Over the next 20 years, nine out of Britain's ten nuclear power stations are due to close leaving a hole in the move to providing green electricity. Today presenter Justin Webb reports on the continued row over the building of the Severn barrage across the region's biggest river.
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A lecture to be delivered at the Watershed in Bristol today, by the cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling, is to look at the Spaghetti Westerns which transformed movie music. Sir Christopher Frayling and Debbie Wiseman, a film composer, analyse the future of music in film.
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Is the moral outrage against bankers justified? Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and the chief executive of the British Bankers' Association Angela Knight discuss.
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What needs to be done to help elderly people get through the winter? Reporter Nicola Stanbridge speaks to Nancy, a 89-year-old who is fighting the cold without the aid of central heating. And Mervyn Kohler, an advisor to Age UK, explains what can be done to save lives.
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Eight days ago, Stephen Hester,the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland,was given a bonus. Shares worth just under a million pounds. Five days ago, he renounced his entitlement to it. The public and political pressure got to him. The inside story of the bonus that was never paid has not been told, Mr Hester has a lot to be getting on with in simply running the bank. But the chairman of RBS Sir Philip Hampton spoke to us
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For some time now, farce has been theatre's poor relation. Largely unloved and ignored, the genre almost disappeared from the stage. But now it's back with a vengeance. Later today, one of Britain's leading companies, the Old Vic, will announce that its farce "Noises Off" is going to the Novello Theatre -- it's the first time one of their productions has transferred to the West End. Our Arts Editor, Will Gompertz, has been speaking to the writers and performers of farce to find out the pitfalls and problems.
