2019 General Christmas election.

Almost certainly not.

BBC to host head-to-head debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, six days before UK general election https://t.co/t5hup2RynP

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 8, 2019

Let's just be spot on about the facts. He removed himself from being a candidate

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50341292

Exactly the same format as ITV then with another debate for "senior figures" from 7 parties, and the right format IMO.

Nick Robinson hosting both of them, which is a bit of a surprising choice IMO.

It’s interesting that they’ve put most of the debates and QT specials on a Friday. I assume it’ll be airing at 19:30 or 20:30

Of course, because there is no way the BBC will move Graham Norton Show for this debate.

Of course there's a way! You should know that BBC Northern Ireland move it every week already for The Blame Game. And if "there is no way" they will move Graham Norton, surely there is equally "no way" they can move 'stEnders, HIGNFY, WILTY or the other shows on Fridays at the moment.

If something needs to be moved to fit something else in, it will be moved. They're telly programmes, not train services. If it's moved or dropped for a week, people will cope.

The other day someone was suggesting ITV couldn't do an election debate because of a Martin Lewis programme. These programmes CANNOT BE STOPPED.

I'd probably say WILTY is more likely to be moved since it's not topical and recorded ages ago, I think HIGNFY will probably stay put since it records the day before and probably would benefit airing after a debate. I suspect these debates will be airing from 7 or 7.30pm in lieu of The One Show and whatever filler they usually have in that slot.

The BBC have Who Do You Think You Are repeats on Thursdays which I suspect is a placeholder so they can move EE and WILTY there.

I noticed him presenting Politics Live today, although this may be a regular occurrence. But it seems that they are using him more on TV now.

Could international broadcast rights factor into this?

Let's assume that the BBC must air GN before either Virgin Media One or UKTV Australia air it (I don't know if that is a thing in the GN contract, but it appears to be with His Dark Materials at the moment, as HBO are waiting until Monday morning to make it available elsewhere in Europe for streaming, and we know it was a thing with Killing Eve as it was mentioned on Points of View).

If it is the case, then those two broadcasters would then have to scramble to air a repeat or another show entirely in it's place and would be annoyed at the BBC for having delayed the airing of the show despite it being scheduled now.

It's possible the BBC could move Graham Norton to a later slot, but surely moving GN to another day is off the table entirely in that situation?

The BBC will air it when they want to air it. Internationally it'll just be pre-empted.

Graham airs after the news so it's less likely to dropped than say Would I Lie to You.