Opinions (1982)
Synopsis
Opinions is a British talk programme broadcast on Channel 4 television in the 1980s and 1990s. According to Time magazine, Opinions gave "a public figure 30-minutes of airtime each week to expound on a controversial topic ". "A speaker could express his or her own views straight to camera for 30 minutes", "an earnest of Channel 4's faith and mission to bring edgy, alternative fare to the public and to excite reaction". "Individuals like the novelist Salman Rushdie and the historian EP Thompson each spoke to the camera for half an hour on a subject that interested them".
Network
Channel 4
Episodes
Episodes
E.P. Thompson
E.P. Thompson has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Anthony Sampson
Anthony Sampson has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Enoch Powell
Enoch Powell has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Unknown
Unknown has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Greece to their Rome
Christopher Hitchens has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Misrule Britannia: Technology and Liberty
Duncan Campbell has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Misrule Britannia: To BBC or not to BBC
Noel Annan has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
John Birt
John Birt has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
End of the Golden Age?
Melvyn Bragg has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Green Thoughts
Gore Vidal has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Below the Belt
David Rappaport has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
The Search for Love and Glory
Julie Welch has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Corner in the Thing I Love
Elizabeth Cook has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
The NHS Is Alive and Well
Elizabeth Cook has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Alastair Logan
Alastair Logan has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
The Liverpool Poets
Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten have 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Designs on Democracy: Part 2
G.F. Newman has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Randall Terry
Randall Terry has 30 minutes of airtime on a controversial topic.
Details
Original Title
Opinions
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
26
Production
Open Media
