Friday, August 28, 2009

In tonight's programme

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Friday 28 August 2009 22.30 BST - BBC TWO
Presented by Emily Maitlis



From Emily Maitlis:

"In the end, this is going to be a powerful, heart-warming story, one that you're going to be really impressed by."

And the prize for denial tonight goes to Phillip Garrido, sex convict and kidnapper, speaking from jail in California.

His victim, 29-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard has had the kind of life it is impossible to understand.

Snatched at the age of 11 on the way to school, locked up, raped and forced to have her captor's children.

After 18 years she is now "free" - but what does that mean? We'll be piecing together what more we now know of this horrific case and asking what happens to women like Natasha Kampusch, Elizabeth Fritzl and now Jaycee after the cameras have gone away.

It is a fascinating subject, but I can't promise it will be "heart-warming".

MURDOCH AND MACTAGGERT

James Murdoch is giving the keynote speech at the Edinburgh Television festival's hottest event - the MacTaggert lecture.

It has been suggested that he will have a serious message for the BBC.

Is the broadcaster an anomaly in this day and age? Does its presence dull the potential of the open market place?

We have a great line up of media moguls to respond to whatever Mr Murdoch throws up (as it were).


AFGHANISTAN COMMAND

And after all that, Sir Richard Dannatt went rather quietly yesterday. The new head of the Army, Sir David Richards steps into the job today.

The task ahead is a massive one - to convince the public that the war in Afghanistan is worth fighting - and then to win it.

The battle for public opinion is made more difficult by the rising casualty figures and this week, the success of the democratic process in Afghanistan looks decidedly questionable.

Mark Urban will give us his assessment of the war and the new man in charge.

Do join us at 10.30pm.
Emily





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