Wednesday 15 September 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Kirsty Wark The public sector is bracing itself ahead of the impending cuts expected to be announced by the coalition government in its Comprehensive Spending Review next month. There are dire warnings from some about the consequences for the public services. But is it just special pleading by vested interests? Tonight we hope to bring together representatives from across the public sector and a Treasury minister. Ahead of the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on these shores tomorrow, Jackie Long will be asking what British Catholics think about their church and its leader. The Archbishop of Birmingham - who'll be hosting the Papal Mass and the beatification of Cardinal Newman - will join us live. Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed and six injured by a roadside bomb on the outskirts of Mosul today - just weeks after the US military ended its major combat role there. Iraq remains without a new government, months after the elections. Tonight Kirsty Wark will be speaking to the former Prime Minister, Ayad Allawi, who leads the largest party in the Iraqi Parliament, about whether the military handover was premature and if - in fact - it was a good idea at all while there is a political vacuum in Iraq being filled by insurgency. And following the discovery of lost TV footage from the 1950s and 60s featuring actors including Sir Sean Connery and Dame Maggie Smith, we'll be taking a rummage through the British Film Institute archives to try to work out if any of it is actually any good. Join Kirsty at 10.30pm on BBC Two. |