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Here are the programme transcripts for the 1999-2000 series. Please click on the links to Read ( News image ) the interviews.


You can also read interviews from our archives.
Click for 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 00-01 and the Current Series.


02.07.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: STEPHEN BYERS, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
Argues that the government remains business friendly.

News image Film: Polly Billington outlines the challenges facing the new Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.

News image Interview: KEN LIVINGSTONE, Mayor of London.
Says he will be able to deliver for Londoners.

News image Film: Paola Buonadonna asks whether new French and German plans for the future of the European Union mean that Britain will be relegated to the European slow lane.


25.06.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Film: TERRY DIGNAN reports on the Conservative Party's plans to get more people to take out private health insurance.

News image Interview: LIAM FOX MP, Shadow Health Secretary.
Talks about how the Conservatives would encourage more people to take out private health insurance.

News image Film: PAUL WILENIUS looks at the Government's plans for big increases in Public Spending. Will the promises of more money persuade voters who feel the Government hasn't delivered improvements in services like health and education.


18.06.00
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News image Interview: FRANCIS MAUDE, Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Outlines the Conservative attitude to the Euro and pledges more referendums on transferring power from Britain to Brussels.

News image Interview: MENZIES CAMPBELL, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesman.
Argues against more referendums on the European Union but indicates that the Liberal Democrats would be prepared to consider a referendum on the Alternative Vote as a first step to proportional representation.

News image Film: IAIN WATSON Reports on worries that Labour may be losing its appeal to women voters.

News image Film: PAUL WILENIUS Discovers that plans to modernise the House of Commons may not go far enough to satisfy backbench MPs.


11.06.00
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News image Film: POLLY BILLINGTON asks if the Government will be able to radically reform the NHS.

News image Interview: ALAN MILBURN MP, Health Secretary.
Says that he will not stop NHS consultants doing work in the private sector and that he is happy for more NHS patients to be treated in private hospitals.

News image Film: PAOLA BUONADONNA talks to the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, about his vision for the future of the EU.


04.06.00
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News image Interview: MARGARET BECKETT, Leader of the House of Commons.
Argues that the Government's slogan, Opportunity for All, means a real expansion of opportunity for the disadvataged.

News image Film: TERRY DIGNAN Reports on the difficulties the Government may be about to face in the House of Lords.

News image Interview: THERESA MAY, Shadow Education Secretary.
Explains new Conservative proposals to improve education in state schools.

News image Film: ROBIN AITKEN asks whether support for the return of the Elgin marbles to Greece is increasing.


28.05.00
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News image Interview: DAVID WILLETTS MP, Shadow Social Security Secretary.
On whether pensioners would be any better off under the Conservatives.

News image Film: Film on hunting. Will the Government introduce legislation to ban hunting with dogs.

News image Interview: MARTIN MCGUINNESS MP, Sinn Fein Chief Negotiator.
On the prospects for the Northern Ireland peace process after Saturday's vote by the Ulster Unionists to re-enter the Executive.

News image Film: Film on the Third Way. Modernisers in the Labour Party are calling for Tony Blair to abdandon the Third Way and follow the European Social Democratic model.


21.05.00
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News image Film: ROBIN AITKEN reports on the Conservative proposals to get tough on crime.

News image Interview: ANN WIDDECOMBE, Shadow Home Secretary.
Argues that Conservative proposals to get tough on criminals and asylum seekers are neither populist nor unaffordable.

News image Film: TERRY DIGNAN finds that the elderly resent the Governments failure to pay for their nursing care.

News image Interview: DAVID TRIMBLE, Ulster Unionist Party leader.
Says he will tell his party that there is no alternative to accepting the IRAs offer to put its weapons beyond use.


14.05.00
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News image Interview: ALISTAIR DARLING MP, Social Security Secretary.
On why the Government has increased the basic state pension by only 75p a week.

News image Film: MANUFACTURING VT, Labour MPs and trade union leaders call on the Government to intervene to help Britains ailing manufacturing industries.

News image Interview: FRANCIS MAUDE MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Says there should be an inquiry into Britain's role in Sierra Leone.

News image Film: POST OFFICE VT. What can the Government do to stop so many post offices closing down?


07.05.00
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News image Interview: JOHN PRESCOTT, Deputy Prime Minister.
Explains how the Government will regain the votes Labour lost in recent elections and how the Government will deal with the new Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.

News image Film: Robin Aitken reports on the implications of the latest IRA statement on the Belfast Agreement.

News image Interview: MARTIN MCGUINNESS, Sinn Fein Chief Negotiator.
Argues that the IRA statement is a major breakthrough in the peace process.

News image Interview: JEFFREY DONALDSON of the Ulster Unionists
Argues that the IRA's pledges to put arms beyond use is not enough.


09.04.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: FRANCIS MAUDE Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Says it is time to get tough with President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.

News image Interview: PETER HAIN Foreign Office Minister
Says the British Government's disagreement is with President Mugabe not the Zimbabwean people.

News image Film: Terry Dignan reports on the Government's growing disillusionment with Local Education Authorities.

News image Interview: MITCHELL McLAUGHLIN Chairman of Sinn Fein
Says the Ulster Unionists must make the concessions necessary to revive devolved government in Northern Ireland.

News image Film: Iain Watson finds that Labour MPs in the North will not be satisfied with a new English Regional Committee at Westminster to provide regional government.


02.04.00
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News image Interview: NICK BROWN MP Agriculture Minister.
Interviewed about the crisis facing British farming.

News image Film: Film on Freedom of Infomation. Some Labour MPs and peers are planning to vote against the Government to give the public the right to know much more about what goes on in Whitehall.

News image Film: Film on UKIP. The United Kingdom Independence Party won three seats in last year's European Elections but can they win seats at the General Election.


26.03.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Affairs
discusses the EU's approach to post-war Kosovo and a joint approach to foreign policy

News image Film: Robin Aitken reports on calls for a debate on the laws on drugs use

News image Interview: Charles Clarke, Home Office Minister
reacts to calls to ease the penalties on drugs use

News image Film: Jonathan Beale reports on doubts over the Tory tax guarantee


19.03.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Film: ECONOMIC VT European leaders meet in Portugal this week for a summit on economic reform. Can Tony Blair persuade his colleagues to follow the British economic model.

News image Interview: RHODRI MORGAN AM, First Secretary of Wales.
On whether he thinks the Welsh Assembly needs more power.

News image Film: TORIES VT William Hague wants the British to be able to opt out of future European legislation but some people in his Party want to go further. They say too much power has already been handed over to Brussels and they want it back.

News image Film: LOCAL ELECTIONS VT The local elections take place in May. Will they show that Tony Blair cannot take the result of the General Election for granted.


12.03.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: PAUL BOATENG, Home Office Minister.
Explains how the Government intends to get tough with drug users and other criminals.

News image Film: BUDGET PREVIEW

News image Interview: DONALD DEWAR, Scottish First Minister.
Argues that the Labour Party in Scotland is addressing the priorities of its supporters.

News image Film: COAL VT. Iain Watson reports on the threat to the coal industry if the Government refuses to subsidise it.


05.03.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: GEOFF HOON MP, Defence Secretary.
On the British Government's contribution to the relief effort in Mozambique.

News image Film: HEALTH VT. What needs to be done to bring the standard of health care in Britain up to the level in other European countries.

News image Interview: ALAN MILBURN MP, Health Secretary.
On what the Government is doing to improve the National Health Service and in particular plans to reduce the number of deaths from heart disease.


27.02.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Film: LABOUR 100 - Terry Dignan asks whether the Labour Party has lost its soul in the transition from Old to New

News image Interview: John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister
Argues that the Labour Party has remained true to traditional values.

News image Film: LABOUR ORGANISATION - Paul Wilenius asks whether a decline in Labour Party activism is the result of their leadership's Control Freakery.

News image Interview: John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister
Says the Labour Party has to understand the worries of its activists.


20.02.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: STEVEN NORRIS MP, Conservative Candidate for London Mayor.
Talking about his policies for London.

News image Film: EURO FILM. A year ago the Government was telling business to prepare for the Euro. But have ministers now lost their nerve over the European Single Currency?

News image Film: MAYOR ELECTION FILM. Will the House of Lords vote to block the election for a London Mayor because the Government is refusing to allow the candidates to send a leaflet free to every voter?

News image Interview: DIANE ABBOTT MP AND STEPHEN POUND MP.
Talking about the election for a Labour candidate for London Mayor.


13.02.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: JACK STRAW MP, Home Secretary.
On the asylum seekers from the hijacked Afghan plane and the Government's targets for reducing crime.

News image Film: HEARTLANDS VT. Peter Kilfoyle MP, who resigned as a Defence Minister, calls on the Government to do more to address the needs of Labour's heartlands.

News image Interview: JACK STRAW MP, Home Secretary.
On what the Government is doing for the Labour Party's traditional supporters.

News image Film: INTERNET AND POLITICS VT. What impact is the internet going to have on politics and political campaigning.


06.02.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: MITCHEL MCLAUGHLIN, Sinn Fein's Chairman.
Argues that the suspension of democratic institutions will damage the prospects for arms de-commissioning in the peace process.

News image Film: The European Union Inter Governmental Conference: is Britain about to fall out with Brussels over EU reform?

News image Interview: ALUN MICHAEL, First Secretary of Wales.
Argues that he deserves to win the vote of no confidence pending in the Welsh Assembly.

News image Film: School Selection: Has the Labour Government abandoned its opposition to selective education and grammar schools?


30.01.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: JOHN REID MP, Scottish Secretary.
On how devolution of power to Scotland is affecting the British Government at Westminster.

News image Film: Does the Government have an ethical foreign policy.

News image Film: Are local councils becoming less accountable.

News image Interview: DAVID TRIMBLE MLA.
On whether he will resign as Northern Ireland First Minister if there is no decommissioning of terrorist weapons.


23.01.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Film: How effective is the Government's New Deal for the young unemployed.

News image Interview: Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for Employment.
Defends the operation of the Government's New Deal.

News image Film: Can the peace process survive the Ulster Unionists deadline for IRA decommissioning.

News image Interview: Susan Kramer - Liberal Democrat Prospective Candidate for London Mayor
Explains what she will do for London.


16.01.00
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: William Hague MP, Conservative Party Leader
On the current state of his party.

News image Film: University Tuition Fees

News image Film: Proposals for reform of the House Of Lords


12.12.99
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: John Maples MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary.
On the EU Summit.

News image Film: Trial By Jury.

News image Interview: Charles Kennedy MP, Liberal Democrat Leader.
On co-operation with the Labour Government.

News image Film: New rights to take parental leave.


5.12.99
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: John Redwood, Conservative Spokesman on the Environment, Transport and Regions.
News image Interview: Stewart Francis, Deputy Chairman of the Rail Users Consulative Committee.
News image Interview: George Muir, Chief Executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies.
News image Interview: Gerald Corbett, Chief Executive of Railtrack.
News image Interview: Lord MacDonald, Minister for Transport.
News image Interview: General discussion between guests.
All on the problems of Britain's railways and the possible solutions to them.

News image Film: Paola Buonadonna asks whether the member states of the European Union are cooling to the prospect of more European countries joining them.


28.11.99
News imageThe whole programme.

News image Interview: Martin McGuiness, Chief Negotiator, Sinn Fein
On IRA decommissioning and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Executive

News image Film: World Trade Organisation

News image Interview: Stephen Byers, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Discusses whether the WTO should focus on free trade or fair trade

News image Film: Freedom of Information


21.11.99

News image Interview: JOHN PRESCOTT, Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

News image Film: North South Divide. Terry Dignan reports on unhappiness in the North about the growing divide between the North East and the South East and the growing political demand for a North East Regional Council.

News image Film: Tories in Europe. Jonathan Beale asks whether the composition and views of the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidates reflect the views of the electorate on Europe and the social make up of voters.


14.11.99

News image Interview: GLENDA JACKSON MP.

News image Interview: NICK BROWM MP, Agriculture Minister.

News image Film: Film on next week's Queen's Speech.

News image Film: Glenda Jackson's campaign to be the Labour candidate for London Mayor.


07.11.99

News image Interview: MATTHEW TAYLOR MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman.

News image Interview: KEN LIVINGSTONE MP

News image Film: Socialism vt

News image Film: Livingstone vt


31.10.99

News image Interview: MICHAEL MEACHER MP, Environment Minister.

News image Interview: NICK BROWN MP, Agriculture Minister.

News image Film: Green Government. Film on the Government's plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.


24.10.99

News image Interview: ANDREW MACKAY, Conservative Northern Ireland spokesman.

News image Interview: FRANK DOBSON MP.

News image Film: Ireland vt. What is causing the obstruction in the Northern Ireland peace process.

News image Film: Dobson vt, Why is Frank Dobson trying to become Labour's candidate for London Mayor.


17.10.99

News image Interview: THERESA MAY MP, Shadow Education Secretary.

News image Interview: NEIL KINNOCK, Vice-president of the European Commission.

News image Film: Objective 1 Film on European funding for the poorest parts of Wales.

News image Film: Tory Education policies film.


10.10.99

News image Interview: JACK STRAW MP, Home Secretary.

News image Interview: JOHN PRESCOTT MP, Deputy Prime Minister

News image Film: Incapacity Benefit VT

News image Film: Euro Justice VT


3.10.99

News image Interview: DAVID TRIMBLE MP, Northern Ireland First Minister

News image Interview: WILLIAM HAGUE MP

News image Film: Party Political Broadcasts

News image Film: Labour Women