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EU referendum: What time is the BBC's Great Debate and who will be on the panel?

All you need to know about the BBC's last debate on the plebiscite

Will Worley
Monday 20 June 2016 17:03 BST
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David Dimbleby will host The Great Debate
David Dimbleby will host The Great Debate (BBC)

A seemingly endless series of EU referendum debates culminates on Tuesday night with the biggest one of them all.

The BBC's "Great Debate" being marketed as the most significant as is being hosted at the Wembley arena. Over 20,000 people applied for 6,000 tickets for event. The audience will be roughly divided between people likely to vote in favour of leaving or remaining in the EU.

Here is all the information you need to know surrounding the show.

What time is on?

8pm on Tuesday night

Which channel?

BBC1

Who will be on the panel?

The Leave side will be:

Boris Johnson, Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip and former Mayor of London.

Gisela Stuart, Labour MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and a former UK Parliamentary Representative to the European Convention.

Andrea Leadsom, Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire and former City Minister.

The Remain side will be:

Ruth Davidson MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.

Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC from the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign.

Anyone else?

There will be additional opinion and commentary on the issues from a second stage of a further 10 guests made up of five representatives from each side.

For Remain:

Humza Yousaf, SNP MSP for Glasgow Pollok

Dr Sarah Wollaston, Conservative MP for Totnes and defector from the Leave side.

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat leader and MP for Westmorland & Lonsdale

Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion and former party leader.

Justin King, former CEO of Sainsbury’s.

For Leave:

Priti Patel, Minister of State for Employment and Conservative MP for Witham.

Diane James, Deputy Chairman of UKIP and MEP for the South East of England.

Harsimrat Kaur, from Women for Britain.

Tim Martin, founder and chairman of Wetherspoons.

Tony Parsons, journalist and author.

Who will be moderating?

David Dimbleby will host the main panel event, while Mishal Husain will moderate the second stage of comments. Emily Maitlis will provide lead an analysis and fact checking section after the event with the BBC’s fact checking team.

The EU referendum debate has so far been characterised by bias, distortion and exaggeration. So until 23 June we we’re running a series of question and answer features that explain the most important issues in a detailed, dispassionate way to help inform your decision.

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Will leaving the EU save taxpayers money and mean more money for the NHS?

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