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Tony Blair, the prime minister who took Britain to war in Iraq in 2003, has today faced six hours of questioning about his role - questions about the build-up to the invasion, the conduct of the war and the planning for its aftermath.

He told the Chilcot Inquiry:

"This isn't about a lie or a conspiracy or a deceit or a deception. It's a decision. And the decision I had to take was, given Saddam's history, given his use of chemical weapons, given the over one million people whose deaths he had caused, given 10 years of breaking UN resolutions, could we take the risk of this man reconstituting his weapons programmes or is that a risk that it would be irresponsible to take?"

Tonight, we are dedicating the whole programme to this unprecedented event.

David Grossman, who has had a ringside seat at the proceedings, will take a forensic look at Mr Blair's evidence - what questions were answered, and indeed, what questions were not.

We will be discussing his testimony with a panel including a member of the Cabinet at the time of the invasion, a former US envoy to the UN, a prominent opponent of the war and a relative of a serviceman killed in the war.

And we'll be assessing Mr Blair's performance on the day with leading political commentators.

Do join Gavin at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

And on The Review Show this week (formerly Newsnight Review!) Kirsty and her guests Kate Mosse, Paul Morley, AL Kennedy and the Reverend Richard Coles give their take on Mr Blair's performance, discuss the ultimate teen rebel-without-a-cause Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, and debate whether Van Gogh's letters on display at the Royal Academy in London add to our understanding of his art.

And the big question tonight - why is modern day culture so obsessed with ideas of a secular afterlife?

The forthcoming film of The Lovely Bones, plus David Eagleman's book Sum(which Stephen Fry has raved about) both make life after death seem pretty great - but there's not much God in either of them. Why?

If you are going to win your first grand slam it would be pretty nice to win it against the greatest player that has ever lived.

That's the opportunity Andy Murray has when he lines up against Roger Federer in the men's final of the Australian Open on Sunday.

I've felt for a lot of this tournament that Andy is going to win it and I've felt for a long time now that this is going to be the first of multiple slams.

To win though he has to keep up the aggressive style of play that has served him so well thus far. Federer is too powerful and has too many shots for Andy just to sit back and soak it up.

Against Rafael Nadal, and in the third and fourth sets against Marin Cilic, he became more aggressive and played tighter to the baseline. If he continues that theme against Federer he has a great chance.

Federer, though, has been majestic. His level of performance has been phenomenal, he is moving so quickly and hitting the ball so close to the line.

It seems such a long time ago that Roger was in tears in Melbourne after losing last year's final to Nadal.

It just goes to show what a great champion he is as he bounced back and won the French Open and Wimbledon titles.

Andy has been boosted by getting a two-day break before the final. It gives him the opportunity to prepare properly, something he couldn't do in his only other grand slam final appearance at the US Open in 2008, where he had to play three games in three days.

This time he has his team around him who he gets on so well with, he has plenty of time to have his ice bath and a massage, get plenty of fluids on board and be 100% physically and mentally prepared. He will be fit and raring to go.

Watch live coverage of Roger Federer v Andy Murray in the Australian Open final on BBC Two and online on Sunday from 0800 GMT.

Tim was talking to Paul Birch.

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Live Australian Open men's final: Roger Federer v Andy Murray - 0800-1200, BBC Two/BBC Radio 5 live/online.

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