PRESENTED BY KIRSTY WARK
Hello,
On Newsnight tonight, more problems for the Metropolitan Police after the G20 protests as a police officer is interviewed under caution for manslaughter. A second post-mortem on Ian Tomlinson has revealed he died from an abdominal haemorrhage. The first had said he died of heart attack. We'll assess the impact of all this.
And where does this leave the Home Secretary? After a week where her credibility has been questioned, Michael Crick has been to Jacqui Smith's marginal constituency to gather reaction - we'll debate her future in the studio.
And have you illegally downloaded music films or computer games? Do you have a rough cut of the new X Men film before it's even released? Beware! It could cost you your freedom and a lot of money. In a landmark case a Swedish court has convicted four men who founded the file-sharing website Pirate Bay of breaking copyright law. They were sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay more than $3.5m to entertainment companies. So is this an indication they CAN hold the torrent back?
On Newsnight Review Michael Portillo, Ian Hislop and Clemency Burton Hill will be discussing the relationship between politicians and their advisers, and politicians and the fourth estate in two very timely films. Interestingly, both started life as TV dramas, and both transpose the action from Westminster... to Washington.
In The Loop is the movie of the cult political satire The Thick of It, in which the fabulous Peter Capaldi reprises his role as Malcolm Tucker, an aggressive, slightly out of control man who swears in every sentence. The plot centres around the desire of the Prime Minister and the US President to embark on a war on the basis of a dodgy dossier.
I spoke to writer Armando Iannucci who explained that he had, of course, planted Damian McBride in Downing Street as a sleeper primed to erupt this week and provide a blaze of free publicity for the film.
Then we'll be talking about State of Play, a Hollywood version of Paul Abbott's brilliant six part BBC drama which makes the venality and corruption of In The Loop look like cBeebies. The role of Cal McCaffrey, played by John Sim in the original TV series, was due to be played by Brad Pitt who pulled out at the last minute, leaving the way for director Kevin MacDonald to pull in Russell Crowe. These films follow the long tradition of British political satire - from Alan B'stard to House of Cards, and according to the Communities Secretary they fuel "an anti-politics culture". Hazel Blears asked why no one has made a British West Wing. Perhaps this week has given her the answer. We'll be talking about how to dish up politics.
And then we'll be discussing the international classical music phenomenon that is the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in residence at London's Royal Festival Hall this week with a series of recitals, talks, open rehearsals and two blockbuster concerts. Cellist and composer Zoe Martlew will be joining us to talk about the Venezuelan orchestra born out of the unique El Sistema programme . A quarter of a million mainly poor children are taught musical instruments and then they join one of hundreds of youth orchestras. Their composer, the 28-year-old Gustavo Dudamel is a product of El Sistema and is an international star in his own right. What can Britain learn from Venezuela when it comes to music education?
So do join us tonight, you know you want to. Kirsty.
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