Election debates: Party leaders' TV debate schedule revealed
No debates between David Cameron and Ed Miliband alone have been set up
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Your support makes all the difference.The schedule of televised debates between party leaders ahead of the general election in May was announced today.
A live debate between leaders of seven major parties will take place on 2 April on ITV.
It will include David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Natalie Bennett, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood.
Two live interviews are set up for Cameron and Miliband to be jointly broadcast on Channel 4 and Sky the week before the seven-way debate. They will each answer questions separately.
Although a debate a week before polling day on 7 May has been set up between Clegg, Cameron and Miliband, no head-to-head discussions with the leader of the Labour party have yet been agreed to by the Prime Minister.
26 March: Live question and answer programme on Channel 4 and Sky News featuring David Cameron and Ed Miliband separately, presented by Jeremy Paxman and Kay Burley
2 April: Debate with seven party leaders on ITV, moderated by Julie Etchingham
16 April: Debate between five opposition party leaders on the BBC, moderated by David Dimbleby
30 April: BBC Question Time programme with David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, presented by David Dimbleby
The last televised pre-election debates in 2010 attracted audiences of up to 22 million people, according to the BBC.
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