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 October 2026.
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Newsnight
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21/10/2026
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Paddy O'Connell.
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Sixty years on from the Aberfan disaster, three survivors speak to BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire in a special programme.
New
19/10/2026
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.
After all the never-ending speeches and late-night plotting at party conferences, we know who the party faithful are voting for. But who has won over you, the faithful viewers at home?
Gen Z graduates face a ‘slow-moving tsunami’ over their job hopes thanks to, among other things, AI. So warns the IMF. What can be done?
Ukraine's President Zelensky says he feels betrayed by America. Is confronting the world's most powerful man the right strategy?
President Zelensky arrives in London tomorrow, as the head of MI5 warns the UK that Russia is 'aggressor number one' and says the use of AI to create biological weapons is a serious concern.
Andy Burnham says it would be a dereliction of duty for the government not to pursue closer ties with the EU. Should we brace ourselves for a rerun of those divisive Brexit rows?
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is under pressure after losing the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. His deputy answers questions live. With Matt Chorley.
What does victory - or defeat to Labour - mean for Green Party leader Zack Polanski in the Holborn by-election? Where will it leave his leadership? With Katie Razzall.
Are Kemi Badenoch's plans a route back to power for the Conservatives? Or simply shoring up their core vote? Newsnight's Nick Watt puts it to the party's leader. Presented by Victoria Derbyshire.
Another day of protests and unrest in France, a country caught between the bond markets and the barricades. How will it get out of its financial hole, and are there any lessons for other countries?
The Conservatives say they'll build the equivalent of Israel's Iron Dome to protect the UK from missile and drone attacks. Do we need it and can we afford it? With Victoria Derbyshire.
As drivers see the cost of diesel soaring this week, the Chancellor tells Newsnight he is 'acutely concerned' about sky high prices. Now Donald Trump threatens an export ban of US diesel.
Andy Burnham gets a red card from critics over the Manchester City scandal. What do his comments reveal about the prime minister, especially in light of that Downing Street clarification?
September 2026
The PM says it's possible Labour's next manifesto could promise a new in-out referendum on the EU. Is Britain ready to re-open the issue which ten years ago split the country down the middle?
The biggest political gamble of Andy Burnham's career so far? He says the triple lock on the state pension will go by 2030 to help pay for a new national care service for England.
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.
Andy Burnham rules out an early general election. So, ahead of the new prime minister's first Labour Conference, what is Burnham-ism and do his sums add up? With Matt Chorley.
Tony Blair's institute has told Andy Burnham to rejoin the EU. The right move for Labour ahead of its conference or the wrong time to reopen this debate? With Paddy O'Connell.