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Thursday 4 March 2010 - 2230 GMT - BBC Two
Presented by Jeremy Paxman



It's all about age and youth tonight.

First, is the baby boomer generation the most selfish generation ever?

Have the baby-boomers screwed things up completely for the young - enjoying an economic boom, low tax, and big pensions while the young are unemployed, saddled with debt and unable to buy houses?

Justin Rowlatt has been talking to some of these Woopies - AKA a Well Off Older Person - and in the studio we will debate with guests young and old, including David Willetts, MP and author of The Pinch - How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - and why they should give it back.

And are older people taking over the arts too? After decades of complaints about the dearth of good parts for older actors Stephen Smith interviews Sian Phillips, who at the age of 76 has taken on the part of Juliet in a Bristol Old Vic production of Romeo and Juliet where the star crossed lovers and other main characters are pensioners.

Also tonight, we kick off our new "Leaving Party" series, in which we interview MPs who are about to stand down.

In this first report Jeremy talks to two of the Tory old guard, the Wintertons.

Join us at 10.30pm.





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