| WEDNESDAY 19th NOVEMBER 22.30 GMT - BBC TWO FROM PROGRAMME ROBERT MORGAN Hello, LIBERATA Tonight Newsnight hears from a whistle-blower who tells us the inside story of Liberata - the huge outsourcing company which has today been sacked by the government after it failed to provide grants for sixth-formers. He tells us that the company was told a year in advance that "they couldn't deliver the service" but they didn't tell the government or the Learning and Skills Council. College principals are outraged and tell us the Liberata team should be "shot at dawn". What's more the whistle-blower tells us Liberata also had problems with local council work. He says they failed to produce council tax bills in time for the deadline so sent out thousands of empty envelopes to taxpayers in the hope the council would never find out. BNP After the full membership list of the British National Party was leaked online, political geographers at least have been rubbing their hands at a chance to pour over the demographic profile of one of the nations most secretive political parties. Who are the BNP? Michael Crick finds out. STRICTLY John Sergeant has pulled out of Strictly Come Dancing, saying there is a real danger he might win. The former BBC Chief Political Correspondent had created controversy because the judges have ridiculed his dancing skills, but his popularity with viewers has kept him in the contest. He says it would be a "joke too far" if he had won the competition. We sent Jeremy along to the hastily convened press conference at TV centre to add some solemnity to the occasion and ask the difficult questions. TURKEY Eighty people are accused of conspiring in an ultra-nationalist plot to overthrow the government of Turkey. For decades reformers have suspected the existence of an anti-democratic network buried deep in Turkey's military and other state organisations. Now there might be some real answers in the offing. The trial could also shed light on the death of Hrant Dink, the dissident writer who was assassinated last year after he was convicted of insulting Turkishness. We have a special report from Turkey. Read reporter Sarah Rainsford's article here: Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch online Newsnight Blog Add your comments to our correspondents' blogs: CLICK HERE | 
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