| THURS 19TH FEB 22:30 GBT - BBC TWO PRESENTED BY GAVIN ESLER We've been talking to Harriet Harman about women, the economy and the rumours that she's been preparing to step into Gordon Brown's shoes if he retires. Gavin Esler put it to the Deputy Leader of the Labour party: "One cabinet member was reported last weekend to accuse you of "knee jerk populist stuff" and the implication is that you are positioning yourself to remove the PM." Watch her reply here: Tune in tonight for more on that story. We'll also be looking at the investigation into the fraud allegations against the billionaire, Sir Allen Stanford and asking what the future is for the world of offshore banking. We have an interview with Chinua Achebe who's seen as the father of African Literature. Read more about Achebe's return to Nigeria here: And here's Stephen Smith on a milestone in television: It's forty years since one of the great landmark series of British television, Kenneth Clark's 'Civilisation'.Written and presented straight to camera by Baron Clark, in his invariable tweeds, its influence can be detected in the authored documentaries we've enjoyed since, from everyone from Alan Whicker to Michael Palin. We look back on this classic series with the former BBC manager who commissioned it, a certain Sir David Attenborough, no mean writer-presenter himself; and ask whether 'Civilisation' would ever be made by producers today. Join us at 10.30pm. Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch the latest programme online | 
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