
Iain Dale - The Whole Show
Always punchy, always opinionated, you can find Iain Dale in the Evening live on LBC Monday to Thursday from 7pm. Cross Question, LBC's political panel debate show, features from Monday to Wednesday. On Thursday, a phone-in with top guests from the world of politics, academia, media and entertainment.
Latest episodes

Oct 22, 2024 • 2h 25min
Have you ever told someone they're too old to drive?
More information reported about Chris Kaba's past and have you ever had to tell an elderly parent they shouldn't drive anymore?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Jake Richards, political commentator Jo Tanner, Conservative MP George Freeman and barrister Dr Sam Fowles.

Oct 21, 2024 • 2h 26min
Should Starmer open talks over reparations?
Should Starmer open talks over reparations? And experts take your calls on osteoporosis.Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Emily Thornberry, Reform UK MP and deputy leader Richard Tice, social mobility campaigner and former Conservative education secretary Justine Greening and rabbi and author Dr Jonathan Romain.

Oct 17, 2024 • 2h 26min
Is it smart to bring back HS2?
Is it smart to bring back HS2?Plus, a phone in on poverty in modern Britain with Big Issue founder Lord Bird and campaigner Matthew Torbitt. And how widespread is the old-fashioned attitude that having children should somehow hold women back?

Oct 16, 2024 • 2h 25min
Controversy over England getting a German football manager & how do we fix our universities?
Controversy over England getting a German football manager & how do we fix our universities?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are shadow development minister and Conservative MP Dame Harriett Baldwin, Green MP Ellie Chowns, journalist and broadcaster Isabel Hilton and Henry Newman, former adviser to Boris Johnson.

Oct 15, 2024 • 2h 25min
Should we offer weight loss jabs to unemployed obese people?
Should we offer weight loss jabs to unemployed obese people? And how old is too old to have children?Joining Iain on Cross Question this evening are businessman James Reed, Labour MP Jeevun Sandher, former Tory MP and minister Dame Andrea Leadsom and journalist Luke McGee.

Oct 14, 2024 • 2h 26min
Do we learn enough about black history?
Is the Labour government having to abandon its principles - and do we learn enough about black history?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski, former Tory MP Anna Firth, long-time adviser to Nigel Farage Gawain Towler and Observer columnist Martha Gill.

Oct 10, 2024 • 2h 25min
Israel's ambassador to the UK takes your calls
The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tzipi Hotovely, joins Iain for an exclusive LBC phone-in.

Oct 9, 2024 • 2h 26min
Was dumping James Cleverly a mistake by Tory MPs?
Was dumping James Cleverly a mistake by Tory MPs?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Stella Creasy, former Conservative MP and minister Steve Baker, broadcaster Jemma Forte and founder of ConservativeHome Tim Montgomerie.

Oct 8, 2024 • 2h 26min
Could the Tories possibly win the next election?
Could the Tories possibly win the next election?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are leader of the House of Commons and Labour MP Lucy Powell, Conservative peer and former minister Lord Willetts, the Spectator's Cindy Yu and the Guardian's John Crace - whose new book 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10' is out this week.

Oct 7, 2024 • 2h 24min
How the October 7th attacks changed the world - and Robert Jenrick takes your calls
How the October 7th attacks changed the world - and Robert Jenrick takes your callsIain is joined for Cross Question this evening by jeweller and businesswoman Kiki McDonough, Lib Dem chief whip and MP Wendy Chamberlain, Conservative MP and former chief whip Wendy Morton and home affairs commentator and former Yvette Cooper adviser Danny Shaw.