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	FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER 22.30 BST - BBC TWO FROM GAVIN ESLER Hello, Today's Quote for the Day "I would have waited for the banks to fail and then nationalised them for nothing" - Former London mayor Ken Livingstone, on how he would have dealt with the financial crisis. In tonight's programme: Split First it was Madonna and Guy Ritchie, now the uncomfortable relationship that was burgeoning between the Conservative party and the government seems to be over. The temporary truce between the opposition and Labour over the credit crisis ended with David Cameron's speech to the City this morning. The Tory leader said Gordon Brown's strategy had "fundamentally failed". But what alternatives are the Conservatives putting forward? Michael Crick will be analysing Tory tactics. Scotland Scotland's World cup qualifier with Norway may have been uncomfortable watching for the Hampden faithful but the nordic nation is one the Scottish First Minister holds up as an example of a small country which can successfully manage its own economy. But after last week's bailout of RBS and HBOS (S standing for Scotland in both cases), we'll be asking First Minister, Alex Salmond whether his proposals for Scottish independence are still viable. Danube Blues Hungary, on the other hand, could end up having to turn to international institutions to support its economy. In the latest of her reports from across Europe, Liz Mackean is on the banks of the Danube to explain its financial blues. Join me at 10.30 and scroll down to find out what Martha has in store on Newsnight Review Gavin
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	PRESENTED BY MARTHA KEARNEY This week I had that rather bizarre experience of being a journalist on the red carpet, waiting for the stars to arrive for a premiere. I dutifully put on an LBD and glittery jacket for recording the opening of tonight's programme, but the cold got the better of me and I put my parka coat on top which slightly dented any chances of a glamorous entrance. The film was Frost/Nixon, based on Peter Morgan's terrific play about those iconic 1977 interviews. Before our review tonight you can see my interview with Sir David Frost about his screen persona (which is, in some ways, an unflattering portrayal). My guests this week are Mark Kermode (who better for our special programme about the London Film Festival), the journalist Rosie Boycott, and the playwright Neil LaBute. There's an interesting trend at the film festival towards biographical films reappraising characters from the 1960s and 1970s. So alongside Frost/Nixon we've chosen two other rather retro bio-pics to discuss from the festival line-up. The Baader Meinhof Complex traces the lives of the group of German revolutionary students who ended up as notorious terrorists. There has been an ambivalent attitude towards the gang in Germany over the years - there was even a Prada Meinhof T shirt on sale recently - and this film has been accused of being an overly sympathetic portrayal. Our next movie is Telstar, a biopic of the sixties record producer Joe Meek, known as the Phil Spector of the British music industry. And then, away from the London Film Festival, we will be looking at the big general release of the week Burn After Reading, the new Coen Brothers movie. A screwball comedy with a camp Brad Pitt, it couldn't be further away from their last film, No Country For Old Men, with that Manichean struggle between Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. So all that should make for some lively discussion -- do join me at 11pm, and let us know what you think about the programme on the Review blog. We'd also like to know what you think is driving the recent trend towards biographical films about controversial political figures, and political movements. As well as Frost/Nixon and The Baader Meinhof Complex, the London Film Festival is also screening Stephen Soderberg's Che, about the life of Che Guevara, and Steve McQueen's Hunger, about IRA hunger striker, Bobby Sands. Why do you think directors are attracted to projects like these? Let us know on the review blog by clicking here: Best wishes Martha Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch online Newsnight Blog Add your comments to our correspondents' blogs: CLICK HERE
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