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010120071226Government advisors, teachers and parents discuss admission to secondary schools.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

01012007122620071229 (R4)Government advisors, teachers and parents discuss admission to secondary schools.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

010220080102Should victims of crime be involved in dispensing justice?

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

01022008010220080105 (R4)Should victims of crime be involved in dispensing justice?

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

010320080109The government is planning millions of new homes, but where should they be built?

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

01032008010920080112 (R4)The government is planning millions of new homes, but where should they be built?

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

020120090729Justin Rowlatt presents a series of discussions with experts and people closely involved with the issues.

Those who seek to influence university policy are joined by students at the sharp end of the government's higher education policy to ask if the UK needs to send so many people to university.

Around 300,000 university students finish their studies in summer 2009, only to join one of the worst employment markets for years, and questions continue to be asked about the quality of education provided by some institutions.

Discussion about whether the UK needs to send so many people to university.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

02012009072920090801 (R4)Justin Rowlatt presents a series of discussions with experts and people closely involved with the issues.

Those who seek to influence university policy are joined by students at the sharp end of the government's higher education policy to ask if the UK needs to send so many people to university.

Around 300,000 university students finish their studies in summer 2009, only to join one of the worst employment markets for years, and questions continue to be asked about the quality of education provided by some institutions.

Discussion about whether the UK needs to send so many people to university.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

020220090805Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved in the issues.

The UK is suffering an obesity crisis, supermarkets are accused of having too much power over our lives and of squeezing farmers dry, while others worry about the impact of the food industry on global warming.

Consumers, farmers, retailers and food experts ask if our food chain needs a radical overhaul and discuss who has the right to tell us where to shop.

Does our food chain need a radical overhaul?

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

02022009080520090808 (R4)Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved in the issues.

The UK is suffering an obesity crisis, supermarkets are accused of having too much power over our lives and of squeezing farmers dry, while others worry about the impact of the food industry on global warming.

Consumers, farmers, retailers and food experts ask if our food chain needs a radical overhaul and discuss who has the right to tell us where to shop.

Does our food chain need a radical overhaul?

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

020320090812Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved in the issues.

The growth of surveillance is said to have made Britain one of the most watched nations on earth. Faced with the threats of crime and terrorism, how do we reconcile the demands for the protection of privacy with the benefits to security that new surveillance techniques can bring?

Justin presents a debate between people who seek to influence policy with those affected by such policies, and asks if surveillance in Britain is out of control.

Justin Rowlatt asks if surveillance in Britain is out of control.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

02032009081220090815 (R4)Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved in the issues.

The growth of surveillance is said to have made Britain one of the most watched nations on earth. Faced with the threats of crime and terrorism, how do we reconcile the demands for the protection of privacy with the benefits to security that new surveillance techniques can bring?

Justin presents a debate between people who seek to influence policy with those affected by such policies, and asks if surveillance in Britain is out of control.

Justin Rowlatt asks if surveillance in Britain is out of control.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

0301School testing20100728Justin Rowlatt returns with a series of debates on topical issues, bringing together experts in a particular field with people living at the sharp end. He visits a primary school in South London to ask whether testing young children really helps them, or whether it subjects them to unnecessary stress. And is the point of SATS tests to benefit the children themselves or to give an indicator of school performance?
Producer: Adele Armstrong.

Justin Rowlatt and guests debate how much young children should be tested at school.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

0301School testing2010072820100731 (R4)Justin Rowlatt returns with a series of debates on topical issues, bringing together experts in a particular field with people living at the sharp end. He visits a primary school in South London to ask whether testing young children really helps them, or whether it subjects them to unnecessary stress. And is the point of SATS tests to benefit the children themselves or to give an indicator of school performance?
Producer: Adele Armstrong.

Justin Rowlatt and guests debate how much young children should be tested at school.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

0302Our military future?20100804Justin Rowlatt is joined by experts on the government's defence policy - and those at the sharp end of it - to discuss whether it is time to radically rethink the British armed forces.

With the government's Strategic Defence Review under way against a background of public spending cuts, is now the time to consider a big reduction in the size and ambition of the British military?

But what would a smaller defence force look like? What would it do? What would it mean for Britain's place on the world stage? And would it be a credible strategy, given present and expected future threats to global peace?

Justin Rowlatt discusses the future of the military with a panel of guests at the military thinktank, RUSI.

He is joined by Professor Mary Kaldor from the London School of Economics; Professor Malcolm Chalmers of RUSI; Commodore Steven Jermy, recently retired from the Navy; Patrick Hennessey, former soldier and author of The Junior Officers' Reading Club; Freshta Raper, who escaped from Saddam Hussein's Iraq; and Sarah Lasenby, a peace activist from Oxford.

Producer: Ruth Alexander
Editor: Hugh Levinson.

Justin Rowlatt debates topical issues with experts and people at the sharp end.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

0302Our military future?2010080420100807 (R4)Justin Rowlatt is joined by experts on the government's defence policy - and those at the sharp end of it - to discuss whether it is time to radically rethink the British armed forces.

With the government's Strategic Defence Review under way against a background of public spending cuts, is now the time to consider a big reduction in the size and ambition of the British military?

But what would a smaller defence force look like? What would it do? What would it mean for Britain's place on the world stage? And would it be a credible strategy, given present and expected future threats to global peace?

Justin Rowlatt discusses the future of the military with a panel of guests at the military thinktank, RUSI.

He is joined by Professor Mary Kaldor from the London School of Economics; Professor Malcolm Chalmers of RUSI; Commodore Steven Jermy, recently retired from the Navy; Patrick Hennessey, former soldier and author of The Junior Officers' Reading Club; Freshta Raper, who escaped from Saddam Hussein's Iraq; and Sarah Lasenby, a peace activist from Oxford.

Producer: Ruth Alexander
Editor: Hugh Levinson.

Justin Rowlatt debates topical issues with experts and people at the sharp end.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

0303Intellectual Property20100811Justin Rowlatt debates topical issues with experts and people at the sharp end.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved

0303Intellectual Property2010081120100814 (R4)Justin Rowlatt debates topical issues with experts and people at the sharp end.

Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved