| Thursday 26 August 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Gavin Esler Tonight we have an exclusive investigation into how much money UK charities pay professional fundraisers - sometimes called chuggers - who approach people on the street or the doorstep and ask them to sign up to a direct debit. Charities have admitted to Newsnight that they are paying these companies as much as £100 a time to sign up donors, and in total pay millions of pounds every year to these subcontracted firms. Read more about that story here. We'll also be considering the case against fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir who has flown back to the UK from his home in northern Cyprus, after evading trial since 1993. Mr Nadir faces fraud charges relating to the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire in 1990. Tim Whewell is in Peterborough to examine how the labour market there is adapting, as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announces net migration to the UK rose last year to 196,000, up by 33,000 from the number in 2008. We'll discuss the figures with the immigration minister. And Stephen Smith will be asking what made Fritz Lang's film, Metropolis, so hugely influential, as a newly restored version of the sci-fi epic is premiered on London's South Bank. For the first time in 83 years the legendary silent film will be screened here as its director originally intended - including 25 minutes of 'lost footage' unearthed in an Argentine museum archive two years ago. Join Gavin at 10.30pm on BBC Two. |