Top political columnists and commentators from The Times and The Sunday Times are giving their informed insight into the forthcoming General Election in a series of short films.

The videos, promoting the titles' Red Box political bulletin, see leading journalists answer key questions relating to the eagerly-awaited May 7 poll.

Columnists taking part include David Aaronovitch, Camilla Cavendish, Daniel Finkelstein, Jenni Russell, Matthew Parris, Phil Collins, Tim Montgomerie, Tim Shipman, Dominic Lawson, Ann Treneman, Rachel Sylvester, Alice Thomson, Hugo Rifkind and Adam Boulton.

Up to a dozen videos are being released over the six weeks of election campaigning.

The first two films released feature columnists answering 'Can you predict the outcome of this election?' and 'Who gives the best political soundbites?'.

Watch the videos here.