List of After Dark editions


After Dark was a British late night television discussion programme, produced by Open Media. It ran off and on Channel 4 between 1987 and 1997, and on the BBC in 2003. Here follows a complete list of all editions, with dates of live transmission and the names of all guests and hosts.

Series 1

Date of broadcastTitle of programmeHostGuests
1 May 1987SecretsTony WilsonClive Ponting, Margaret Moore, Colin Wallace, T. E. Utley, Isaac Evans, Peter Hain, Anne-Marie Sandler
8 May 1987Private LivesHelena KennedyTony Blackburn, Jeremy Black, Peter Tatchell, Sheila Kitzinger, Paul Halloran, Victoria Gillick, Johnny Edgecombe
15 May 1987Football CrazyProfessor Anthony ClareTerry Neill, A. J. Ayer, Chris Lightbown, Stuart Cosgrove, John Fashanu, Ian Hutchinson, Jennifer Hargreaves
22 May 1987Do The British Love Their Children?Chantal CuerJohn Rae, Linda Bellos, Germaine Greer, Gordon Whiteley, Russell Hoban, Diane Caw, Sarah Coomaraswamy
29 May 1987The MafiaJohn UnderwoodAlex Manson, Doug Le Vien, Claire Sterling, David Mellor, David Yallop, Gaia Servadio, Bob Dick, Frank Pulley
5 June 1987Honest, Decent and True?Professor Anthony ClareJohn Ehrlichman, Anthony Smith, Mary Midgley, Ann Burdus, Philip Bobbitt, Hugh Montefiore
12 June 1987Is Britain Working?Tony WilsonDavid Selbourne, Teresa Gorman, Hilary Hook, Ezaz Ahmed Hayat, Adrian Lloyd, Billy Bragg, 'Helen'
26 June 1987Killing With Care?Professor Ian KennedyCharlotte Hough, Ilora Finlay,, Lord Soper, George Cant, Maggie Davis, Vicky Clement-Jones, John Finnis
3 July 1987Peace in Our TimeJohn UnderwoodEdward Teller, Beatrix Campbell, Deidre Duffy, Rudolf Peierls, Enoch Powell, Sergey Kapitsa
10 July 1987Klaus BarbieProfessor Ian KennedyEli Rosenbaum, Neal Ascherson, Gena Turgel, Philippe Daudy, Paul Oestreicher, Jacques Vergès

Series 2

Date of broadcastTitle of programmeHostGuests
19 February 1988Beyond the LawJohn UnderwoodColin Woods, Eileen Gray, Martin Short, Brian Woollard, David Napley, Ian Hunt, T. Dan Smith
26 February 1988Marriage: What Do Women Want?Stuart HoodJames Dearden, Carol McMillan, Julie Grant, Mary Whitehouse, Joan Wyndham, Naim Attallah, Shere Hite
4 March 1988No Place Like HomeHelena KennedySusanne Reedes, Martin Daunton, Kathy Hearne, William "Spider" Wilson, John Heddle, Sheila McKechnie, Bill More
11 March 1988You Are What You WearGaia ServadioBrenda Polan, Bishop of Lewes, Bruce Oldfield, Nicholas Coleridge, Terry Melville, Katharine Hamnett, Raghib Ashan
18 March 1988Licensed to Kill?Paul SieghartPauline Perry, Onora O'Neill, Michael Wiseman, Anthony Farrar-Hockley, Bridie Maguire, Arnold Dousse, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
25 March 1988Iran/Iraq: A Holy War?John UnderwoodNoel Pickering, Haleh Afshar, Norman Kirkham, Shusha Guppy, Ezzat Altamimi, Hoshyar Zebari, Hamid Houshangi, Dilip Hiro
9 April 1988Horse Racing: Sport Of Kings?Tony WilsonBarney Curley, John McCririck, Duncan Keith, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, General Sir Cecil "Monkey" Blacker, Alan Gibbons, Brian Radford, "Michael"
16 April 1988What Is Prison For?Professor Ian KennedyJohn Renton, John Masterson, Ken Murray, Terry Dicks, Tony Hoare, Yolande McShane
23 April 1988Race and the Classroom: Education for All?Helena KennedyBlake Bedford, Olna Manyan, Ray Honeyford, John Sentamu, Ann Dummett, Dipak Basu, Lurline Champagnie
30 April 1988Bewitched, Bothered or Bewildered?Tony WilsonMoira Woods, Olivia Durdin-Robertson, Jack Shackleford, Jack Dover Wellman, Audrey Harper, Margot Adler, Trevor Turner
7 May 1988Derry '68 Look Back in Anger?Professor Ian KennedyRoy Bradford, Paul Brennan, Henry Kelly, DeLores Tucker, Noirin Connolly, Eamonn McCann, Glenn Barr
14 May 1988John UnderwoodYohanan Lahav, Anton Shammas, Marie Colvin, Gerald Kaufman, Moshe Amirav, Faisal Aweidah, Nadia Hijab
21 May 1988What is Sex For?Professor Anthony ClareAndrea Dworkin, Anthony Burgess, Jim Haynes, Julia Ronder, Jack Dominian, Roz Kaveney
28 May 1988Winston ChurchillTrevor HyettDavid Irving, Lord Hailsham, Anthony Montague Browne, David Reynolds, Jack Jones, Jean Howard
4 June 1988Open to ExposureProfessor Ian KennedyPeter Hillmore, Lester Middlehurst, Harvey Proctor, Annette Witheridge, Laurie Manifold, Christine Keeler, Nina Myskow
11 June 1988South AfricaTrevor HyettHarry Belafonte, Denis Worrall, Essop Pahad, Breyten Breytenbach, Nick Mitchell, Victoria Brittain, Ismail Ayob
18 June 1988How Do You Survive a Murder?Professor Anthony ClareLord Longford, Georgina Lawton, June Patient, Patricia Highsmith, Peter Whent, David Howden, James Nelson, Sarah Boyle
25 June 1988PornographyHelena KennedyHanna Segal, Paula Meadows, Bill Margold, Susanne Kappeler, James Bogle, David Hebditch, "Dave"
2 July 1988Animal RightsBeverly AndersonKatie Boyle, Rex Hudson, Ralph Cook, Miriam Rothschild, Mark Gold, Judy MacArthur, Frank Evans
9 July 1988After ClevelandTrevor HyettBeatrix Campbell, Shirley Edwards, Ray Wyre, A father from Cleveland, Ralph Underwager, Simon Court, "John", Raine Roberts
16 July 1988British IntelligenceJohn UnderwoodGary Murray, Alastair Mackie, Merlyn Rees, Robin Ramsay, Jock Kane, Robert Harbinson, H. Montgomery Hyde
23 July 1988It's a Mad, Mad World?Beverly AndersonErrol Francis, Anne Newnham, Glynn Harrison, Sashi Sashidharan, Derek Francis, Pamela Taylor, Thomas Szasz
30 July 1988Save the Whale, Save the World?Roisin McAuleyKieran Mulvaney, Heathcote Williams, Petra Kelly, James Lovelock, Tony Ball, C. W. Nicol, Shigeko Misaki
6 August 1988NicaraguaJohn UnderwoodJohn Silber, Alfred Sherman, Roberto Ferrey, Susan Morgan, Bianca Jagger, Amalia Chomarro, Allan Francovich, John Bevan
13 August 1988MoneyHenry KellyMichael Lee, Owen Oyston, Michael Bassett, Nicholas van Hoogstraten, Marie Jahoda, Hannah Ward, Frances Jankowski
20 August 1988Born to Serve?Trevor HyettPeter Clarke, John Cawston, John Rentoul, Eva Figes, Doris Williams, Jessica Mitford, Pamela Hilton, Cora
27 August 1988SentencingProfessor Ian KennedyIsobel Brydie, David Napley, Sarah Helm, Michael Argyle, Peter Herbert, John Coker, Vivian Berger
3 September 1988Alternative MedicineTony WilsonDebra Freechild, Ronald Davey, James Randi, Jacques Benveniste, Erica Jones, Walter Stewart, David Reilly, Jonathan Miller
10 September 1988Blacklist?Professor Ian KennedyHarold Musgrove, Hilary Wainwright, Hugo Cornwall, Richard Norton-Taylor, George Brumwell, John Macreadie, Michael Noar

Series 3

Date of broadcastTitle of programmeHostGuests
13 May 1989Out of BoundsJohn UnderwoodEddie Chapman, Tony Benn, Lord Dacre, James Rusbridger, Miles Copeland, Anthony Cavendish, Adela Gooch
20 May 1989Football – The Final Whistle?Jancis RobinsonPeter Garrett, Rhodes Boyson, Garth Crooks, James Delaney, Cass Pennant, Margaret Simey, John Williams, Eileen Delaney
27 May 1989Drugs – Is Britain Cracking Up?Professor Ian KennedyBlue, Robert Lefever, Nell Campbell, Terry Goddard, "Louise", Margaret White, Allan Parry
3 June 1989Back in the USSR?Professor Anthony ClareMikki Doyle, Vladimir Bukovsky, Denis Healey, Martin Walker, Tatyana Tolstaya, Vitali Vitaliev
10 June 1989Britain – Out on a Limb?Beverly AndersonPeter Ustinov, Kenneth Minogue, Shirley Williams, Richard Perle, Alastair Morton, Josef Joffe, Edward Heath
17 June 1989Rock Bottom?Matthew ParrisEartha Kitt, Pauline Black, Simon Napier-Bell, Pat Kane, Imruh Bakari, Jonathan Ashby
24 June 1989Pride and PrejudiceBeverly AndersonOle Espersen, Russell Watkyn, Jo Purvis, Ismond Rosen, Jennie Wilson, Martin Sherman, Ken Skeates
1 July 1989What's Up Doc?Tony WilsonIvor Daniels, Alex Comfort, James Hammond, Ian McColl, Joanna Trowell, David Widgery, Jane Rosbotham
8 July 1989Who Dares Wins?Professor Anthony ClareFrederick Martens, Tony Colston-Hayter, Victor Lownes, 'Dougie', Mary-Ann Hushlak, Bishop of Willesden, David Berglas, Al Alvarez
15 July 1989School's OutMatthew ParrisRobert Munks, Adae Whitcombe, Sonia Leiper, Darren Brind, Nadeem Inayat, Paula McNamara, Kieran Clifton
22 July 1989The Cost of DivorceProfessor Ian KennedyDenis Cooper, Marvin Mitchelson, George MacBeth, Sue Stapely, Gill Cooper, Elizabeth Browne, George Brown
29 July 1989What Is There To Believe In?Tony WilsonLynette Burrows, Steven Rose, David Holloway, Frank Cioffi, The Bishop of Durham, Dorothy Rowe, Michael Bentine
2 September 1989Germany – 50 Years OnProfessor Anthony ClareAmity Shlaes, Reinhard Spitzy, Albert Friedlander,, Donald Cameron Watt, Franz Schoenhuber, Jozef Garlinski
9 September 1989Superpowers – All In The MindTony WilsonMartin Israel, Ivy Northage, James Randi, Athena Pattengill, Stephen O'Brien, Susan Blackmore
16 September 1989What Do We Do With Sex Offenders?Helena KennedyGerald Silverman, John Coker, Ray Wyre, 'Peter', Maurice White, Nell McCafferty, Michael Bettsworth
23 September 1989Freud – 50 Years OnProfessor Ian KennedyDonald Reeves, Jeffrey Masson, Hans Lobner, Stuart Sutherland, Isabel Menzies Lyth, Ralph Steadman, Anna Raeburn
30 September 1989Body Beautiful – What Do We Want?Sheena McDonaldMandy Mudd, Nabil Shaban, Dee Wells, Arthur Marwick, Molly Parkin, Zoe Warwick, Suzanne Younger
7 October 1989Death Penalty?Professor Anthony ClareSean O'Dochartaigh, Syd Dernley, Dorothea Morefield, Evelyn Ann Theobald, Peter Thornton, Michael Argyle, Guy Rais
14 October 1989EthiopiaJohn UnderwoodMark Bowden, Mary Dines, Richard Balfe, Berhane Ghebrehiwot, Rebecca Asrate, Peter Bauer, Charles Stewart, Abadi Zemo
21 October 1989The Royal Family – Dallas or Palace?Tony WilsonEdgar Wilson, Andrew Morton, Archduke Karl von Habsburg, Peregrine Worsthorne, Gwyn Fitch, Peter Russell, Rhoda Koenig
28 October 1989Matthew ParrisMary Stott, Maria Scherer, Malcolm Bennett, Hans Eysenck, Helen Haste, David Stayt, Xaviera Hollander
4 November 1989What Makes MPs Run?Trevor HyettDavid Lewis, Ken Livingstone, Andrew Roth, 'Barbara', Edwina Currie, Julia Langdon, Julia Stonehouse
11 November 1989War and PeaceProfessor Anthony ClareFather Owen Hardwicke, Scilla Elworthy, Anthony Farrar-Hockley, Jean Ward, Major the Rev'd David Cooper, Wade Tidbury, Arthur Moyse
18 November 1989Space: How Far Should We Go?Professor Ian KennedyHeinz Wolff, Stephen Donnelly, Buzz Aldrin, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Whitley Strieber, Ian Watson, Tom Wilkie
25 November 1989Shall We Live In South Africa?Professor Anthony ClareLady Bernard, Zoe Wicomb, Abdullah Ibrahim, Donald Woods, Matthew Oliphant, Shula Marks, John Nash, Mike Ramsay
1 December 1989TerrorismProfessor Ian KennedyAriel Merari, Yehudi Menuhin, Fred Holroyd, Richard Clutterbuck, Michael Opperskalski, Jillian Becker, Gordon Liddy

Series 4

Date of broadcastTitle of programmeHostGuests
12 January 1991Arms and the GulfProfessor Ian KennedyTam Dalyell, Bruce Hemmings, Robert Jarman, James Lunt, Joey Martyn–Martin, Adel Darwish, Rana Kabbani
19 January 1991Survival – At What Cost?Professor Anthony ClareSheila Cassidy, Richard Morefield, Brummie Stokes, Hugo Gryn, Karma Nabulsi, Monica McKibbin
26 January 1991Helena KennedyAntoinette Giancana, Neil Lyndon, Keith Simpson, Arthur Hyatt Williams, Oliver Reed, Kate Millett, Elliott Leyton
2 February 1991Counting The Cost of a Free PressHelena KennedyDuncan Campbell, Lord Lambton, Gordon Winter, Jane Moore, Clare Short, Anthony Howard
9 February 1991AbortionAnthony HoldenHelen Brook, Michael Chapman, John Finnis, Wendy Savage, Alison Davis, Angela Farley, Mary Kenny
16 February 1991SexaholicsKay AvilaDirg Aab-Richards, Colin Brewer, Charlotte Davis Kasl, Corky McGuinness, Michael Seed, 'Jackie', 'Mike'
23 February 1991Professor Ian KennedyTheodore Dalrymple, Paul Dolese, Sheila Heather-Hayes, Tony Lambrianou, Joe Whitty, Taki Theodoracopolous, Mary Eaton, Jim Wood
2 March 1991The Gulf: Counting The CostJohn PlenderAdnan Al-Bahar, Chris Cowley, Edward Heath, Robert McGeehan, Lord Weidenfeld, Mona Bauwens, Adnan Khashoggi
9 March 1991After RochdaleTony WilsonBeatrix Campbell, Andy Croall, Her Honour Jean Graham Hall, Sherrill Mulhern, John Shirley, Deborah Cameron, Wendy Lindsay, Bill Thompson
16 March 1991The Luck of the Irish?Trevor HyettFather Patrick Buckley, Patrick Cosgrave, J. P. Donleavy, David Norris, Emily O'Reilly, Paul Hill, Ethel Smith, Francis Stuart
23 March 1991What Should Teachers Learn?Professor Anthony ClarePeter Davies, Annis Garfield, Steve McCarthy, Zoe Readhead, Catherine Finnan, James Harries, Russell Profitt, Eleanor MacDonald
31 March 1991Who Believes In Miracles?Tony WilsonAnn Diamond, Prof Teddy Hall, Barbara Smoker, Matthew Fox, Tom Wright, Hyam Maccoby, Ian Wilson
6 April 1991Serial Success?Matthew ParrisJeremy Coid, Stefan Jaworzyn, Detective Ray Pierce, Michael Winner, Catherine Itzin, John Sutcliffe, Helen Zahavi

Specials

Date of broadcastTitle of programmeHostGuests
7 August 1993Bloody BosniaProfessor Ian KennedyFitzroy Maclean, Nikola Koljević, Gordana Knezević, Melanie McDonagh, Sean Gervasi, Amela, Branka Magas
30 May 1994Brave New WorldSheena McDonaldTom Shakespeare, Lewis Wolpert, Anthony Fisher, Adrienne Asch, Germaine Greer, Brian Richards, Robert Winston, Claire Austin
21 January 1995Helena KennedyGarret FitzGerald, Gabriel Daly, Tom Stack, Eddie Humphries, Helena O'Donoghue, Emily O'Reilly, Mary Kenny, Richard Sipe, Sinéad O'Connor
17 August 1995Lethal JusticeJohn UnderwoodJune Homer, James Grigson, Norman Parker, Norman Brennan, Hanna Segal, Don Cabana, Clive Stafford Smith
28 May 1996The Price of LifeProfessor Ian KennedyRoger Gould, Julian Tudor Hart, Martin Israel, Richard Nicholson, Ron Zimmern, Paige Sipes Metzler, Marion Harris
13 September 1997After DianaHelena KennedyBeatrix Campbell, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Victoria Mitford, Frank Prochaska, George Monbiot, Frank McQuerins, Claus von Bülow
1 November 1997Abortion – Whose Choice?John UnderwoodGerard Casey, Bernard Nathanson, John Parsons, John Harris, Josephine Barnes, Fay Weldon, Sarah Walsh

[BBC Four] series

Date of broadcastTitle of programmeHostGuests
22 February 2003Iraq: What's Oil Got To Do It?Tony WilsonJonathan Aitken, Ray Leonard, Hannah Sell, Colleen Graffy, Miriam, Norah Sabri, Nabil Musawi, Robert Mabro
1 March 2003Helena KennedyEsther Rantzen, Tom O'Carroll, Bill Thompson, June Taylor, Jeremy Coid, Peter Garsden, Christian Wolmar
8 March 2003Professor Sir Ian KennedyAlbie Sachs, Mohammad al-Massari, Jim Swire, Silke Maier-Witt, Michael Swetnam, David Shayler
22 March 2003Stop the War?Sheena McDonaldMichael Randle, Lord Hannay, Alice Nutter, Ruth Wedgwood, Ken O'Keefe, Tony Robinson, Robert Fox, Daniel Mason
29 March 2003John UnderwoodSaad Hattar, Corinne Souza, Gerald James, David Gore-Booth, Jenny Moore, Haitham Rashid Al-Withaib, Yosri Fouda