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01/03/2010

Alexander Armstrong talks about his new series of Pointless and Ruth Watson on the return of Country House Rescue.

Alexander Armstrong talking about his new series of Pointless and Ruth Watson talking about the return of Country House Rescue.

Wayne Rooney speaks to football correspondent Mike Ingham ahead of England's friendly with Egypt and after his winning goal for Man Utd in the Carling Cup Final.

Gideon Long in Santiago on the rescue operation in the wake of the weekend's devastating earthquake off the coast of Chile, which has claimed hundreds of lives.

Is the latest smartphone app, using facial recognition software, a threat to individual privacy? A new camera phone application is being developed which enables the user to take a photo of a person and then link to their personal details online. Dr Ian Brown from the Oxford Internet Institute assesses the potential impact and security concerns.

How can political parties use new media to capture the vote? In 2008 Barack Obama took advantage of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to help win the presidential election, so can it prove equally successful in UK politics?

Conservative blogger Iain Dale, founder of Left Foot Forward (and son of Jack) Will Straw, and Mark Pack from the blog LibDemVoice.org discuss the role that new media and social networking sites will play in the forthcoming general election campaign. Plus Olly Rickman from the UK arm of Google and YouTube on politicians' attempts to seize the internet.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 1 Mar 2010 14:00

Chapters

  • What role will social media play in the election?

    Iain Dale, an influential Conservative blogger, Will Straw founder of the left-wing blog "Left Foot Forward" and Mark Pack, who runs the blog LibDemVoice.org discuss.

    Duration: 35:08

  • Reports from Santiago

    5 live's correspondent Gideon Long reports from the Santiago, in light of the earthquake. Chile's President has described the disaster as "a catastrophe of unthinkable magnitude".

    Duration: 03:01

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Mar 2010 14:00