Turn the Tables | Cancer Research UK

Event details

Date

Monday 2 March 2026

Time

TBC

Venue

Corinthia London

Tables of 10

£3,500

About the event

Since its inception in 2000, Turn The Tables has raised over £2m for Cancer Research UK and continues to be a firm favourite on the society calendar.

Join us for the 23rd edition of this truly unique event and watch sparks fly as politicians relish the chance to wreak revenge on their journalistic foes – and demand answers to your own burning questions! 

Alongside the two scheduled interviews, guests will also be treated to a sparkling drinks reception and two-course lunch. 

This year’s line-up is yet to be announced, but after another tumultuous year of UK politics – who knows who will be in our hotseat next!

Turn the Tables 2025

Thank you for your support!

In March 2025, 150 guests attended Turn the Tables 2025 at the Corinthia London, raising £200,000 for life-saving cancer research.

This year, Dame Priti Patel, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of United Kingdom, interviewed Krishnan Guru-Murthy and David Lammy, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom interviewed Victoria Derbyshire.

150

guests attended Turn the Tables 2025.

£200,000

raised and will go towards life-saving cancer research.

2m+

fundraised over the past 25 years.

The work that Cancer Research UK does is vital for saving lives not only in the UK, but around the world. When nearly one in two people will get cancer in their lifetime, it’s so important that we all come together to raise money so this pioneering work can continue.

- Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs The Rt Hon David Lammy MP

Participants from previous events

2025 Dame Priti Patel interviewed Krishnan Guru-Murthy and David Lammy interviewed Victoria Derbyshire.

2024 Rachel Reeves interviewed Clive Myrie and Beth Rigby interviewed Grant Shapps.

2023 Sir Keir Starmer  interviewed Emily Maitlis and Gillian Keegan interviewed Alistair Campbell.

2022 Rishi Sunak interviewed Susanna Reid and Angela Rayner interviewed Adam Boulton. 

2021 Matt Hancock interviewed Nick Robinson. 

2020 Jacob Rees Mogg interviewed Katya Adler and Jess Phillips interviewed Nick Ferrari.

2019 Boris Johnson  interviewed Kay Burley and Emily Thornberry interviewed Eamonn Holmes.

2018 Amber Rudd interviewed Piers Morgan Tom Watson interviewed Laura Kuenssberg.

2017 Ed Balls interviewed  Mishal Husain Tom Bradby interviewed Liz Truss.

2014 George Osborne  interviewed Andrew Marr Chuka Umunna interviewed Sarah Vine.

2011 Harriet Harman  interviewed Peter Oborne and Eric Pickles interviewed Mary Riddell.

2010 Chris Huhne interviewed Rod Liddle Denis and MacShane interviewed Justin Webb. 

2009 Vince Cable  interviewed Robert Peston and William Hague interviewed Natasha Kaplinsky.

2008 Alan Duncan  interviewed Evan Davis and Ken Livingstone  interviewed Adam Boulton.

2007 Charles Kennedy  interviewed Clive Anderson and George Osborne interviewed Sue Lawley.

2006 Michael Howard  interviewed Nick Robinson and Robert Marshall-Andrews interviewed Ian Hislop.

2005 David Blunkett  interviewed Piers Morgan and Malcolm Rifkind  interviewed Jon Snow.

2004 Diane Abbott interviewed Edward Stourton and Oliver Letwin interviewed  Trevor McDonald.

2003 Peter Mandelson  interviewed Andrew Neil and Steven Norris interviewed Andrew Marr.

2002 Charles Clarke interviewed Jonathan Dimbleby and William Hague  interviewed David Frost.

2001 Alastair Campbell interviewed Jeremy Paxman Ann and Widdecombe interviewed James Naughtie.

2000 Michael Portillo interviewed John Humphrys and Geoffrey Robinson interviewed John Sergeant Truss.

Meet some of our past and present sponsors

Turn the Tables 2026

Welcome to a unique and innovative event, challenging journalists to step out of their comfort zone as they swap roles with politicians – turning interviewers into interviewees.