| Tuesday 19 January 2010 - 2230 GMT - BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman Quaker John Cadbury began the Cadbury's confectionery empire when he opened a shop in Birmingham in 1824, selling tea, coffee and hot chocolate as an alternative to alcohol. Today the Cadbury's board backed a £11.5bn takeover bid from US company Kraft Foods. Few would argue that Britain's economic future depends on whether we make our own chocolates. But are concerns about losing Cadbury to a foreign buyer just sentimentality or are there real grounds for concern? Tonight, we will be discussing the wider impacts of this deal and Justin Rowlatt reports from York, where he has been gauging firsthand the effects of Nestle's takeover of Rowntree and Kraft's takeover of Terry's chocolates. Plus, just over a year on from Israeli offensive in Gaza, Colonel Tim Collins, who hit the headlines when he made an impassioned speech to his troops as he led them into battle in Iraq, has been to meet the people of Sderot and Gaza. And Mark Urban will be reporting on Britain's defence spending, as the heads of the Army and the Royal Navy have been setting out their priorities for the future, ahead of what are widely expected to be painful cuts after the general election and the defence review. Plus, Labour and the Conservatives have both been outlining measures to clamp down on binge drink Britain - a move which John Cadbury would surely have approved of. Clarissa Dickson Wright and Michael Winner will be joining us in the studio to debate the rights and wrongs of the nanny state. Do join Jeremy on BBC Two at 10.30pm. | 
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