Today - 13/03/2009

Presented by Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague. James Reynolds reports on the expectation of China's Premier, Wen Jiabao, that the world economy will recover in 2010. Ed Stourton reports on the younger generation in Northern Ireland that has grown up in a time of ceasefire. Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Ed Davey discusses how the government made the case for going to war in Iraq. Aviation expert David Gleave discusses the steps that will be taken to try to ensure that future Boeing 777 flights are safe. Ed Stourton talks to people on the streets of Londonderry and discovers a nervous public, fearful of a return to the past. Nicholas Jones, who covered the miners strike for the BBC, returns to Conway Hall in Red Lion Square in London - the scene of many past strike meetings and rallies - to listen to former NUM leader Arthur Scargill speak. Thought for the day with Lord Harries of Pentregarth, the Gresham Professor of Divinity. Reporter Jon Manel talks to the former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed about whether he had any involvement in terrorist activity. Retired Chief Superintendent Brian McCargo discusses his friendship with Constable Stephen Carroll, who was murdered by dissident republicans in County Armagh. Stuart Levine, of Variety magazine, and British TV and film director Tom Hooper, discuss the final ever episode of the television medical drama ER. Journalist Mark Seal and lawyer Jeremy Cole discuss the charges against Bernie Madoff for financial fraud. Tim Franks reports on the campaign to free Gilad Shalit, a young Israeli soldier captured by Hamas on the Gaza border. Authors Toby Litt and Brian Aldiss discuss the future of sci-fi novels. Robert Hall reports on the discovery of records which may help identify thousands of British soldiers killed during World War I. A memorial service has been held at Massereene barracks in Antrim in honour of the two soldiers murdered by dissident republicans at the weekend. Irish journalists Eamonn McCann and Roy Garland discuss the week's events.