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BBC leaders debate: What time will Boris Johnson face Jeremy Corbyn? Who is the host?



Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will go head-to-head for a televised debate on Friday.

It will be the last live TV debate before the December 12 election, and the last scheduled meeting between the two party leaders. 

The BBC debate comes six days before the British public heads to the polls next Thursday. 

Take a look at everything you need to know about tonight’s debate: 

Where and when is it taking place?

The debate will be held in front of a studio audience in Maidstone, Kent.

It will run for an hour live on BBC1 from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is presenting the debate?

Nick Robinson, one of the Radio 4 Today programme’s regular presenters and former BBC political editor, will be the moderator, putting questions and keeping order.

Where will the leaders be positioned?

Each man will stand in front of a podium, a few feet apart. Following a toss of coins. Mr Johnson will be on the right and Mr Corbyn on the left.

Jeremy Corbyn, pictured at a campaign rally in Birmingham (REUTERS)

What is the format?

Each leader will make a 60 second opening statement.

They will then debate questions put by members of the audience who have been picked for the BBC by polling firm Savanta ComRes and questions submitted via the BBC website.

There will be final closing statements of 30 seconds each.

Again following a toss of coins, Labour got to choose the order of the opening statements and opted to go first, while the Conservatives chose to go second in the closing statements.

How is the audience chosen?

The audience has been selected to include equal numbers of Conservative and Labour supporters, with a smaller number of undecided voters and supporters of other parties.

It has also been weighted to include a slim majority of Leave voters over Remainers in the EU referendum, apart from a few younger voters who were not old enough to vote in 2016.



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