Tuesday 14 September 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, has brushed off concerns that there may be a lack of interest in the Pope's visit. The archbishop's comments came after it emerged that thousands of tickets remained unsold for events during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI, due to arrive in the UK on Thursday. So what sort of welcome will the Pope receive in Britain, and is there really a sense of indifference to the Pontiff's arrival? We'll also ask to what extent Britain may be a more secular place than it was in 1982 when Pope John Paul II made the journey from Rome. We'll have the latest on the public inquiry into the murder of loyalist prisoner Billy Wright. The report has concluded that serious failings by the prison service, not state collusion, led to his death. We'll have exclusive footage of former Maze prisoners, including one of Wright's killers, Christopher "Crip" McWilliams, who told Newsnight back in 2000 how he believed the prison authorities had "turned a blind eye" to the murder. Watch the film from 2000 here. We'll also have the second of Tim Whewell's powerful films on private fostering in Britain. Ten years after the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie, he finds it is still easy for a child to be brought into the UK and grow up "invisible" to the authorities. Read more about the story here. And listen to an audio slideshow telling the story of former foster child Tunde Jaji here. And finally, ahead of Battle of Britain Day tomorrow - a time when many Britons reflect on the Blitz and how it shaped the nation's identity - we will be exploring what impact the allied bombing of Germany had on the German national psyche. Do join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two. |