Free Speech — Season 1

Jake Humphrey hosts a live debate show from east London, with Radio 1Xtra DJ Gemma Cairney joining the panel to discuss benefits cuts and the big stories of the moment.

Jake Humphrey hosts a live debate show. Broadcast from a different location around the country each month, it gives BBC THREE viewers the chance to have their say about the issues they care about. This edition comes live from Doncaster, as a panel of celebrities and political commentators discuss crime and other big stories of the moment with the studio audience.

Jake Humphrey hosts a live debate show from Bristol. Broadcast from a different location around the country each month, it gives BBC Three viewers the chance to have their say about the issues they care about. Up for debate are drugs and whether they should be legalised, and the soaring unemployment rate for black men - is it time to have 'young black men first' employment policies?On the panel is BBC Three presenter Cherry Healey, while co-presenter Michelle de Swarte is the live contact point for viewers at home having their say online. Free Speech viewers have their say on the programme agenda, and the Free Speech power bar shows what the audience thinks of the panellists. Responses are displayed throughout transmission as viewers use hashtags to rate panellists in real time.

From the heart of the East End of London, presenter Jake Humphrey finds out what young people really think. Has the enormous spend reaped economic benefits for under 30s or has the budget been blown on a glorified sports event? Who are the real winners - local people or big business? A nationwide poll reveals how young people feel about the Olympics and whether or not it has benefitted them. Plus, audience and panel tackle the very latest stories that are firing up viewers.Free Speech involves the audience from beginning to end - from the stories they want on the agenda to showing whether they agree or disagree with the panellists' opinions via the power bar. Responses and updates from viewers will be displayed throughout the show, with hashtags that reveal how panellists are being rated live by people at home.On the panel, local Labour MP Rushanara Ali and skills minister John Hayes MP go head to head. Free Speech's social media jockey will be the audience's voice, reading web responses and online comments.

With A-level results about to be announced, Free Speech asks whether higher education is worthwhile. Live from Edinburgh, against the backdrop of the Fringe, Jake Humphrey presents an exclusive poll asking whether the new £9,000-a-year tuition fees in England and Wales will affect the number of people pursuing university degrees. An audience of 18-25 year olds have their say. Gay marriage, devolution - including a search for the best Scottish independence joke at the Edinburgh Fringe - and the big news of the day is on the agenda for the panel, which includes comedian Shappi Korsandi and the SNP's Humza Yousaf, a 27-year-old MSP.

With tuition fees, payday loans and youth unemployment in the headlines, Free Speech tackles debt and credit. From Manchester, Jake Humphrey presents an exclusive poll revealing the burden of debt young people face. An audience of 18-25 year-olds have their say. Following the Paralympics, issues surrounding disability and benefits are up for debate, along with the other big news stories of the day.

BBC Three's Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts star Stacey Dooley join the panel to debate immigration. The latest British social attitudes survey shows that three quarters of people would like to see immigration reduced, but what do young people think?  Jake Humphrey presents from Reading, where immigration is five times higher than the national average and where one in four residents were born outside the UK. The studio audience includes young migrants and locals who feel that their employment chances are being affected by immigrants. Sam Naz takes messages from the audience at home and delivers their verdict on the panel via the Power Bar. The panellist with the highest score gets the last word on the show.

Jake Humphrey chairs a live debate, with a panel of politicians and opinion formers facing questions from the studio audience of 18 to 25-year-olds in Colchester, Essex. On the day that Americans vote for a new president, Free Speech asks just how important the position continues to be.  Also up for debate is whether 16 to 17-year-olds should have the vote in the UK, and an issue that splits opinion on both sides of the Atlantic - abortion law.  There's a special message from tabloid talk show host and former Democratic Mayor of Cincinnati, Jerry Springer, and the Free Speech Power Bar shows what the audience at home think of the panellists.  Radio 1's breakfast news and sports presenter Tina Daheley is the Social Media Jockey, speaking up for the web responses and online comments.

Jake Humphrey chairs the programme from the University of Northumbria, voted the country's top university for nightlife, where a panel of celebrities and experts take questions from the studio audience of 18-25 year-olds. Olympic weightlifter Zoe Smith features on VT, revealing her feelings on the criticism she faced for not conforming to a standard body image; an exclusive poll, commissioned by the YMCA, is revealed and the Free Speech Power Bar shows what the audience at home think of the panellists. BBC Three's own 60 Seconds news presenter, Sam Naz, takes the role of social media jockey, speaking up for the web responses and online comments.

Swansea has the third highest youth unemployment in the UK and 12.5 per cent of 16-24 year olds are on some form of benefit. The number of 18 to 24-year-olds in Wales claiming jobseeker's allowance for more than a year increased fourfold between August 2011 and August 2012. Amongst the panel facing questions from the studio audience is London grime artist Devlin, who is known for incorporating conspiracy theories and politics into his music, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and entrepreneur Shazia Awan.  Also under discussion is online safety and the recent reports of slut-shaming. A film based on the issues raised throughout the programme is included in the show, made by young people alongside BBC Learning's The Lab.

Last month saw the debate get heated over same sex marriage, but what will get the panel and the audience hot under the collar this month? The panel includes outspoken singer Kate Nash, and on the night that BBC Three broadcasts Give it Up for Comic Relief, Free Speech asks if addiction is a medical or criminal issue.

Live current affairs debate programme. In Birmingham, Rick Edwards hears the opinions of the studio audience on the big stories of the day, with Tina Daheley relaying the web responses and online comments. Rick leads the debate on issues around young parenthood and families. Comedian Ava Vidal, who was a teen single mum herself, joins the panel alongside politicians and commentators.