Best of Today
Insight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories.

• Today: 0835 Trident 28 Dec 07
  Peter Hennessy visits a Trident submarine to see how the crew handle the pressure of its extraordinary destructive power.
• Today: 0810 Benazir Bhutto 28 Dec 07
  Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani opposition leader, has been assassinated in Rawalpindi. What will be the legacy of her life and the impact of her death?
• Today: 0750 War Powers Act 28 Dec 07
  Should parliament have a say in the declaration of future wars? We speak to Lord Guthrie, former chief of the defence staff, and Sir Kevin Tebbit, MoD permanent secretary.
• Today: 0830 Mali Recycling 27 Dec 07
  Damon Albarn reports from Mali where their approach to recycling may have lessons for the UK.
• Today: 0810 Tagging dementia sufferers 27 Dec 07
  Should dementia patients prone to wandering be electronically tagged?
• Today: 0750 Nuclear Disarmament 27 Dec 07
  Musician Brian Eno puts the case for nuclear disarmament to the chairman of the defence select committee, James Arbuthnot.
• Today: 0830 Trust in Politics 26 Dec 07
  Is public trust in politicians on the decline? Our guest editor Dame Stella Rimington reports.
• Today: 0810 Boxing Day Sales 26 Dec 07
  As the sales start across Britain, concern is growing that the credit crunch will effect the level of consumer spending. Is it time to tighten our belts for a lean 2008?
• Today: 0740 William Pitt
  Could the celebrated 18th Century politician, William Pitt the Younger, survive modern Westminster life?
• Today: 0820 Hats 24 Dec 07
  Is the hat dead as a social statement?