Who's on the show

Mon 11 Dec: Melanie Phillips, Germaine Greer, Prof Steve Jones
Tues 12 Dec: Greg Dyke, Kelvin Mackenzie, Marina Hyde
Wed 13 Dec: Baroness Julia Neuberger, Charles Glass
Thurs 14 Dec: Shami Chakrabarti, Oona King, Clive Anderson

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John Kampfner

Editor of the New Statesman. Was Chief Political Correspondent at the Financial Times and political commentator for the Today programme.

Trevor Kavanagh

Reputedly Britain's most influential political journalist - the man with the hotline to Rupert Murdoch. The Sun's political editor 1983 – 2005 and now an Associate Editor. His exclusives have included the 2001 election date and details of the Hutton Report in 2004.

Jude Kelly

First Artistic Director of the South Bank Centre. Olivier Award-winning theatre director. Chair of the Arts, Education and Culture Committee for London 2012. Awarded an OBE in 1997 for services to the theatre.

Simon Kelner

Independent Editor, was awarded Editor of the Year in 1999. Under his editorship the paper has downsized to tabloid proportions and increased circulation by 20%, as well as winning a multitude of awards. Has written for magazines including GQ, as a restaurant critic.

Charles Kennedy

Lib Dem MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber. Former leader of the Liberal Democrats who led the party to their most successful election performance for some 80 years in the 2005 general election.

Sadiq Khan

Labour MP and former human rights solicitor. Member of the Public Accounts Committee. Was nominated in the recent Channel 4 Political awards for the ‘rising star’ and was awarded 'Newcomer of the Year' by the Spectator Magazine 'Parliamentarian of the Year' awards 2005.

Shappi Khorsandi

Iranian stand-up comedian who left Tehran for London as a refugee in the 80s. Her most recent show, Asylum speaker, is based on her childhood in Iran.

Oona King

Former MP for Bethnal Green and Bow. Campaign issues included housing, domestic violence and inner city regeneration. In 2005, lost her seat to Respect's George Galloway. Founder and chair of Tower Hamlets Advocacy Network and Community Support.

Julie Kirkbride

Conservative MP for Bromsgrove. Was Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2003-4. In 1992, became a political correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and she describes politics as “A bit like an adults' game of snakes and ladders".