The biggest question is why.
Question Time Extra is a wasted opportunity to transfer Radio 4’s Any Answers? to TV, and a waste of resources. I fundamentally don’t understand why a spin-off show claiming to allow viewers to air their views spends most of the time talking to another two politicians, even if one of them is the lovely Sarah Teather. Or why e-mails are printed out for a man with a laptop. Why are viewers’ questions being answered by people who weren’t on the main show? Why can Radio 4 manage a phone-in show but BBC News 24 has to have someone read their questions out? Why does it clash with the excellent This Week?
I believe this show needs work if it is to have the success of Any Answers? I would not be surprised if there are more complaints about the show than contributions.