| FRIDAY 27 JULY 22:30 BST - BBC TWO FROM PETER BARRON Hello, Last night I met the editor and presenter of the Serbian equivalent of Newsnight, who was in London on a fact-finding mission and keen to see Newsnight in the flesh. It quickly became apparent that he is very familiar with our output and when I asked how come he said he subscribes to Newsnight's podcast and regularly steals ideas from us. Heartwarming, but also a little heartbreaking because this week's Newsnight podcast will be the last, at least for now. It's been part of a trial of video podcasts which the BBC has been running for the past year, the aim being to find out what viewers want from services like this and how they use them. That video trial has now come to an end (my colleague Mark has blogged more about this here), so this week's edition, including highlights from our special programme on Islam, discussion of the floods, and an intriguing piece about community TV in Belgium, will be the last. The BBC now plans to look at how the trial went and later in the year will decide what happens next. So thanks to Zoran and everyone else who subscribed, we hope you enjoyed it and will let us know what you thought. Peter Barron is editor of NewsnightPS And just for old time's sake, here's a bonus podcast. If you think the floods in Britain this week have been frightening, take a look at what our reporters around the world have encountered this week - here's James Reynolds from China. Download from this page. | 
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