Today - 06/08/2009

Presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Media consultant and presenter Steve Hewlett analyses ITV's financial results. Grant Shapps MP and Jo Webber, of the NHS Confederation, discuss whether NHS provision of IVF has declined. Jonathan Beale investigates Bill Clinton's future as an international diplomatic troubleshooter. Dr Paul Cornish, of Chatham House, discusses the alleged 2.5 billion pounds a year wasted by the Ministry of Defence. Economists Jim O'Neill and David Kern discuss if the Bank of England should press ahead with quantitative easing. Andrew Hosken reports on the importance of cricket as a unifying force in war-torn Sri Lanka. Thought for the Day with Dom Anthony Sutch, a Benedictine monk. Paul Farmer, of the mental health charity Mind, and Keir Starmer QC discuss if victims of crime with mental health issues are taken seriously in courts. ITV chief operating officer John Cresswell says the company can find its way out of a 'pretty severe ad recession'. Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics, and Joan Bakewell, the government's Voice of Older People, debate whether free bus passes should be means tested for all elderly people. Reporter Nicola Stanbridge talks to British musicians who have found fame in France but remain unknown back home. Quentin Davies MP, Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, discusses the current state of defence procurement. Reporter Phil Greer witnesses a monument to former Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson being unveiled on the Isle of Wight. Michael Lang, co-creator of the Woodstock Festival, and Mark Ellen, of Word magazine, discuss how the character of music festivals has changed over the years. Sanchia Berg investigates the effect of the end of ringfencing in the 'supporting people' budget. Frank Evans, the bullfighter known in Spain as El Ingles, discusses his life as a British matador.