Big Questions

infobox television
show_name = Big Questions


caption =
format = Discussion panel
picture_format = 16:9
runtime = 60 minutes (including commercials)
creator =
starring = Host
Jules Lund
country = Australia
network = Channel Nine
first_aired = 19 October 2006
last_aired =
num_episodes = 3 (as of 2 November 2006)
website = http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/section.aspx?sectionid=2949&sectionname=bigquestions
imdb_id = 0892481

"Big Questions" is an Australian television show which is produced and broadcast on the Nine Network, with Jules Lund as host. It commenced broadcasting on 19 October 2006. It shouldn't be confused with the Sydney Morning Herald column of the same name in the Saturday edition that poses sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical questions answered by readers. Prolific contributors are John Moir, Jim Dewar and David Buley.

Premise

The show features 2 panels each with two people debating on a popular question which divides people's opinions. Examples include "Seinfeld" or "Friends", "The Beatles" or the "Rolling Stones" and "Speedos" or "Board shorts". A live audience casts their vote on which is the better of the two.

Many celebrities have been chosen to debate the issues:
*Red Symons
*Tom Glesson
*Kate Kendall
*Andy Lee
*Hamish Blake
*Tottie Goldsmith
*Leo Sayer
*Sami Lukis
*Akmal Saleh
*Human Nature
*Livinia Nixon
*Andy Lee
*Trevor Marmalade

"So far the audience has voted on"

Background

Upon the program's commencement, there had been an increasing trend of pop culture panel programs on Australian television. The success of the ABC's "Spicks and Specks" began the popular trend and has been replicated, often unsuccessfully on other networks.