成人快手

Britain's independent inquiry into the war in Iraq has been questioning officials for the past few weeks and early in the new year the former prime minister, Tony Blair, will appear. What has the investigation found so far and what can we expect from future sessions? Do bishops deserve their special place in British public life? And as the Copenhagen climate change meeting ends, why do summits always seem to reach a climax with a sense of crisis? Presented by Edward Stourton.

The Chilcott Inquiry into the Iraq war has been sitting for three weeks now, and has taken evidence from diplomats and other senior officials. Next year, the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gives evidence. Richard Norton-Taylor, a journalist for the Guardian newspaper has been following the inquiry closely.

Perhaps it is natural that the leaders of the Anglican Church should voice their opinions a little more noisily than they usually do at this time of year; Christmas is after all the period when much of Britain celebrates its Christian heritage without embarrassment - with real enthusiasm, in fact. Evan Harris MP, and Andrew Selous MP, discuss some recent interventions from the Church.

With the climax of the Copenhagen talks on Climate Change, Lord Owen, a former British Foreign Secretary discusses the difference senior politicians can make to such gatherings.

There is no getting around the fact Parliament has taken a terrible battering in the public's eyes over the past year because of the ways MPs have been working the expenses system. With an election also looming, 2 MPs , Tony Wright and Douglas Hogg, discuss where British politics stands at the moment.