Australian PM: Holiday caused "great anxiety" during wildfires

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised for causing "great anxiety" by going on holiday during a mounting wildfire crisis. We hear from a fire-fighter in rural New South Wales that has been affected.

Also in the programme: Why male academics are better at talking up their own work than their female colleagues; and we speak to an academic on the origins of the musical Cats.

(PICTURE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison listens to New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons during a tour of the control room in Sydney. CREDIT: EPA/JOEL CARRETT)