You and Yours - 18/09/2008

Presented by Liz Barclay and John Waite. As a new production of Rain Man takes to the stage, we ask why writers are so attracted to the subject of autism. We speak to Adam Godley, who plays Raymond, and author Michael Blastland, who has autistic son. Although the price of oil seems to finally be dropping, some oil experts believe that we have reached what is called 'peak oil', when supplies begin an irreversible decline. Many families who have bought former council flats are facing bills of thousands of pounds because of a government scheme to improve the standard of social housing. The Lloyds TSB takeover of HBOS will mean less competition on the high street. Adrian Graves, campaigner for bank and insurance customers, and Peter Hahn, Former managing director at Citigroup, discuss. As the Paralympics draw to a close, Peter White reflects on the success of the Games. The Fire Brigades Union says that damage to the Channel Tunnel could have been much less severe if the recommendations made after the last tunnel fire over 10 years ago had been heeded. We speak to John Keefe from Eurotunnel and John McGee from the Fire Brigades Union.