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Wednesday 30th April 2008
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Our political correspondent Norman Smith reports on听the main rival mayoral candidates.

0714 Why has Britain had to pull out of some of the world's biggest and most important scientific projects? We speak to the Liberal Democrat MP Phil Willis.

0716 Business with Greg Wood.

0720 An investigation by听Human Rights Watch听into the increase in violence in Zimbabwe.

0723听Why the Black Grouse could become a more common sight in Britain's skies once again.

0726 Sport with Garry Richardson.

0730-0800

0733
We discuss the benefits of a career in the City of London and not just the financial ones.

0738 We visit the tunnels of Arras, scene of one of the bloodiest campaigns of WWI.

0743 Today's papers.

0746 Why the government has dropped a promise to give thousands of prisoners in England and Wales a pay rise.

0750 Thought for the Day with Professor Mona Siddiqui.

0754 Has the reputation of British physics been seriously damaged?

0800-0830

0810
听In the last of our pre-election leader interviews we talk to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

0827 Sport with Garry Richardson.


0830-0900

0833
Our Business Editor Robert Peston has been speaking to the outgoing director of the Serious Fraud Office, Robert Wardle and asks, how he thought he'd improved the SFO's performance.

0839 Business with Greg Wood.

0842听The British journalist held hostage in Iraq tells us about his dramatic rescue and how he plans to return to the country.

0847 How significant will the result in the London mayoral election be in reflecting a national picture? We speak to Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University听and our political editor Nick Robinson.

0854 Hear about the return of the Olympic flame to China after its protest-hit global relay.

0855 Why truth is increasingly stranger than fiction and what it means for sci-fi writers.

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Thought for the Day

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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!

Charlotte gets the giggles.
Newsreader Charlotte Green gets the giggles after listening to the oldest recorded human voice. And here's some she had earlier.
- 28th March 2008
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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