29/07/2009

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Duration: 45 minutes

Presented by Nick Robinson.

Wind turbine company Vestas has failed - for now - in an attempt to force workers staging a sit-in protest at its Isle of Wight factory to leave the building. Justin Rowlatt reports from Newport.

In the morning, the Ministry of Defence will publish its latest casualty figures for wounded servicemen. Should there be a more detailed breakdown to accurately reflect the nature of the injuries? Or, during a war, is it not in our national interest to be so transparent?

President Obama is due to meet the Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and the policeman who arrested him in his home 'over a beer' at the White House. We discuss President Obama's handling of the sensitive issue, which has ignited the race debate in America.

Plus, Oscar-winning director James Cameron's film Avatar promises to take 3-D cinematography to an unrivalled level. Click Online's Spencer Kelly investigates why 3-D film is having a resurgence.

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Wed 29 Jul 2009 22:30 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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Nick Robinson

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  • BBC TwoWed 29 Jul 2009 22:30 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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