Radio 1’s Calum Leslie and Azadeh Moshiri to host BBC Three Election special

BBC Election Special: Voting for the First Time? airs tonight.

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat’s Calum Leslie is to host an Election Special tonight at 7pm on BBC Three, alongside BBC news presenter Azadeh Moshiri.

BBC News and BBC Three will air and stream a special programme for first-time voters called "Voting For The First Time? Election 2024" on Monday, July 1, starting at 7pm. The programme will be available on BBC News, BBC Three, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, and BBC News' TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube channels.

With hundreds of thousands of young people eligible to vote for the first time this year, the show aims to provide essential information for new voters ahead of Thursday’s general election. It will cover key topics and where the main parties stand on these issues.

Calum and Azadeh will be joined by Jonelle Awomoyi from Reliable Sauce and political correspondent Harry Farley. Lola Schroer from BBC Three’s The Catch Up will offer viewers explanations on crucial points to know for polling day.

The broadcast on BBC News and BBC Three will run until 7:30pm, after which the stream will continue on iPlayer, Sounds, and social media channels, where viewers' questions will be answered.

Questions can be submitted via the social media platform being used to watch the programme.

Naja Nielsen, Digital Director of BBC News, stated: “There are huge numbers of young people who will be voting for the first time in this general election, and we know that they want to consume news across different digital platforms and engage directly with content creators. By creating a simulcast across our broadcast and digital products, we are able to serve trusted and useful information to young people on topics that matter to them in this election.”