Newsnight
Newsnight is a current affairs & news bulletin on BBC2. Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories. The popular program has been available since 2025. A total of 247 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2026.
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14/08/2026
Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday has been found dead one week after stepping down from the University of Cambridge. Tonight we speak to a friend who had dinner with him earlier this week.
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The polls are closed in Clacton, the counting begins. Will Nigel Farage's by-election gamble pay off or is he set to return to Westminster only to face the same questions as before?
Two music venues close every month and two pubs every day. The government has offered support by cutting their business rates - we ask Brit Award-winning rapper Tinie Tempah if that will be enough.
Sir Brian May joins Newsnight to celebrate the moon's solar dance with the sun. Has Andy Burnham's rising star been put into the shade by the will-he-won't-he saga of the prisoner release scheme?
The prime minister plans to crack down on 'unchecked vape stores, betting shops and rogue businesses'. The Tories say he's already out of ideas. Can anything save the high street? With Alex Forsyth.
In a Newsnight exclusive, Paddy O'Connell speaks to Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, about his father's ill-fated decision to run for president again and being a target of Donald Trump's anger.
Anger over migrants has sparked fresh unrest, this time in Norfolk. The row over the early release of prisoners rumbles on. Is Andy Burnham grappling with the same challenges as his predecessors?
The chief constable of Thames Valley Police considers legal action to block the early release from jail of two of PC Harper's killers. Will the government's decision hold?
The victims minister says Andy Burnham is 'looking into' the possibility of holding a public inquiry into the UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein and Mohamed Al-Fayed. With Victoria Derbyshire.
The prime minister has just announced that rapists, paedophiles and those guilty of grooming offences will not be let out of jail as part of the government's early release scheme.
July 2026
A new Labour mayor in Greater Manchester and the biggest electoral test of Andy Burnham's premiership so far. So how have his first two weeks in office gone? With Paddy O'Connell.
Diane Abbott is back in the Labour Party after a year-long suspension over comments which led to her being accused of antisemitism. Could old problems be about to return under new leadership?
President Trump says that Andy Burnham told him he was going to open up the North Sea. It's the first time the US leader has talked publicly about the new PM, so how will he handle the President?
Is Number 10 North a revolution in how Britain is governed - or just Andy Burnham working from home on Fridays? And what does it mean for people not in Manchester or London? With Matt Chorley.
Iran says British bases used by the US to launch strikes are 'legitimate targets'. How worried should we be, and will an escalation of the Iran conflict knock Andy Burnham's economic plans off course?
A direct appeal to the prime minister on Newsnight tonight from a woman who was raped and sexually abused for four years from the age of 11.
A short-term VAT cut to household energy bills was announced before breakfast, but critics say it is unfunded. Does the PM have the cash to splash? With Victoria Derbyshire.
Sir Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street. Andy Burnham arrives in Downing Street. Members of Starmer's Cabinet arrive in Downing Street. Many leave without jobs.