Newsnight - Season 13 / Year 2019
Season 13 / Year 2019
Episodes
07/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
08/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
09/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
10/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
11/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
14/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
15/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
16/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
17/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
18/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
21/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
22/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
23/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
24/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
25/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
28/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
29/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
30/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
31/01/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
01/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
04/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
05/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
06/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
07/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
08/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
11/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
12/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
13/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
14/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
15/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
18/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
19/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
20/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
21/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
22/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
25/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
26/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
27/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
28/02/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
01/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
04/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
05/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
06/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
07/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
08/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
11/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
12/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
13/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
14/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
15/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
18/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
19/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
20/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
21/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
22/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
25/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
26/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
27/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
28/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
29/03/2019
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
01/04/2019
With Katie Razzall. Analysis of the breaking results on the latest Commons indicative votes on Brexit.
02/04/2019
With Mark Urban. As Theresa May reaches out to Labour to help her pass a Brexit deal, will she split her own party in the process?
03/04/2019
As Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn meet for crunch Brexit talks we find out if it's created further splits in our two main parties. Kirsty Wark also gets the very latest from Westminster from various key figures in the Brexit process. And we have a Newsnight investigation into medicine shortages in the event of no deal.
04/04/2019
Coverage of the day's national and international news stories, with Kirsty Wark. Can Corbyn give May a plan to take to Brussels? Will the Lords play ball? And we investigate whether the Russians have infiltrated the German Bundestag.
05/04/2019
Brexit talks with Labour break down. Who is to blame? And why is government classifying child asylum seekers as adults?
08/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
09/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
10/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
11/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
12/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
15/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
16/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
17/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
18/04/2019
With Kirsty Wark. What next for Trump after the Muller report is published? Plus the south London pastor converting gang members into entrepreneurs.
23/04/2019
With Emily Maitlis. The latest on the Sri Lanka attacks, Change UK's campaign launch and the debate over President Trump's state visit.
24/04/2019
With Emily Maitlis. Nicola Sturgeon puts the question of another Scottish Independence referendum back on the table. How will Brexit shape a brand new independence vote?
25/04/2019
Should the UK do business with China? Plus Kirsty Wark looks at the government inquiry into security leaks, Mozambique's cyclone, and should the old give up benefits for the young?
26/04/2019
Emma Barnett examines the draft Labour European election leaflet that has triggered a party row. Plus what future holds for the Lib Dems and a look at the Spanish elections.
29/04/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
30/04/2019
Newsnight uncovers suspected Libyan war crimes shared on social media. Plusm Emily Maitlis looks at Labour's Brexit row, interviews the Tory chair, and looks at the latest news on the Venezuela coup
01/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
02/05/2019
One hundred days after the collapse of Brazil's Brumadinho dam, why did it happen? Iceland's PM on climate and Brexit. Polls close in local elections.
03/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban. The aftermath of the local elections. Is the political landscape about to be rewritten by Brexit?
07/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
08/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
09/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
10/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Katie Razzall.
13/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
14/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
15/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
16/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
17/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories.
20/05/2019
With Emily Maitlis. An exclusive investigation into thousands of teenagers in care in unregulated accommodation. Plus the latest politics news, and milkshake.
21/05/2019
Theresa May's new Brexit offer, British Steel, and Jamie's Italian job losses. With Emily Maitlis
22/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
23/05/2019
Will Theresa May announce she is quitting tomorrow? On tour with the socialist scourge of the European Union.
24/05/2019
With Emily Maitlis. As Theresa May quits, who and what comes next? Michael Cockerell recalls her career. Who do the voters want next?
28/05/2019
The latest on Alastair Campbell's expulsion from Labour. The Tory leadership race. A LibDem interview. And the Brexit Party's social media secrets.
29/05/2019
The latest on the Tory leadership contest, including an interview with candidate and health secretary Matt Hancock. Also, Missouri is set to become the first US state without an abortion clinic.
30/05/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
31/05/2019
High court restricts protests against LGBT lessons for children; looking ahead to Trump's UK visit; and Jeanette Winterson on AI and sexbots.
03/06/2019
As President Trump arrives in the UK for his state visit, how should British politicians respond to him? Plus Emily Maitlis talks to Chancellor Phillip Hammond.
04/06/2019
Analysis of Trump's state visit, plus the latest on the Tory leader race and the Change UK split. And the CF patients banding together to import generic drugs.
05/06/2019
Emily Maitlis reports on Boris Johnson and the Tory leadership contest, and Mark Urban discusses how international co-operation on D-Day was not quite what it seemed.
06/06/2019
The day's news with Kirsty Wark, as the Peterborough by-election polls close. Why has Ford closed its plant in Bridgend? And was Normandy really a World War II game-changer?
07/06/2019
Katie Razzall with the day's top stories, including a look at whether the Tories can survive the Brexit puzzle. Plus, the man who created Elmer the Elephant and Mr Benn.
10/06/2019
Emily Maitlis with the latest on the Tory leadership contest, including a chat with candidate Mark Harper. And BBC chairman David Clementi addresses free TV licences for over-75s.
11/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
12/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
13/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
14/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
17/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
18/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
19/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
20/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
21/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
24/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
25/06/2019
Has Boris Johnson's media blitz backfired? Is the Union under threat from the Tories? Why is UK sport dominated by public schools? And a missing Velasquez.
26/06/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
27/06/2019
On the 20th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament, Newsnight looks at the difference it has made and what will be next for Scotland.
28/06/2019
Kirsty Wark with new evidence on the Sergei Skripal poisoning, plus discussion of Putin's assertion that liberalism and multiculturalism have outlived their purpose.
01/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
02/07/2019
New EU leadership announced, warehousing capacity inadequate for no-deal Brexit, Hong Kong protest latest, and will the Women's World Cup leave a legacy?
03/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Katie Razzall.
04/07/2019
Emma Barnett with the day's stories, including the possible last stand of the Tory MPs who oppose a no-deal Brexit, and why Ann Widdecombe compared Brexit to a slaves' uprising. Plus the problem with facial recognition tech, and the US trade threat to the US.
05/07/2019
With the Tory members voting this weekend, is the leadership competition effectively over? Plus, is Boris Johnson trusted with state secrets? And should the arts accept oil money sponsorship?
08/07/2019
Has Trump effectively sacked the British Ambassador tonight? The LGBT schools row. No Deal preparations. And the CNN reporter who faced off against the President
09/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
10/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
11/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
12/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
15/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
16/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
17/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
18/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
19/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
22/07/2019
Could a Boris Johnson premiership be under threat from ministerial resignations? Also tonight, Labour's handling of antisemitism claims – is Jeremy Corbyn doing enough?
23/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
24/07/2019
As Boris Johnson spends his first night in Number 10 as prime minister, Emily Maitlis is live from Westminster for a Newsnight special. In an eventful first few hours of the Johnson premiership, she is joined by a plethora of politicians and pundits to chew over all the hirings and firings.
25/07/2019
With Kirsty Wark. Boris Johnson faces the Commons for the first time as prime minister. Is he planning an early general election?
26/07/2019
With Kirsty Wark. Boris Johnson eyes a fractured political landscape for an election formula. Plus the failed asylum seekers made homeless by the government.
29/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
30/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
31/07/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
01/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
02/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
05/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
06/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
07/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
08/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
09/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Sarah Smith.
12/08/2019
With Emma Barnett. Will today's pledges on criminal justice make a difference? Plus violence increases in Hong Kong.
13/08/2019
With Kirsty Wark. What price would Britain pay for a US trade deal? How prepared is Labour for an election? Plus the latest from Hong Kong.
14/08/2019
With Emma Barnett. Can Jeremy Corbyn get the support of other parties to thwart a no-deal Brexit? The PM lays into his own party. Plus is it time to change the way we do university applications?
15/08/2019
With Mark Urban. Is the world heading into recession? Plus the row over Kashmir, the latest in Hong Kong and 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre.
16/08/2019
With Mark Urban. Is a government of national unity a non-starter? Is liberal democracy failing across the globe?
19/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
20/08/2019
Will Boris Johnson's brand of diplomacy work in Europe? Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer speaks; and how do people in Scunthorpe weigh up jobs against air quality?
21/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
22/08/2019
With Mark Urban. Boris Johnson takes on the French over Ireland. Can he take on the Americans too? Plus the Amazon wildfires, and the safety of swimming in UK rivers.
23/08/2019
Trapped between Tusk and Trump, how can Brexit Britain navigate the two Donalds? And Lord Carlile on reviewing the controversial Prevent anti-terror scheme. With Katie Razzall.
27/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
28/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
29/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
30/08/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
02/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
03/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
04/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
05/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
06/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
09/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
10/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
11/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
12/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Katie Razzall.
Can anyone beat Trump in 2020? John McDonnell on Labour's new referendum promise. The English cystic fibrosis patients forced to buy their drugs in Argentina.
13/09/2019
Kirsty Wark and guests discuss who exactly is running Brexit Britain.
16/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
17/09/2019
Does today's Supreme Court battle herald a new activist judiciary in the UK? Lib Dem conference latest; and who will win Israel's election?
18/09/2019
With Emily Maitlis. An extraordinary day in Brexit. Also, the children in care pushed into the hands of criminals.
19/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
20/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Katie Razzall.
23/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
24/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
25/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
26/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
27/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
30/09/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
01/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
02/10/2019
Emma Barnett asks if Boris Johnson's vision for leaving the EU with a deal will fly – at home and in Europe.
03/10/2019
Is Boris Johnson's Brexit deal dead on arrival in Brussels? The view from London and Dublin. And how futuristic technology is shaping the battle for Hong Kong.
04/10/2019
The Chinese ambassador is in the studio to try to justify the crackdown in Hong Kong. And do new court papers prove the UK may not leave the EU on the 31st?
07/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
08/10/2019
Who will win the blame game if a Brexit deal is dead? Newsnight talks to the European Parliament president. And actress Lupita Nyong'o on colourism.
09/10/2019
Turkey attacks Syria – Newsnight speaks to the Turkish ambassador, a former UK foreign secretary and the US General who led the fight against ISIS. Plus Brexit. With Emily Maitlis.
10/10/2019
Have the Irish & British PMs come closer to a deal? Is Extinction Rebellion too much for the British public? Why is the NHS having its worst summer in 15 years?
11/10/2019
Rumours swirl that Brexit negotiations with Brussels have tonight entered the critical stage – known as The Tunnel. What's going on?
14/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
15/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
16/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
17/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
18/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
21/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
22/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
23/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
24/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
25/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
28/10/2019
Emily Maitlis unpicks the latest Brexit news from parliament. What are the parties' positions? Plus how are they campaigning online?
29/10/2019
All the latest, as MPs vote for a December election. Plus a preview of the Grenfell inquiry report. With Emily Maitlis.
30/10/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Mark Urban.
31/10/2019
Trump gives Farage a boost. Labour launch their campaign. The battle for Scotland. Tricky, on racism, knife crime and music by instinct.
01/11/2019
With Kirsty Wark. Can the Brexit Party cost the Conservatives the election? How will Nigel Farage play in the Labour heartlands? Plus the women who tried to stop Harvey Weinstein.
04/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
05/11/2019
Is the Conservative election campaign in trouble already? Newsnight speaks to Theresa May's former chief of staff, Gavin Barwell. Also, how real is the threat from dissident republican groups in Northern Ireland?
06/11/2019
Why is the Labour Party deputy leader quitting front line politics on the first day of the election campaign? With Emily Maitlis.
07/11/2019
Are Labour and the Conservatives trying to sell the electorate a magic money tree? With Emma Barnett.
08/11/2019
As the government sit on the ISC report into Russian election interference, could this year's vote be under threat? Today's election news, plus David Mitchell.
11/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
12/11/2019
The latest on the election – including interviews with the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats. And the final film in a series looking at identity and politics in each of the four countries of the Union – this time in England. Emily Maitlis presents.
13/11/2019
Newsnight reveals the secret reason the CPS may have been dropping rape cases. Jeremy Corbyn and the Scottish referendum question. Can the Remain Alliance tempt Labour to join? With Katie Razzall.
14/11/2019
Will A&E waiting times derail the Brexit election? Will the Brexit referendum voter turnout be repeated? Plus the boss of the New York Times on Trump, race and Weinstein.
15/11/2019
With Kirsty Wark. The latest from the Hong Kong protests, plus a preview of Emily's full-length interview with Prince Andrew. Plus is nationalisation a good idea?
18/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
19/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
20/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
21/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
22/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
25/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
26/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
27/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
28/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett.
29/11/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
02/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
03/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
04/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
05/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
06/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Kirsty Wark.
09/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emily Maitlis.
10/12/2019
Two days before polling day, how important is trust going to be? How did the campaign go today? And is the British union going to be a key factor?
11/12/2019
What might the country look like on Friday morning? On the eve of a historic general election, we ask what next for Brexit.
13/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories with Emma Barnett and Kirsty Wark.
16/12/2019
With Emily Maitlis. Which direction will Labour take now? What will the new Conservative government look like, and do? Plus John Kerry.
17/12/2019
With Emily Maitlis. As Labour MPs explode with anger at their leader, we study the new political dividing lines that brought us here. Plus the latest on Trump's impeachment.
18/12/2019
The day's important national and international news stories. With Kirsty Wark.
19/12/2019
With Kirsty Wark. The Queen's Speech, Johnsonism, Scottish Independence, and Kashmir and the citizenship row.
20/12/2019
As the decade ends and the Brexit bill finally goes through Parliament Newsnight looks back on a momentous decade. With Kirsty Wark.
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