Today - 08/04/2009

Presented by James Naughtie and Edward Stourton. Agostino Miozzo, spokesman for Italy's Civil Protection Agency, discusses the plan for rebuilding after the earthquakes. Reporter Jack Izzard visits the London suburb of Bexleyheath to discover how businesses are dealing with the recession. Father Paul Mason and National Secular Society president Terry Sanderson discuss who should pay for hospital chaplains. Professor Ian Gilmore of the Alcohol Health Alliance and Gavin Partington, spokesman for the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, discuss if increasing the cost of alcohol would curb binge drinking. Home affairs editor Mark Easton discusses Oxfam's new report about the recession and poverty in the UK. Sir Charles Mackerras describes how, after 60 years as a conductor, he still finds something new in every score. Thought for the day with Brian Draper, associate lecturer at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. Economists Howard Archer and Andy Brough discuss if the economy is already beginning to recover. Correspondent Rory MacLean, Liberal Democrat Justice spokesman David Howarth and Peter Smyth, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, discuss controversial footage of police at the G20 protests. Cabinet Office minister Liam Byrne and Jill Kirby, of the Centre for Policy Studies, debate whether charities have become too similar to political lobby groups. Social worker Joanna Nicolas and Deputy Children's Commissioner Sue Berelowitz discuss if children are now more violent. Writer Seth Grahame-Smith discusses how he went about rewriting Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice - with zombies. Colette Aram, 16, was found strangled in a field near Keyworth in Nottinghamshire 25 years ago. Flora Watkins reports on the police announcement that they have arrested a man in connection with the case. Professor John Hills discusses the history of dealing with poverty during a recession. Did football change forever on May 26 1989, when Arsenal faced Liverpool needing to win by two goals in order to take the league title? Author Jason Cowley discusses if this game marked the end of an era with sports writer Colin Shindler.