Intellectual giants and big names from the world of politics waged a light-hearted war of words for BBC Radio 4.

The issues of healthy lunch boxes and trials without juries were aired during the long-running Any Questions? show broadcast live from the Kings Theatre at the Kings of Wessex School on Friday night.

The agenda was led by people from the area, with Keith Ladbrooke of Wedmore kicking of proceedings of whether Google should pull out of China or not.

Host Jonathan Dimbleby chaired the debate and no-nonsense answers came from Labour culture secretary Ben Bradshaw, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling, historian Peter Hennessy and novelist Louise Doughty.

Other topics included the Home Secretary's banning Islam4UK from marching through Wootton Bassett, the absence of a jury in the trial of four men accused of a £1.75 million hold-up at a Heathrow warehouse and early election coverage in the media.

All the panellists admitted to never having packed lunches while at school during discussion of the nutritional value of children's meals.

But Louise Doughty reminisced on the quality of mashed potato slapped onto plates by smoking dinner ladies.

In light of the snowy weather, the episode closed with who panellists would want to be marooned in a car with.

Chris Grayling replied Cameron Diaz, Nelson Mandela was Ben Bradshaw's choice, Ms Doughty said no-one as she liked to sleep during journeys and Peter Hennessy would welcome the chance to be marooned with Richard Ingrams or Simon Schama as "they are both purveyors of weapon-grade gossip".

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