| TUESDAY 28th OCTOBER 22.30 BST - BBC TWO FROM GAVIN ESLER Hello, Georgia We have an amazing film tonight which alleges serious human rights abuses by Georgian forces - that's right Georgian forces - in South Ossetia at the start of the conflict with Russia this summer. Our correspondent Tim Whewell is the first Western journalist to have been given unrestricted access to South Ossetia. He has heard powerful eyewitness testimony from people who say they came under fire from Georgian troops. I will be speaking to the Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili about the allegations. The BBC If you watch or listen to Russell Brand you probably know what you are going to get. It is perhaps not surprising that only two of Russell Brand's listeners initially complained about the obscene prank in which he and Jonathan Ross left offensive messages on the answerphone of the actor Andrew Sachs. But nor is it surprising that Mr Sachs was offended or that one daily newspaper called for Ross and Brand to be sacked and that the BBC has since received over 10,000 complaints. We hope to debate how far one man's offensive behaviour is another man's humour and will also assess the BBC's response to the story. America If the polls in America are correct - and yes, that really is a health warning because I don't trust them very much - then Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States and the Democrats will run Congress. A triumph? Again - it's a personal view - but I don't think so. I remember that the worst years of Bill Clinton's presidency were not the Lewinsky affair but 1993 and 1994 when the Democrats held on to every lever of power in Washington - and made a mess of it. We'll have the latest on the campaign and consider whether the Democrats really are in for a big win - and if so whether that could make things difficult for Obama. Gavin Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch the latest programme online Newsnight Blog Add your comments to our correspondents' blogs: CLICK HERE | 
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