| Friday 2 July 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Emily Maitlis Summer Lovin Tonight, viewers, a promise. I hereby pledge not to kick off the show with the comparative merits of the d'Hondt /AV /AV Plus/ Majoritarian and STV systems of voting (that comes later). What we will do is analyse what a May referendum could mean for the current government, what frictions it may expose within all three parties and whether the country as a whole will have the appetite for change when it comes to ticking the box. Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband will join me and representatives from the other main parties. This is the moment when party loyalties are expected to kick in big time. Can the Coalition love-in survive? Beryl Bainbridge: "Death has never worried me. I wouldn't like to go quickly of a heart attack or something. I'd like a proper goodbye, with lots of words and things said." Well, the award-winning Liverpudlian author Beryl Bainbridge has died. Whatever happened within those last few hours, her prolific work ensured that there were 'lots of words and things said'. She will be best remembered as a master storyteller. And as a figure who understood and combined comedy and tragedy. Tonight we talk to her good friend, A.N. Wilson. And - why lie - we're all watching the football. And the tennis. And gearing up for the next football. And if Brazil/Ghana/Murray crash out we'll conjure up a deeply intellectual debate on the back of a good bit of telly... Do join us. Emily | 
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