From flagship to flagging: cuts that place Newsnight in jeopardy

Faced with falling figures, Kirsty Wark’s departure and new ways we consume news, a show that once set the agenda is in deep troubleThree decades ago, the BBC green room set aside for guests waiting to appear on Newsnight was regularly graced by cabinet ministers, primed and eager to respond to a late-night parliamentary development.The challenge of settling into that hot seat facing Jeremy Paxman was also a rite of passage for an aspiring opposition politician. What’s more, the show