Question Time (TV programme)
Twitter
### Twitter

On 24 September 2009, the show launched its [Twitter](/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") presence and the show's presenter has regularly announced its presence on Twitter since late 2009\. Using the Twitter ID "@bbcquestiontime" it tweeted using the \#bbcqt hashtag. By early 2010, this had become one of the UK's most active "Twitter backchannels" to a TV show. @bbcquestiontime claimed 10,000 tweets had been sent around the show on 7 October 2010\. The show had over 40,000 followers on Twitter by October 2010 and this exceeded 50,000 on the evening of 3 February 2011\.

On 9 June 2011, *Question Time* became one of the most\-tweeted about shows of the week in the UK, with 5,000 tweets during the programme, with tweeting continuing through to the next day. In addition to the more sober analysis of the discussion, *Question Time* also has a parallel Twitter backchannel based on the spoof account Dimblebot \- purportedly a robot version of Dimbleby \- where the entire premise of the programme is claimed to be a demonstration of Dimbleby's ability to defeat the panel. It became clear during the riot special that David Dimbleby knows of the existence of Dimblebot and the associated Dimbledance.[Jack Seale, "DIMBLEBOT helps Question Time special draw 3\.5m viewers"](http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-08-12/dimblebot-helps-question-time-special-draw-35m-viewers), *Radio Times*, 12 August 2011\. The @bbcquestiontime account nowAs of 3 June 2019\. has over 500,000 followers.

In March 2020, [Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi](/wiki/Sayeeda_Warsi%2C_Baroness_Warsi "Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi") and MP [Debbie Abrahams](/wiki/Debbie_Abrahams "Debbie Abrahams") sent an open letter to the programme's runners, after Question Time uploaded anti\-immigrants Twitter comments from a far\-right supporter who allegedly also ran for the [National Front](/wiki/National_Front_%28UK%29 "National Front (UK)") and showed support for the [English Defence League](/wiki/English_Defence_League "English Defence League"). Baroness Warsi and Abrahams wrote in their letter: "We understand the producers of the show seek out ‘controversial members of the audience – including those of far\-right campaign groups – in an attempt to curry large ratings... By providing a platform for views that are racist or sexist, the institution is normalising them and contributing to the coarsening of public debate and the growing toxicity of our politics."


How many followers did the @bbcquestiontime account have as of June 3, 2019?