The televised party leaders' debates should take place before the 2015 general election campaign, David Cameron has said.
The Prime Minister said that he felt that the 90-minute clashes which dominated the 2010 election overshadowed the campaign itself.
There had been speculation that Mr Cameron would block a repeat of the showdowns that were screened on Sky News, ITV and the BBC.
However, Mr Cameron has now given his strongest indication that he is in favour of them going ahead.
He told The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One: "I want the debates to take place. They were good in the last election."
But he added: "I thought they took up too much of the campaign, so I think we could start them a bit earlier.
"My only regret is that if you are leading a political party, the election campaign is a moment when you really want to get around the country, you want to have arguments and interviews, and I found the whole election was just the run-up to the debate, the debate, and the analysis of the debate.
"Now we've got a fixed-term Parliament, we can stretch those things out a bit."
Mr Cameron said there was plenty of time to work out the exact format of the broadcasts before the election, which is scheduled for May 2015.
He made it clear that he does not believe that the UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage should be invited to take part alongside himself, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband.
It was Mr Clegg who triumphed in the 2010 debates with assured performances leading to an outbreak of "Cleggmania".
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