| MONDAY 23RD FEB 22:30 GBT - BBC TWO PRESENTED BY JEREMY PAXMAN FROM SUSAN WATTS: Do Britain's health ministers bear any responsibility for the deaths of nearly 1,800 haemophiliacs? Today was a day many of Britain's haemophiliacs thought they might not live to see. The publication of Lord Archer of Sandwell's report into how thousands of haemophiliacs became infected with viruses including Hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood products used to treat them. Close to 1,800 have already died. Lord Archer's inquiry began almost two years ago to the day. Some 20,000 documents and 300 witness statements later, and he says he has now set out what went wrong. He concludes that delays in replacing high risk blood products from overseas had disastrous consequences, yet there's no mention in his report of who's to blame. So was it all an accident? We'll be looking at the evidence and asking if Lord Archer should have gone further. (You can watch my original Newsnight report here: Also on the programme: Michael Crick goes in search of the truth about the controversial Tory donor Lord Ashcroft; we have the latest on released Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed and his return to Britain; and Slumdog Millionaire - why was it so successful and is the start of a beautiful relationship between Hollywood and Bollywood. Watch the Review interview with Danny Boyle here: Missed Newsnight Review? Click here to watch online | 
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