The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will make his only live set-piece television appearance of the EU referendum campaign on Sky News in the final week of the campaign.
The leader of the opposition will face questions from a live studio audience made up of a representative selection of young people at an event which I will be chairing.
The event will take place on the evening of Monday 20 June, less than three days before the EU referendum polls open.
The Labour leader expressed some views sceptical of the European Union during his victorious leadership campaign and had a history of voting with eurosceptics as a backbencher.
Mr Corbyn has been keen to express a separate Labour view for the future of the EU, and a number of figures in his party have publicly called on him to have a greater presence in the campaign.
His TV appearance follows live Sky News events featuring Prime Minister David Cameron and leading Leave campaigner Michael Gove, which provided some of the key moments of the campaign so far.
Both men faced a tough grilling from the Sky News audience, with the PM accused of running a "scaremongering" Remain campaign.
Mr Cameron was also accused of "waffling" by student Soraya Bouazzaouiwhen he tried to outline his stance on Turkey joining the EU.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove faced questions over the Leave campaign's economic case for Brexit - declaring that he was "glad" no major economic authorities backed his side.
Head of Sky News John Ryley said: "After the success of the our programmes featuring David Cameron and Michael Gove at the start of the campaign, we are delighted that Jeremy Corbyn will take part in a Sky News event on 20 June.
"We believe these programmes play an important role in scrutinising the arguments of both the Remain and the Leave campaigns."
Further details of the programme will be announced in due course.
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