Conservatives.

On Sharp End this week, presenter Adrian Masters discusses the new Shadow Cabinet, the Wales Bill and UKIP's difficulties in the aftermath of that altercation in Brussels

Presenter Adrian Masters this week is joined by Assembly members Suzy Davies, Neil Hamilton and Dai LLoyd and Jo Hunt from Cardiff University.

On the Agenda, Brexit and the departure of Dafydd Elis -Thomas from Plaid

Owain Phillips is joined by Labour's Vikki Howells and Plaid Cymru's Adam Price, plus political commentator Gareth Hughes. They discuss the Brexit summit in Downing Street and the Plaid Cymru conference, where Leanne Wood ruled out seeking a coalition with Labour.

This week, Adrian Masters tackles the issues of the Wales Bill, the UKIP Leadership Contest and Home Secretary Amber Rudd's decision not to sanction a public inquiry into the clash between police and miners in 1984 at Orgreave,.

Guests this week are Mark Isherwood for the Conservatives, Julie Morgan for Labour and Simon Thomas for Plaid Cymru.

Adrian Masters previews the US Presidential election with his guests. They're Hannah Blythyn, a Labour AM who's been in America campaigning for Hillary Clinton; David Rowlands, a UKIP AM who's rooting for the Republicans, if not necessarily for their candidate; Denis Campbell, an American who moved into British politics as a Lib Dem Assembly candidate -and another exile from the United States, Spencer McKinney the fourth, who's a linebacker with the South Wales Warriors American football team.

On Sharp End this week , Adrian Masters is joined by UKIP's Neil Hamilton, Plaid Cymru's Steffan Lewis and for the Conservatives Liz Simon. Topics include the latest on Brexit and that Trump/Farage relationship.

Sharp End this week is presented by Owain Phillips with guests Ann Jones for Labour, Neil Hamilton for UKIP and Darren Millar for the Conservatives.

Adrian Masters is joined by Labour's Rhianon Passmore , Plaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd and UKIP's Mark Reckless. They discuss the legacy of Fidel Castro, Paul Nuttall's election as UKIP leader and the First Minister's warnings about the effect of Brexit on trade across the Irish Sea.

This week on Sharp End presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Assembly Members Jeremy Miles for Labour, Russell George for the Conservatives and former Assembly member Eluned Parrott for the Liberal Democrats.

Topics included the latest on Brexit, Pisa Results and a visit to the Senedd from speaker John Bercow.

Adrian Masters looks back at the political events of 2016 with his guests. He's joined in the Sharp End studio by Bethan Jenkins for Plaid Cymru, Eluned Morgan for Labour, David Melding for the Conservatives, Neil Hamilton for UKIP and the political commentator Gareth Hughes.

Our first Sharp End of the New Year with Assembly guests Eluned Morgan for Labour, Suzy Davies for the Conservatives and Steffan Lewis for Plaid. The New Year brings with it a new poll and with it a poor showing for Labour.

This week, Adrian Masters is joined by Assembly members Adam Price for Plaid, Hefin David for Labour and Caroline Jones for UKIP. Topics include TATA pensions, the Wales Bill and the Trade Union (Wales) Bill.

Adrian Masters and his guests discuss "alternative facts" - the Welsh Government's White Paper on how it would approach Brexit if it was in charge of the process. plus the war of words thats marked the start of the Trump presidency. Owain Phillips reports from Westminster on the eve of the Supreme Court judgment on the UK Government's wish to trigger the Article 50 process, for leaving the EU, without Parliament's permission.

On Sharp End this week Adrian Masters is joined by Barrister Mona Bayoumi and Assembly members Julie Morgan for Labour, Neil McEvoy for Plaid and UKIP MEP Nathan Gill.

Our topics this week include President Trumps ban on immigration, Theresa May's visit to the Joint Minsterial Committee in Cardiff and a visit from the Ukraine Ambassador Natalia Galibarenko.

Presenter Adrian Masters is joined by Assembly members Mark Isherwood for the Conservatives, Michelle Brown for UKIP ,Eluned Morgan for Labour and Lord Dafydd Wigley for Plaid Cymru.

Topics include Brexit , the future for EU Citizens living in this country and the prospects for Farming and the Rural Economy after Britain leaves the EU

On this week's Sharp End , Adrian Masters is joined by Jayne Bryant for Labour, Suzy Davies for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrat Eluned Parrott.

They discuss the appointment of the new Shadow Welsh Secretary Christina Rees, a visit to South Wales from the Mnister for Brexit, David Jones and enjoy a sing song.

Adrian Masters is joined by Labour's Vikki Howells, Plaid Cymru's Bethan Jenkins, Mark Reckless for UKIP and the economist Gerry Holtham. They debate the latest plans to revitalise the valleys and whether they're likely to prove more successful than previous initiatives.

Adrian Masters is joined in the studio by the Assembly's Deputy Presiding Officer, Labour's Ann Jones, together with Rhun ap Iorwerth for Plaid Cymru and Nick Ramsay for the Conservatives. They discuss what they hope to see in the Budget and the problems faced by women whose retirement age has been raised. There's also a report from the Plaid Cymru conference, including a look at the row about South Wales Central AM Neil McEvoy, who's been suspended as a Cardiff councillor.

Joining Adrian Masters this week are Assembly members Angela Burns for the Conservatives, Jeremy Miles for Labour and Sian Gwenllian for Plaid Cymru.

Topics include the prospect of a second referendum on Independence for Scotland, the end of the Right to Buy for council tenants and plans to increase the number of Welsh Language speakers in Wales.

This week, Adrian Masters discusses with Assembly members the imminent triggering of Article 50 and its implications.

The panel are Suzy Davies for the Conservatives, Llyr Gruffydd for Plaid Cymru, Gareth Bennett for UKIP and Hannah Blythyn for Labour.

Adrian Masters chats with guests Eluned Morgan for Labour, Simon Thomas for Plaid Cymru and Darren Millar for the Conservatives. This week we take stock of what devaluation has achieved, where Jeremy Corbyn is leading the Labour Party and how to respond to a terrorist attack on Democracy.

Adrian Masters is joined this week by three MPs . Carolyn Harris for Labour, Jonathan Edwards for Plaid Cymru and Byron Davies for the Conservatives,

Topics include Brexit, Labour's plans to look at a federal framework of nations and regions and the battle to lead Unite the Union.

Adrian Masters is joined by three MPs. Liz Saville Roberts, Chris Bryant and Mark Williams discuss how to respond to the use of poison gas in Syria, the repercussions of the defection by Mark Reckless from UKIP to the Conservative Assembly Group and how the European Union is reacting to the start of the Brexit process.

On Sharp End this week ,presenter Adrian Masters is joined by a panel of five guests who reflect on our latest poll which points to a new political landscape for Wales.

Adrian Masters discusses the latest developments in the General Election campaign with his guests. They debate why the parties seem to be pinching each other's policies, plus look at the contrasting styles of campaigning and how electioneering can't be kept out of the Senedd.

Adrian Masters and guests discuss our latest poll findings that put Labour ahead in Wales in a dramatic turnabout that sees the Conservative party seemingly going into reverse.
Plus the latest manifesto launches from the Conservatives, Labour and Plaid.
The panel also share ther thoughts about the legacy of former First Minister, the late Rhodri Morgan

Adrian Masters and guests discuss a range of issues from the campaign trail.
This week he is joined by Carolyn Harris for Labour, Eluned Parrott for the Liberal Democrats, Jonathan Edwards for Plaid Cymru, Kris Hicks for UKIP and David Davies for the Conservatives.

A weekly look at Welsh politics, with reports and discussion from Cardiff Bay and Westminster.