David Cameron last night agreed to a single TV debate during the election campaign . The Prime Minister is expected to attend a seven-way session at the start of April , to be shown on ITV . The deal includes three other political programmes during the campaign in which some of the party leaders will take questions from the public or television interviewers . Scroll down for video . The Prime Minister has agreed to one seven-way debate hosted by ITV on April 2 . He will also appear on a number of election specials – but without going head to head against Ed Miliband . Crucially , the BBC , Sky , ITV and Channel 4 appear to have blinked first and dropped their demand for a head-to-head clash between the PM and Ed Miliband . And they have backed down from their apparent threat to ‘ empty chair ’ the PM by holding debates with other leaders which he refused to attend . Labour appeared to deny the validity of the new proposal , insisting it still wanted three debates as originally proposed and accusing the PM of ‘ running scared ’ of a one-to-one with Mr Miliband . But , in an attempt to nail down the latest agreement , Mr Cameron said the other parties should accept it . ‘ An offer ’ s been made , a deal ’ s been accepted , now the other parties must make clear that they accept this deal too , otherwise they will have to bear the responsibility , ’ he said . ‘ That ’ s what happened : a new offer put forward by the broadcasters , led by the BBC , to me , I accepted it , in full , on Saturday . So , I ’ m helping to make this debate go ahead . The other parties have got to stop running away from this and agree to the debate the broadcasters have now suggested. ’ Labour leader Ed Miliband and the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg would only face Mr Cameron in one seven-way debate . The latest proposal is thought to have been presented to the parties over the weekend . According to Tory sources , it includes four potential shows , the first in just nine days ’ time on March 26 . It will be a Channel 4 and Sky joint production hosted by Jeremy Paxman and featuring the PM and Mr Miliband , one after the other , facing questions from the host and a studio audience . The second show will be the only debate and will involve seven party leaders , with the addition of Nick Clegg , Nigel Farage , Green leader Natalie Bennett , Nicola Sturgeon of the SNP and the Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood . It will be broadcast by ITV on April 2 . On April 16 the BBC is proposing a ‘ challengers ’ debate featuring the Greens , SNP , Ukip and Plaid . A week before polling day , on April 30 , the BBC will host a 90-minute Question Time-style show with Mr Cameron , Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg appearing one after the other to face questions from a TV audience . This is a better deal for the Lib Dems , who complained that a head-to-head between the other two leaders would prevent them from defending their record in government . A Labour spokesman said : ‘ No one should be fooled : David Cameron is still running scared of a head-to-head televised debate with Ed Miliband. ’ n Mr Cameron poked fun at Ed Miliband for posing for TV cameras in a pokey kitchen that turned out to be one of two in his £2.5million London home . ‘ I am not saying this to make a point but you shouldn ’ t pretend to be something you are not , ’ the Prime Minister said . Showing off the open-plan kitchen he and wife Samantha had installed in Downing Street , he added : ‘ We are lucky , we both work , we were able to spend our own money on this . ‘ To me , the kitchen is where you spend all your time . It needs a sofa you can slump on , a table you can sit at , a kitchen you can cook in , a place children can do their homework. ’ Under the broadcasters ' latest proposal , the Tory , Lib Dem and Labour leaders would appear on Question Time hosted by David Dimbleby ( left ) . David Cameron and Ed Miliband would be interviewed one after the other in a Channel 4/Sky special hosted by Jeremy Paxman ( right )
Prime Minister has agreed to one seven-way debate hosted by ITV . He will also appear on a number of election specials during the campaign . Downing Street said Mr Cameron had accepted the proposal on Saturday . Comes despite 'final offer ' last week for debate no later than next week . New proposal also sees PM and Miliband interviewed on March 26 . On April 16 there would be a 'challengers special ' for smaller parties . Then on April 30 , the PM , Miliband and Clegg will appear on Question Time .