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Broadcasters have revealed their line-up of televised debates ahead of the general election on 4 July.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, went head-to-head in the first debate broadcast by ITV on 4 June.
The two party leaders will face off against one another again in a second head-to-head contest to be televised by the BBC on 26 June.
Below is a full schedule of what each broadcaster has announced, including the date and time the programme will be aired, what format will be used and who will participate.
Friday 7 June
The BBC will host a debate between leading figures from the seven biggest political parties in Great Britain.
Penny Mordaunt, the Conservative cabinet minister, and Angela Rayner, the deputy Labour leader, have been confirmed as taking part.
Daisy Cooper for the Liberal Democrats and Nigel Farage on behalf of Reform UK. Stephen Flynn will appear for the Scottish National Party and the Green Party will be represented by co-leader Carla Denyer and Plaid Cymru by leader Rhun ap Iorwerth.
The programme will be hosted by Mishal Hussain and be broadcast from 7.30pm to 9pm on BBC One, BBC News and BBC iPlayer.
Tuesday 11 June
The BBC will host a debate between leaders from Scotland’s five main parties.
The leaders of the SNP (John Swinney), Scottish Conservatives (Douglas Ross), Scottish Labour (Anas Sawar), Scottish Liberal Democrats (Alex Cole-Hamilton and Scottish Greens (Lorna Slater) will take part.
The programme will be hosted by Stephen Jardine and broadcast on BBC One Scotland, iPlayer and live streamed on the BBC News website from 8pm.
Wednesday 12 June
Sky News will host an election leaders’ event in Grimsby called “The Battle for Number 10” which will be broadcast live on the news channel at 7pm.
Both Sir Keir and Mr Sunak have agreed to take part, Sky News confirmed.
Thursday 13 June
ITV will host a second debate on 13 June.
The broadcaster said that leaders orsenior representatives from the following parties will participate; Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, SNP, Reform UK, Green Party and Plaid Cymru.
Who will represent each party has not yet been confirmed.
The programme will be moderated by Julie Etchingham, who was in charge of the first debate on 4 June.
It will be broadcast ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.
Thursday 20 June
The BBC will host a special, two-hour Question Time Leaders’ Special programme on 20 June.
The corporation said the leaders of the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party will answer questions from the studio audience for 30 minutes each.
Fiona Bruce will host the show, which will be broadcast from York between 8pm and 10pm.
It has not been confirmed whether the programme will be aired on BBC One or BBC Two, but Question Time is usually broadcast on BBC One.
Friday 21 June
The BBC will host a debate between Wales’s main party leaders on 21 June.
Vaughan Gething (Labour), Andrew RT Davies (Conservative) and Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru) are the main party leaders in Wales.
It will be hosted by Bethan Rhys Roberts and be broadcast on BBC One Wales from 7pm.
Wednesday 26 June
The final head-to-head debate between Mr Sunak and Sir Keir will take place on 26 June.
It will be presented by newsreader Sophie Raworth in Nottingham, airing on BBC One and BBC News.
It will be broadcast from 9pm to 10pm.
Thursday 27 June
The leaders of the main parties in Northern Ireland will take part in a BBC debate on 27 June.
Michelle O’Neill (Sinn Fein), Gavin Robinson (DUP) Naomi Long (Alliance) Doug Beattie (UUP) and Column Eastwood (SDLP) are the main party leaders in Northern Ireland.
It will be hosted by Tara Mills.
Other programmes
ITV will also broadcast a series of interview specials with party leaders, with all the major parties featuring over four shows.
The main party leaders are Mr Sunak (Conservative) Sir Keir (Labour) John Swinney (SNP) Sir Ed Davey (Lib Dem) Nigel Farage (Reform UK) and Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay (co-leaders - Green Party).
They will take place on Thursday 6 June; Wednesday 12 June; Monday 24 June and Thursday 27 June.
Nick Robinson has also invited the leaders of the seven biggest political parties in Britain to be interviewed for Panorama specials, airing over the next four weeks.
No dates have yet been confirmed but the programmes are set to be broadcast on BBC One.
Additional dedicated debates will also take place in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
