# List of After Dark editions

After Dark is a British late night television discussion programme, produced by Open Media. It was broadcast weekly on Channel 4 between 1 May 1987 and 6 April 1991, and returned with various specials between 1993 and 1997. The programme ran again weekly for a single season in 2003 on the BBC. Here follows a complete list of all editions, with dates of live transmission and the names of all guests and hosts. More detail of individual episodes is contained in this article on the production company's website.

## Series 1

| Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests |
| 1 May 1987 | Secrets | Tony Wilson | Clive PontingMargaret MooreColin WallaceT. E. UtleyIsaac EvansPeter HainAnne-Marie Sandler |
| 8 May 1987 | Private Lives | Helena Kennedy | Tony BlackburnJeremy BlackPeter TatchellSheila KitzingerPaul HalloranVictoria GillickJohnny Edgecombe |
| 15 May 1987 | Football Crazy | Professor Anthony Clare | Terry NeillA. J. AyerChris LightbownStuart CosgroveJohn FashanuIan HutchinsonJennifer Hargreaves |
| 22 May 1987 | Do The British Love Their Children? | Chantal Cuer | John RaeLinda BellosGermaine GreerGordon WhiteleyRussell HobanDiane CawSarah Coomaraswamy |
| 29 May 1987 | The Mafia | John Underwood | Alex MansonDoug Le VienClaire SterlingDavid MellorDavid YallopGaia ServadioBob DickFrank Pulley |
| 5 June 1987 | Honest, Decent and True? | Professor Anthony Clare | John EhrlichmanAnthony SmithMary MidgleyAnn BurdusPhilip BobbittHugh Montefiore |
| 12 June 1987 | Is Britain Working? | Tony Wilson | David SelbourneTeresa GormanHilary HookEzaz Ahmed HayatAdrian LloydBilly Bragg'Helen' |
| 26 June 1987 | Killing With Care? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Charlotte HoughIlora FinlayPieter Admiraal [nl]Lord SoperGeorge CantMaggie DavisVicky Clement-JonesJohn Finnis |
| 3 July 1987 | Peace in Our Time | John Underwood | Edward TellerBeatrix CampbellDeidre DuffyRudolf PeierlsEnoch PowellSergey Kapitsa |
| 10 July 1987 | Klaus Barbie | Professor Ian Kennedy | Eli RosenbaumNeal AschersonGena TurgelPhilippe DaudyPaul OestreicherJacques Vergès |

## Series 2

| Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests |
| 19 February 1988 | Beyond the Law | John Underwood | Colin WoodsEileen GrayMartin ShortBrian WoollardDavid NapleyIan HuntT. Dan Smith |
| 26 February 1988 | Marriage: What Do Women Want? | Stuart Hood | James DeardenCarol McMillanJulie GrantMary WhitehouseJoan WyndhamNaim AttallahShere Hite |
| 4 March 1988 | No Place Like Home | Helena Kennedy | Susanne ReedesMartin DauntonKathy HearneWilliam "Spider" WilsonJohn HeddleSheila McKechnieBill More |
| 11 March 1988 | You Are What You Wear | Gaia Servadio | Brenda PolanBishop of LewesBruce OldfieldNicholas ColeridgeTerry MelvilleKatharine HamnettRaghib Ashan |
| 18 March 1988 | Licensed to Kill? | Paul Sieghart | Pauline PerryOnora O'NeillMichael WisemanAnthony Farrar-HockleyBridie MaguireArnold DousseBernadette Devlin McAliskey |
| 25 March 1988 | Iran/Iraq: A Holy War? | John Underwood | Noel PickeringHaleh AfsharNorman KirkhamShusha GuppyEzzat AltamimiHoshyar ZebariHamid HoushangiDilip Hiro |
| 9 April 1988 | Horse Racing: Sport Of Kings? | Tony Wilson | Barney CurleyJohn McCririckDuncan KeithMargaret, Duchess of ArgyllGeneral Sir Cecil "Monkey" BlackerAlan GibbonsBrian Radford"Michael" |
| 16 April 1988 | What Is Prison For? | Professor Ian Kennedy | John RentonJohn MastersonKen MurrayTerry DicksTony HoareYolande McShane |
| 23 April 1988 | Race and the Classroom: Education for All? | Helena Kennedy | Blake BedfordOlna ManyanRay HoneyfordJohn SentamuAnn DummettDipak BasuLurline Champagnie |
| 30 April 1988 | Bewitched, Bothered or Bewildered? | Tony Wilson | Moira WoodsOlivia Durdin-RobertsonJack ShacklefordJack Dover WellmanAudrey HarperMargot AdlerTrevor Turner |
| 7 May 1988 | Derry '68 Look Back in Anger? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Roy BradfordPaul BrennanHenry KellyDeLores TuckerNoirin ConnollyEamonn McCannGlenn Barr |
| 14 May 1988 | Israel: Forty Years On | John Underwood | Yohanan LahavAnton ShammasMarie ColvinGerald KaufmanMoshe AmiravFaisal AweidahNadia Hijab |
| 21 May 1988 | What is Sex For? | Professor Anthony Clare | Andrea DworkinAnthony BurgessJim HaynesJulia RonderJack DominianRoz Kaveney |
| 28 May 1988 | Winston Churchill | Trevor Hyett | David IrvingLord HailshamAnthony Montague BrowneDavid ReynoldsJack JonesJean Howard |
| 4 June 1988 | Open to Exposure | Professor Ian Kennedy | Peter HillmoreLester MiddlehurstHarvey ProctorAnnette WitheridgeLaurie ManifoldChristine KeelerNina Myskow |
| 11 June 1988 | South Africa | Trevor Hyett | Harry BelafonteDenis WorrallEssop PahadBreyten BreytenbachNick MitchellVictoria BrittainIsmail Ayob |
| 18 June 1988 | How Do You Survive a Murder? | Professor Anthony Clare | Lord LongfordGeorgina LawtonJune PatientPatricia HighsmithPeter WhentDavid HowdenJames NelsonSarah Boyle |
| 25 June 1988 | Pornography | Helena Kennedy | Hanna SegalPaula MeadowsBill MargoldSusanne KappelerJames BogleDavid Hebditch"Dave" |
| 2 July 1988 | Animal Rights | Beverly Anderson | Katie BoyleRex HudsonRalph CookMiriam RothschildMark GoldJudy MacArthurFrank Evans |
| 9 July 1988 | After Cleveland | Trevor Hyett | Beatrix CampbellShirley EdwardsRay WyreA father from ClevelandRalph UnderwagerSimon Court"John"Raine Roberts |
| 16 July 1988 | British Intelligence | John Underwood | Gary MurrayAlastair MackieMerlyn ReesRobin RamsayJock KaneRobert HarbinsonH. Montgomery Hyde |
| 23 July 1988 | It's a Mad, Mad World? | Beverly Anderson | Errol FrancisAnne NewnhamGlynn HarrisonSashi SashidharanDerek FrancisPamela TaylorThomas Szasz |
| 30 July 1988 | Save the Whale, Save the World? | Roisin McAuley | Kieran MulvaneyHeathcote WilliamsPetra KellyJames LovelockTony BallC. W. NicolShigeko Misaki |
| 6 August 1988 | Nicaragua | John Underwood | John SilberAlfred ShermanRoberto FerreySusan MorganBianca JaggerAmalia ChomarroAllan FrancovichJohn Bevan |
| 13 August 1988 | Money | Henry Kelly | Michael LeeOwen OystonMichael BassettNicholas van HoogstratenMarie JahodaHannah WardFrances Jankowski |
| 20 August 1988 | Born to Serve? | Trevor Hyett | Peter ClarkeJohn CawstonJohn RentoulEva FigesDoris WilliamsJessica MitfordPamela HiltonCora |
| 27 August 1988 | Sentencing | Professor Ian Kennedy | Isobel BrydieDavid NapleySarah HelmMichael ArgylePeter HerbertJohn CokerVivian Berger |
| 3 September 1988 | Alternative Medicine | Tony Wilson | Debra FreechildRonald DaveyJames RandiJacques BenvenisteErica JonesWalter StewartDavid ReillyJonathan Miller |
| 10 September 1988 | Blacklist? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Harold MusgroveHilary WainwrightHugo CornwallRichard Norton-TaylorGeorge BrumwellJohn MacreadieMichael Noar but not Gerry Adams |

## Series 3

| Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests |
| 13 May 1989 | Out of Bounds | John Underwood | Eddie ChapmanTony BennLord DacreJames RusbridgerMiles CopelandAnthony CavendishAdela Gooch |
| 20 May 1989 | Football – The Final Whistle? | Jancis Robinson | Peter GarrettRhodes BoysonGarth CrooksJames DelaneyCass PennantMargaret SimeyJohn WilliamsEileen Delaney |
| 27 May 1989 | Drugs – Is Britain Cracking Up? | Professor Ian Kennedy | BlueRobert LefeverNell CampbellTerry Goddard"Louise"Margaret WhiteAllan Parry |
| 3 June 1989 | Back in the USSR? | Professor Anthony Clare | Mikki DoyleVladimir BukovskyDenis HealeyMartin WalkerTatyana TolstayaVitali Vitaliev |
| 10 June 1989 | Britain – Out on a Limb? | Beverly Anderson | Peter UstinovKenneth MinogueShirley WilliamsRichard PerleAlastair MortonJosef JoffeEdward Heath |
| 17 June 1989 | Rock Bottom? | Matthew Parris | Eartha KittPauline BlackSimon Napier-BellPat KaneImruh BakariJonathan Ashby |
| 24 June 1989 | Pride and Prejudice | Beverly Anderson | Ole EspersenRussell WatkynJo PurvisIsmond RosenJennie WilsonMartin ShermanKen Skeates |
| 1 July 1989 | What's Up Doc? | Tony Wilson | Ivor DanielsAlex ComfortJames HammondIan McCollJoanna TrowellDavid WidgeryJane Rosbotham |
| 8 July 1989 | Who Dares Wins? | Professor Anthony Clare | Frederick MartensTony Colston-HayterVictor Lownes'Dougie'Mary-Ann Hushlak, Bishop of WillesdenDavid BerglasAl Alvarez |
| 15 July 1989 | School's Out | Matthew Parris | Robert MunksAdae WhitcombeSonia LeiperDarren BrindNadeem InayatPaula McNamaraKieran Clifton |
| 22 July 1989 | The Cost of Divorce | Professor Ian Kennedy | Denis CooperMarvin MitchelsonGeorge MacBethSue StapelyGill CooperElizabeth BrowneGeorge Brown |
| 29 July 1989 | What Is There To Believe In? | Tony Wilson | Lynette BurrowsSteven RoseDavid HollowayFrank CioffiThe Bishop of DurhamDorothy RoweMichael Bentine |
| 2 September 1989 | Germany – 50 Years On | Professor Anthony Clare | Amity ShlaesReinhard SpitzyAlbert FriedlanderChristof Wackernagel [de]Donald Cameron WattFranz SchoenhuberJozef Garlinski |
| 9 September 1989 | Superpowers – All In The Mind | Tony Wilson | Martin IsraelIvy NorthageJames RandiAthena PattengillStephen O'BrienSusan Blackmore |
| 16 September 1989 | What Do We Do With Sex Offenders? | Helena Kennedy | Gerald SilvermanJohn CokerRay Wyre'Peter'Maurice WhiteNell McCaffertyMichael Bettsworth |
| 23 September 1989 | Freud – 50 Years On | Professor Ian Kennedy | Donald ReevesJeffrey MassonHans LobnerStuart SutherlandIsabel Menzies LythRalph SteadmanAnna Raeburn |
| 30 September 1989 | Body Beautiful – What Do We Want? | Sheena McDonald | Mandy MuddNabil ShabanDee WellsArthur MarwickMolly ParkinZoe WarwickSuzanne Younger |
| 7 October 1989 | Death Penalty? | Professor Anthony Clare | Sean O'DochartaighSyd DernleyDorothea MorefieldEvelyn Ann TheobaldPeter ThorntonMichael ArgyleGuy Rais |
| 14 October 1989 | Ethiopia | John Underwood | Mark BowdenMary DinesRichard BalfeBerhane GhebrehiwotRebecca AsratePeter BauerCharles StewartAbadi Zemo |
| 21 October 1989 | The Royal Family – Dallas or Palace? | Tony Wilson | Edgar WilsonAndrew MortonArchduke Karl von HabsburgPeregrine WorsthorneGwyn FitchPeter RussellRhoda Koenig |
| 28 October 1989 | Men and Women: What's the Difference? | Matthew Parris | Mary StottMaria SchererMalcolm BennettHans EysenckHelen HasteDavid StaytXaviera Hollander |
| 4 November 1989 | What Makes MPs Run? | Trevor Hyett | David LewisKen LivingstoneAndrew Roth'Barbara'Edwina CurrieJulia LangdonJulia Stonehouse |
| 11 November 1989 | War and Peace | Professor Anthony Clare | Father Owen HardwickeScilla ElworthyAnthony Farrar-HockleyJean WardMajor the Rev'd David CooperWade TidburyArthur Moyse |
| 18 November 1989 | Space: How Far Should We Go? | Professor Ian Kennedy | Heinz WolffStephen DonnellyBuzz AldrinJocelyn Bell BurnellWhitley StrieberIan WatsonTom Wilkie |
| 25 November 1989 | Shall We Live In South Africa? | Professor Anthony Clare | Lady BernardZoe WicombAbdullah IbrahimDonald WoodsMatthew OliphantShula MarksJohn NashMike Ramsay |
| 1 December 1989 | Terrorism | Professor Ian Kennedy | Ariel MerariYehudi MenuhinFred HolroydRichard ClutterbuckMichael OpperskalskiJillian BeckerGordon Liddy |

## Series 4

| Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests |
| 12 January 1991 | Arms and the Gulf | Professor Ian Kennedy | Tam DalyellBruce HemmingsRobert JarmanJames LuntJoey Martyn–MartinAdel DarwishRana Kabbani |
| 19 January 1991 | Survival – At What Cost? | Professor Anthony Clare | Sheila CassidyRichard MorefieldBrummie StokesHugo GrynKarma NabulsiMonica McKibbin |
| 26 January 1991 | Do Men Have To Be Violent? | Helena Kennedy | Antoinette GiancanaNeil LyndonKeith SimpsonArthur Hyatt WilliamsOliver ReedKate MillettElliott Leyton |
| 2 February 1991 | Counting The Cost of a Free Press | Helena Kennedy | Duncan CampbellLord LambtonGordon WinterJane MooreClare ShortAnthony Howard |
| 9 February 1991 | Abortion | Anthony Holden | Helen BrookMichael ChapmanJohn FinnisWendy SavageAlison DavisAngela FarleyMary Kenny |
| 16 February 1991 | Sexaholics | Kay Avila | Dirg Aab-RichardsColin BrewerCharlotte Davis KaslCorky McGuinnessMichael Seed'Jackie''Mike' |
| 23 February 1991 | Prisons: No Way Out | Professor Ian Kennedy | Theodore DalrymplePaul DoleseSheila Heather-HayesTony LambrianouJoe WhittyTaki TheodoracopolousMary EatonJim Wood |
| 2 March 1991 | The Gulf: Counting The Cost | John Plender | Adnan Al-BaharChris CowleyEdward HeathRobert McGeehanLord WeidenfeldMona BauwensAdnan Khashoggi |
| 9 March 1991 | After Rochdale | Tony Wilson | Beatrix CampbellAndy CroallHer Honour Jean Graham HallSherrill MulhernJohn ShirleyDeborah CameronWendy LindsayBill Thompson |
| 16 March 1991 | The Luck of the Irish? | Trevor Hyett | Father Pat BuckleyPatrick CosgraveJ. P. DonleavyDavid NorrisEmily O'ReillyPaul HillEthel SmithFrancis Stuart |
| 23 March 1991 | What Should Teachers Learn? | Professor Anthony Clare | Peter DaviesAnnis GarfieldSteve McCarthyZoe ReadheadCatherine FinnanJames HarriesRussell ProfittEleanor MacDonald |
| 31 March 1991 | Who Believes In Miracles? | Tony Wilson | Ann DiamondProf Teddy HallBarbara SmokerMatthew FoxTom WrightHyam MaccobyIan Wilson |
| 6 April 1991 | Serial Success? | Matthew Parris | Jeremy CoidStefan JaworzynDetective Ray PierceMichael WinnerCatherine ItzinJohn SutcliffeHelen Zahavi |

## Specials

| Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests |
| 7 August 1993 | Bloody Bosnia | Professor Ian Kennedy | Fitzroy Maclean, Nikola Koljević, Gordana Knezević, Melanie McDonagh, Sean Gervasi, Amela, Branka Magas |
| 30 May 1994 | Brave New World | Sheena McDonald | Tom Shakespeare, Lewis Wolpert, Anthony Fisher, Adrienne Asch, Germaine Greer, Brian Richards, Robert Winston, Claire Austin |
| 21 January 1995 | Ireland: Sex & Celibacy, Church & State | Helena Kennedy | Garret FitzGerald, Gabriel Daly, Tom Stack, Eddie Humphries, Helena O'Donoghue, Emily O'Reilly, Mary Kenny, Richard Sipe, Sinéad O'Connor |
| 17 August 1995 | Lethal Justice | John Underwood | June Homer, James Grigson, Norman Parker, Norman Brennan, Hanna Segal, Don Cabana, Clive Stafford Smith |
| 28 May 1996 | The Price of Life (see Jaymee Bowen) | Professor Ian Kennedy | Roger Gould, Julian Tudor Hart, Martin Israel, Richard Nicholson, Ron Zimmern, Paige Sipes Metzler, Marion Harris |
| 13 September 1997 | After Diana | Helena Kennedy | Beatrix Campbell, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Victoria Mitford, Frank Prochaska, George Monbiot, Frank McQuerins, Claus von Bülow |
| 1 November 1997 | Abortion – Whose Choice? | John Underwood | Gerard Casey, Bernard Nathanson, John Parsons, John Harris, Josephine Barnes, Fay Weldon, Sarah Walsh |

## BBC Four series

| Date of broadcast | Title of programme | Host | Guests |
| 22 February 2003 | Iraq: What's Oil Got To Do With It? | Tony Wilson | Jonathan Aitken, Ray Leonard, Hannah Sell, Colleen Graffy, Miriam, Norah Sabri, Nabil Musawi, Robert Mabro |
| 1 March 2003 | Child Protection: How Far Should We Go? | Helena Kennedy | Esther Rantzen, Tom O'Carroll, Bill Thompson, June Taylor, Jeremy Coid, Peter Garsden, Christian Wolmar |
| 8 March 2003 | Terrorism: Who Wins? | Professor Sir Ian Kennedy | Albie Sachs, Mohammad al-Massari, Jim Swire, Silke Maier-Witt, Michael Swetnam, David Shayler |
| 22 March 2003 | Stop the War? | Sheena McDonald | Michael Randle, Lord Hannay, Alice Nutter, Ruth Wedgwood, Ken O'Keefe, Tony Robinson, Robert Fox, Daniel Mason |
| 29 March 2003 | Iraq: Truth and Lies? | John Underwood | Saad Hattar, Corinne Souza, Gerald James, David Gore-Booth, Jenny Moore, Haitham Rashid Al-Withaib, Yosri Fouda |