| WEDNESDAY 14TH JANUARY 22:30 GMT - BBC TWO PRESENTED BY KIRSTY WARK Hello, Kirsty left hastily a short time ago to speak to a certain peer. We'll bring you a preview of her interview as soon as we can, but here's her outline of tonight's programme. I'm penning this missive to viewers quickly before I head out to interview Lord Mandelson - and there's a lot to ask him. Does this £20bn fund amount to a few sweeties or a whole chocolate factory of help for small and medium size businesses - and how do you enforce loan deals? Also, does he agree with his fellow peer, Business Minister Baroness Vadera, who said today that she could see a few "green shoots" of economic recovery? Then there's the stacking over Downing Street of the decision on Heathrow's third runway, what's going on? And I'll also be asking how he's going to deal with a Labour rebellion over the part-privatisation of Royal Mail? Ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration as president next week, Peter Marshall has a timely story from America: "I'm in Chicago, America's capital city of corruption. It's where three state governors have been jailed in recent years - and where the current incumbent has been charged with trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. So how embarrassing is this for Obama and his closest aides? Very. And it's an issue that isn't going away... Join us for a bizarre meeting with the Governor himself, the unlikely character he's now chosen to replace Obama - and the woman who wore a wire for the FBI." Click here to read Peter's blog: And we'll be celebrating the life of Patrick McGoohan, best known for the cult 1960s drama The Prisoner, who died today. See you later. Kirsty Join us tonight at 10.30pm. 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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