David Eades and guests discuss the results of the most tightly-contested UK election since the Second World War. David Cameron’s Conservative Party is on course to win an overall majority and the UK looks set to hold an in-out referendum on European Union membership before the end of 2017. Mr Cameron’s coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, have been all but wiped out and three political parties are expected to lose their leaders. But the success story of the night is in Scotland where the Scottish National Party won almost every seat, becoming the UK’s third largest party.

How much power will the SNP wield? And what of the anti-Europe anti-immigration party, UKIP?  We explore what this means for business, for relations with the rest of Europe and the United States, and for the Britain’s place in the world? Is the UK, as one historian warned, sleepwalking towards a future with the UK separated from Scotland and outside the European Union?

First aired: Friday 8 May
Broadcast window: 8 – 10 May 2015
Number of episodes: 1
Program duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds (23 minutes & 26 minutes 30 seconds) or 59 minutes including the News Bulletins, billboards & promos
Download availability on www.bbc.co.uk/partners: from Friday 8 May 17:30 GMT for 3 days

BBC broadcast times:
APM | Friday 12:00 ET with repeats Sat 00:00, 15:00, and Sun 11:00 ET