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Thursday 20th March 2008
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0709听Why is the travel situation over Easter predicted to be so bad? We speak to Iain Coucher, Chief Executive of Network Rail.

0712 It was just after half past five in the morning in Baghdad on March 20 2003 when the invasion of Iraq began. Andrew Hosken reports on how events unfolded

0715 Business with Nick Cosgrove.

0717 Up to 50 local authorities are looking at taking over post offices scheduled for closure.

0720 NATO needs to redefine its strategy听says the cross-party Commons Defence Committee. We听are joined by听James Arbuthnot who chairs the committee.

0725 Sport with Rob Nothman.

0730-0800

0730听Chief executives of Britain's largest banks are hoping for some reassurance when they meet the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King today. We talk to presenter and Evening Standard columnist, Mickey Clarke.

0735 Tom Feilden reports from London Zoo, where a new tropical bird enclosure opens today.

0740 Today's Papers.

0742听It is five years to the day since the Americans and the British invaded Iraq. Hugh Sykes reports.

0745 Thought for the Day with Reverend Angela Tilby.

0750 It seems China's attitude towards it's听image abroad is changing. We speak to James Miles of The Economist, who is in Beijing.

0800-0830

0810
听Are British forces seen as an occupying power by the people of Iraq? We ask Major General Barney White-Spunner, Senior British Commander in Basra.

0820 Richard Knight speaks to the folk singer Shirley Collins who听will be curating听a series of folk music events at the Royal Festival Hall later this month.

0825 Sport with Rob Nothman.

0830-0900

0830
Can the authorities do anything to stop another panic run on bank shares, as happened to HBOS yesterday? We speak to our Business Editor, Robert Peston

0835听At least 19 Labour MPs听 have voted to prevent the planned closure of 2,500 sub-post offices. We听speak to听government minister, Pat McFadden.

0840 As science increasingly moves into areas of research with huge ethical dimensions, can something be done to prevent extreme controversy?

0842 Business with Nick Cosgrove.

0845 The Computer Conservation Society will be looking at the legacy of the 大象传媒 Micro, the first mass market computer which arrived on the market in 1982.

0850 Birmingham听is holding a performance and live arts festival called Fierce, the difference is the public get to curate it.

0855 In the last of her reports on the countdown to war, our reporter Sanchia Berg speaks to Major General Tim Cross.
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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Jim crashes the pips
James Naughtie keeps going on and on and on until Continuity cuts him off.
- 9th January 2008
Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, as听Nick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology fails听John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim听introduces a very听strange sounding听
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
听- 23th听July 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
听- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
The Extended Interview

We don鈥檛 always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

Gil Scott-Heron (04/03/2008)
Life hasn't been easy for the 'god-father of rap', but as US politics gets interesting again, he's making a听 comeback.
(01/02/08)
He used to be Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, and now he's advising presidential candidate Senator Obama. We hear his vision for US Foreign policy.
(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonist听talks about his time in prison, phone calls with听John Coltrane,听9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor.
(17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he will听lift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism.
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