| THURSDAY 12TH MARCH 22.30 GMT - BBC TWO PRESENTED BY GAVIN ESLER Quote for the Day "I just read the newspapers and the need to rant and rave and vent and scream and punch things has possessed me" Writer Alexandra Penney who lost her money through one of Bernard Madoff's schemes. We'll have the latest on the prosecution of Bernard Madoff for what could be one of the greatest scams in history. We'll also hear from Lord Laming on his report into the death of Baby P, and I'll be asking him, given the climate he describes, why on earth anyone would want to be a social worker. And we'll have a very interesting film from Papua. Best known, if it's known at all, for being one of the most remote places on earth. We have rare access to those fighting for independence from deep in the Papuan jungle. Finally, the PM Programme (a title which sounds like something for which Evening Primrose oil might be a cure) has accused Newsnight of - shock! - stealing its jokes. This, of course, is absurd. We did steal its editor, but our sophisticated style of Newsnight humour requires no plagiarism. Click here to read more: Here's the joke that we're both fighting over: "I went to the zoo the other day but all it had was a dog. It was a Shih Tzu." The good news is we used it first in November 2004. As part of our green initiative on the programme I recycled it last night. Finally, let me recount a short story from my visit to Glasgow last weekend. A local police officer stopped a car with a faulty tail light. The driver got out and kicked the light which started to work. "You'd better give another kick to your windscreen then," the police office said to the driver. "Maybe it might update your tax disc." Newsnight is at 10.30PM on BBC 2. Gavin | 
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