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Friday 4thÌýApril 2008
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0709 The latest from Zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe appears to be clamping down on the opposition and on foreign media.

0712 Professor John Shepherd, fellow of the Royal Society expresses concern about building new coal-fired power stations.

0715 Business with Greg Wood.

0718 Nicola Stanbridge reports on potentially dangerous slimming drugs that were sold illegally.

0725 Sport with Garry Richardson.

0730-0800

0732 A report on the cycle of youth violence and crime in Bacup, Lancashire from Angus Stickler.

0741 Defence correspondent, Caroline Wyatt,Ìýreports fromÌýBucharest where it's the last day of the NATO summit.

0743 Today's papers.

0745 The police are to stop dealing with stray dogs, local councils will have sole responsibilty, but some are concerned that fewer strays will be taken care of.

0748 Thought for the day with Sir Jonathan Sacks.

0751 Shadow Chancellor George Osborne on the US response to the credit crunch.


0800-0830

0810Ìý
Tony BlairÌýhas givenÌýa speech in which he described the extent to which he is and, while in office, was guided by his faith. But do religion and politics mix?

0820ÌýKevin Keegan on Bill Shankly, the Liverpool manager, whose life is the subject of a new play.

0824 Sports news with Garry Richardson.


0830-0900

0830
Could we ever see a situation in which RobertÌýMugabe might be made to stand trial?

0838 Business with Greg Wood.

0841 More women now graduate from medical school than men. Does it matter? We speak to one doctor who thinks so.

0846 Are football players losing respect for referees?Ìý

0850 Find out about a new exhibition of butterflies at the Natural History Museum.

0852 Why did Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd salute US President George W. Bush?

0855 A report about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, who was shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee forty years ago.

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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, asÌýNick 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 failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 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’t 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 aÌý 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 saxophonistÌýtalks about his time in prison, phone calls withÌýJohn Coltrane,Ìý9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor.
(17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he willÌýlift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism.
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