Free Speech - Episode Guide

Jake Humphrey hosts a live debate show from east London, with Radio 1Xtra DJ Gemma Cairney joining the panel to discuss benefits cuts and the big stories of the moment.

Jake Humphrey hosts a live debate show. Broadcast from a different location around the country each month, it gives BBC THREE viewers the chance to have their say about the issues they care about. This edition comes live from Doncaster, as a panel of celebrities and political commentators discuss crime and other big stories of the moment with the studio audience.

Jake Humphrey hosts a live debate show from Bristol. Broadcast from a different location around the country each month, it gives BBC Three viewers the chance to have their say about the issues they care about. Up for debate are drugs and whether they should be legalised, and the soaring unemployment rate for black men - is it time to have 'young black men first' employment policies?

On the panel is BBC Three presenter Cherry Healey, while co-presenter Michelle de Swarte is the live contact point for viewers at home having their say online. Free Speech viewers have their say on the programme agenda, and the Free Speech power bar shows what the audience thinks of the panellists. Responses are displayed throughout transmission as viewers use hashtags to rate panellists in real time.

From the heart of the East End of London, presenter Jake Humphrey finds out what young people really think. Has the enormous spend reaped economic benefits for under 30s or has the budget been blown on a glorified sports event? Who are the real winners - local people or big business? A nationwide poll reveals how young people feel about the Olympics and whether or not it has benefitted them. Plus, audience and panel tackle the very latest stories that are firing up viewers.

Free Speech involves the audience from beginning to end - from the stories they want on the agenda to showing whether they agree or disagree with the panellists' opinions via the power bar. Responses and updates from viewers will be displayed throughout the show, with hashtags that reveal how panellists are being rated live by people at home.

On the panel, local Labour MP Rushanara Ali and skills minister John Hayes MP go head to head. Free Speech's social media jockey will be the audience's voice, reading web responses and online comments.

With A-level results about to be announced, Free Speech asks whether higher education is worthwhile. Live from Edinburgh, against the backdrop of the Fringe, Jake Humphrey presents an exclusive poll asking whether the new £9,000-a-year tuition fees in England and Wales will affect the number of people pursuing university degrees. An audience of 18-25 year olds have their say. Gay marriage, devolution - including a search for the best Scottish independence joke at the Edinburgh Fringe - and the big news of the day is on the agenda for the panel, which includes comedian Shappi Korsandi and the SNP's Humza Yousaf, a 27-year-old MSP.

With tuition fees, payday loans and youth unemployment in the headlines, Free Speech tackles debt and credit. From Manchester, Jake Humphrey presents an exclusive poll revealing the burden of debt young people face. An audience of 18-25 year-olds have their say. Following the Paralympics, issues surrounding disability and benefits are up for debate, along with the other big news stories of the day.

BBC Three's Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts star Stacey Dooley join the panel to debate immigration. The latest British social attitudes survey shows that three quarters of people would like to see immigration reduced, but what do young people think?  

Jake Humphrey presents from Reading, where immigration is five times higher than the national average and where one in four residents were born outside the UK. The studio audience includes young migrants and locals who feel that their employment chances are being affected by immigrants. 

Sam Naz takes messages from the audience at home and delivers their verdict on the panel via the Power Bar. The panellist with the highest score gets the last word on the show.

Jake Humphrey chairs a live debate, with a panel of politicians and opinion formers facing questions from the studio audience of 18 to 25-year-olds in Colchester, Essex. On the day that Americans vote for a new president, Free Speech asks just how important the position continues to be.  

Also up for debate is whether 16 to 17-year-olds should have the vote in the UK, and an issue that splits opinion on both sides of the Atlantic - abortion law.  

There's a special message from tabloid talk show host and former Democratic Mayor of Cincinnati, Jerry Springer, and the Free Speech Power Bar shows what the audience at home think of the panellists.  

Radio 1's breakfast news and sports presenter Tina Daheley is the Social Media Jockey, speaking up for the web responses and online comments.

Jake Humphrey chairs the programme from the University of Northumbria, voted the country's top university for nightlife, where a panel of celebrities and experts take questions from the studio audience of 18-25 year-olds. 

Olympic weightlifter Zoe Smith features on VT, revealing her feelings on the criticism she faced for not conforming to a standard body image; an exclusive poll, commissioned by the YMCA, is revealed and the Free Speech Power Bar shows what the audience at home think of the panellists. 

BBC Three's own 60 Seconds news presenter, Sam Naz, takes the role of social media jockey, speaking up for the web responses and online comments.

Swansea has the third highest youth unemployment in the UK and 12.5 per cent of 16-24 year olds are on some form of benefit. The number of 18 to 24-year-olds in Wales claiming jobseeker's allowance for more than a year increased fourfold between August 2011 and August 2012. 

Amongst the panel facing questions from the studio audience is London grime artist Devlin, who is known for incorporating conspiracy theories and politics into his music, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and entrepreneur Shazia Awan.  

Also under discussion is online safety and the recent reports of slut-shaming. A film based on the issues raised throughout the programme is included in the show, made by young people alongside BBC Learning's The Lab.

Last month saw the debate get heated over same sex marriage, but what will get the panel and the audience hot under the collar this month? 

The panel includes outspoken singer Kate Nash, and on the night that BBC Three broadcasts Give it Up for Comic Relief, Free Speech asks if addiction is a medical or criminal issue.

Live current affairs debate programme. In Birmingham, Rick Edwards hears the opinions of the studio audience on the big stories of the day, with Tina Daheley relaying the web responses and online comments. Rick leads the debate on issues around young parenthood and families. Comedian Ava Vidal, who was a teen single mum herself, joins the panel alongside politicians and commentators.

How easy is it for young people to get decent housing? This is just one of the big stories in the live debate show presented by Rick Edwards from Goldsmiths, University of London, with an audience of 120 people aged 18-28. Rick hears the opinions of the studio audience on the big stories of the day, with Tina Daheley from Radio 1's Newsbeat relaying Twitter, Facebook and website messages from viewers at home. David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, is among those on the panel of distinguished commentators.

A panel of celebrities, politicians and local activists discuss the high price of cheap clothes in light of the clothing factory tragedy in Dhaka which killed over 700 people. Ethical consumerists go head-to-head with those who can only afford cheaper clothing. Other topical issues will be added to the debate as the news unfolds. 

Derry/Londonderry was once the global centre of shirtmaking, but with work transferring abroad it now has the highest youth unemployment rate in Northern Ireland. Do the young people in the audience see any hope of long-term employment returning to the city?

With Free Speech's social media audience generating the show's biggest-ever online debates on race issues arising from the murder of Lee Rigby, Rick Edwards presents a special live edition of the debate show in front of an audience of 120 people aged 18-25.  

Live from Sunderland, close to the scene of the English Defence League's first march since the death of Lee Rigby, a panel of politicians and local activists discuss racism and Islamophobia in Britain in the light of events in Woolwich.

Free Speech goes to the beach with a summer special live from the sands of Magaluf. With the lights of the Mallorca resort's famous strip as a backdrop, presenter Rick Edwards hears from an audience of holidaymakers, reps, locals and ex-pats.  

Free Speech prides itself on going where its audience goes and reflecting their lives through the issues and topics debated on the show. And in the summer, this audience heads to the sun. Magaluf attracts over two million Brits a year, the majority of them young and drawn there by sun, sea, sex and enormous quantities of cheap booze. For many of them it's a rite of passage, marking the transition to adulthood which is so intrinsic to BBC Three. 

BAFTA-award winning actor and director Adam Deacon joins the panel to discuss issues such the boozed-up reputation of the British abroad and whether leaving the EU would enhance job prospects for young people.

Free Speech asks if modern life is driving us mad, as it tackles the big talking points raised by BBC Three's highly-acclaimed season on mental health. The panel debates whether social media is harming the mental health of young people and whether the NHS could be doing more to help.  

Live from Edinburgh, where the Festival is in full swing, the panel includes a comedian who is in town for the Fringe as well as politicians from both sides of the independence debate discussing whether Prince George of Cambridge should ever be King of Scotland.

With more reports of children being targeted by alleged chemical weapons in Syria and David Cameron losing the crucial parliamentary vote on military action, Rick Edwards chairs a live debate on the Syrian crisis from the London borough of Hackney. 150 people aged 16-25 argue for and against the vote and what can be done now for innocent victims of the civil war. Tina Daheley runs online questions and debates all day leading up to transmission.

'Are zero hours contracts fair?' asks the live debate show Free Speech. Many young people are on the contracts, which expect them to be available for work but will only pay them for the hours when they are needed. Some say they are not given enough hours every week to cover living costs, but some praise the flexibility of this way of working. The show comes from Cambridge, with both students and local workers in the audience. Presenter Rick Edwards chairs proceedings, with a live audience of 150 people aged 16-25. Tina Daheley (Radio 1 Newsbeat) gathers the Twitter, Facebook and website messages from viewers at home.

Free Speech asks whether young people are being failed by politics in a live special from Parliament. Many 18-24 year olds didn't bother voting in the last general election, so the under-30s audience ask MPs why the main political parties are failing to connect with them.  

As well as a panel including Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and Labour MP Stella Creasy, the leaders of Britain's political parties give exclusive interviews explaining what they are doing to engage young voters and answer questions set by the Free Speech social media audience, including ones on youth unemployment and freedom of speech.

With BBC Three facing the axe from the airwaves, the live debate show discusses what its future should be and the other big topics of the day. Viewers at home use Facebook and social media to interact with the show to make sure the panel and audience discuss the issues young people really care about.

The live current affairs debate show comes from the heart of the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham. In the run-up to the show viewers help set the agenda by voting for the questions they want to see debated on the show's Facebook page, which are then discussed by the panel.

The live current affairs debate show comes from Winchester in front of an audience of young people divided between those educated in the state system and those educated privately. In the run-up to the show viewers help set the agenda by voting for the questions they want to see debated on the show's Facebook page, which are then discussed by the panel.

Live current affairs debate from Nottingham's old courthouse, where topics under discussion include crime and punishment. Defence minister Anna Soubry MP and comedian Ava Vidal are among those on the panel.

Live current affairs debate from Edinburgh, just one week before the big vote on independence. On the panel are Joan McAlpine of the SNP, leader of the Scottish Conservative party Ruth Davidson, actor Martin Compston and Times and Spectator columnist Hugo Rifkind.

As well as Scottish independence, the situation in the Middle East is also debated and whether the protests against Israel are encouraging anti-Semitism.

Live current affairs debate from Cardiff, presented by Rick Edwards and Tina Daheley. Along with the other issues of the week, the question 'Do we live in a sexist country?' is debated.

On the panel are Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru, Laura Bates, writer and founder of the website Everyday Sexism, journalist and critic of feminism Angela Epstein, and 'compassionate conservative' Welsh-Egyptian comedian Omar Hamdi.

Live current affairs debate presented by Rick Edwards and Tina Daheley from the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent, just two days before a by-election which will likely see Ukip's first MP in parliament and close to the constituency being targeted by its leader Nigel Farage for the general election. Along with the other issues of the week, the question 'Is immigration needed if British people won't do tough jobs?' is asked. On the panel are Suzanne Evans, Deputy Chairman of Ukip, Owen Jones, journalist and author of The Establishment, Lord Bilimoria, the founder of Cobra Beer, and journalist and author Harriet Sergeant.

Free Speech comes from a mental health hospital in London with an audience made up of those with a personal experience of a mental health issue - the first time this has happened on British television. On the panel is Tony Blair's fomer Director of Communications, Alastair Campbell; Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, the chair of the Health Select Committee, and someone who has spoken about her experience with post-natal depression; journalist Jon Ronson, the author of The Psychopath Test; and Zoe Hardman, TV presenter and radio DJ who has been open about her former battle with an eating disorder.  

Along with the general political topics of the week we will also be discussing mental health and the issue of self-harm, which is on the rise amongst young people.

Free Speech is joined by Nick Clegg for an hour of live and unscripted debate. The deputy prime minister answers questions from a studio audience of young people and from the audience at home submitted by social media. During the two weeks before broadcast, viewers have been submitting their questions online and now those questions are put directly to him by host Rick Edwards and social media presenter Tina Daheley.

Rick Edwards and Tina Daheley present live debate from Manchester. Amongst the topics of the week the panel will be discussing Islamic extremism.

In the first of four live shows, Ed Miliband faces an audience of over 100 voters aged 16 to 34 for an unscripted hour of tough and uncensored questions. From immigration to his difficulty eating bacon sandwiches, nothing will be out of bounds for our audience putting the potential prime minister to the test.

The show is presented by Rick Edwards, who chairs the audience contributions, and Tina Daheley who moderates the comments from the online audience.

With a close election result expected in May the leaders of the smaller parties may decide who becomes prime minister. But what will their price be? In the second of four live shows, the leaders of the Green party, SNP and Plaid Cymru face an audience of over a hundred voters aged 16-34 for an unscripted hour of tough and uncensored questions.

The show is presented by Rick Edwards, who chairs the audience contributions, and Tina Daheley who moderates the comments from the online audience.

The Conservative Party is under the microscope in an election special. Education minister Sam Gyimah MP and a panel of those from across the Conservative spectrum face a live audience of over a hundred voters aged 16-34 for an unscripted hour of tough and uncensored questions.

Rick Edwards chairs the audience contributions, and Tina Daheley moderates the comments from the online audience.

With a close election result expected in May, the leaders of the smaller parties may decide who becomes prime minister. But what will their price be? In the last of four live shows, representatives of Ukip and the Liberal Democrats face an audience of over a hundred voters aged 18-34 for an unscripted hour of tough and uncensored questions.

Rick Edwards chairs the audience contributions, and Tina Daheley moderates the comments from the online audience.