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	FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY 22:30 GMT - BBC TWO FROM GAVIN ESLER Hello, Today's Quote for the Day comes from a packet of tablets for dogs marked: "For animal use only." And then adds: "May cause drowsiness. If so do not operate machinery or drive. Avoid alcohol." In tonight's programme: IRAQ Did British soldiers really execute up to 20 Iraqi civilians in southern Iraq, as was claimed in a press conference today? Lawyers published a dossier concerning the aftermath of a gun battle in 2004 known as "The Battle of Danny Boy" named after the checkpoint where it took place. But how reliable is the evidence, based on the accounts of Iraqi civilians who were blindfolded at the time? OBAMA Who is Barack Obama? He is now definitively the front runner for the Democratic nomination, although Hillary Clinton may make an Alamo-like last stand in Texas and Ohio in ten days. But if it really is Obama versus McCain in November, what kind of contest is that shaping up to be? And will the Republicans simply paint Obama as the most left wing Democratic candidate for 40 years? We'll hear live from a top Obama adviser, Senator Tom Daschle. "ALL IN THE MIND" Alastair Campbell has written a work of fiction - no not another Government dossier - but a novel about a psychiatrist "his patients and family, and the pressures they bring to bear upon each other". So can Alastair become a successful man of letters? We interview him live on the programme. And finally, my thanks to Daniela for a fund of Smart Ass Answers of the Year, including the following: It was mealtime during a long distance flight. "Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked the man seated in the front row. "What are my choices?" the man asked. "Yes or no," she replied. Newsnight is at 10.30pm on BBC 2. Gavin
	LAST NIGHT'S HIGHLIGHT FRAUD AT THE EU PARLIAMENT The European Union's internal anti-fraud squad is investigating alleged abuses of MEPs' expenses totalling around £100m. Watch the item
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	PRESENTED BY KIRSTY WARK And at 11, I'll be joined by Paul Morley, Natalie Haynes and David Aaronovitch for a Newsnight Review of remakes, recreations and ready-mades. BE KIND REWIND What do you get when you put Jack Black, Michel Gondry, Mos Def, a pile of old tyres, cardboard boxes, electrical parts and dressing up clothes together? You get the movie Be Kind Rewind, the "almost" ultimate home made movie. Jack Black plays Jerry who, after a bizarre accident becomes magnetised. He visits his friend Mike (Mos Def) who is looking after an old video shop Be Kind Rewind, and because of his strange condition erases the shop's entire stock. This disaster is compounded by the fact the shop makes no money, is falling down and under threat of closure. So they set about remaking the films, as they call them "sweded" films with any old bits and pieces they can find, and neighbours in the New Jersey community playing parts in everything from Ghostbusters to Driving Miss Daisy. Soon customers are queuing round the block for "sweded" films. Gondry has made a homage to the movies, and naturally somebody has already "sweded" Be Kind Rewind! MAD MEN Mad Men is what the advertising execs on Madison Avenue called themselves in the 1950s and it is the title of the new US drama serial which has just won two Golden Globes and is about to air on BBC FOUR. Written by Matthew Weiner, one of the Sopranos team, it's set in 1960 and pays great attention to period detail. It was the cusp of an era in the US when sexual harassment, homophobia, racism and anti-Semitism were still commonplace, and the behaviour of the brylcreemed, sharp-suited admen is an exemplar of all the above. Oh and everyone but everyone smokes - even the doctor when he is giving one of the ad agency secretaries (the women there are all secretaries) an internal before giving her the new contraceptive pill. BRIEF ENCOUNTER David Lean's Brief Encounter is a classic of middle class repression, RP accents, and the railway timetable and is one of the most loved films of the twentieth century. So the decision to take it, and Noel Coward's one act play on which the movie is based, and remake it as a multi-media stage show was a brave one. Kneehigh Theatre Company is known for its inventiveness and has produced a multi-media show with actors who sing and play instruments on stage, puppets, a toy railway, film footage projected on stage and lots and lots of smoke. To add to the atmosphere the director Emma Rice has staged it in a cinema on Haymarket in London a stone's throw from where the film premiered in 1945. DUCHAMP, MAN RAY AND PICABIA "All for one, and one for all!" could be the title of the new exhibition at Tate Modern 'Duchamp Man Ray and Picabia', which reveals the extent of their personal, intellectual and artistic closeness. They were the antithesis of rivals - sharing humour, encouraging each other and each believing in and pursuing the erotic charge in their work. They were working in the era of the machine and each man in a different way saw in the machine the female form. The exhibition of over 300 pieces, demonstrates that the founders of Dada were a lot more than just that. Do join us at 11, Kirsty Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch the latest programme online Newsnight Blog Add your comments to our correspondents' blogs: CLICK HERE
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