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20th October 2003
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0607
We'll know how hospital doctors have voted in the ballot on a new national contract today.
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0612
Cigarettes in France are going up by 20% a packet today, and there's a row.
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0615
Greg Wood with the Business News.
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0630
The Prime Minister is resting on doctors orders today after his heart scare.
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0635
Ernst and Young Item club - which uses the Treasury's economic model for its forecasts - has come up with some worrying figures for the Chancellor.
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0640
Asian leaders are having their summit in Bangkok, with President Bush in their midst.
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0643
A swing to the right, it seems, in Switzerland's parliamentary elections.
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0645
A review of today's papers with Peter Donaldson.
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0650
Sarah Rainsford in Moscow with the world papers review.
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0655
The watchdog for gas and electricity services says too many customers are waiting too long for refunds due to them. We speak to Energywatch.
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0658
The BBC has established that some of the police records of rape claims by Kenyan women against UK soldiers are genuine. Our correspondent Andrew Harding reports.
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0709
The PM is resting today after his five hours in hospital yesterday. We speak to Dr Duncan Dymond, consultant cadiologist at Barts Hospital in London.
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0715
Is the Chancellor wrestling with some difficult sums in the Treasury? Peter Spencer from the Item Club believes so.
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0718
We report on the British diplomat in Uzbekistan who has spoken out about human rights abuses in the country.
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0721
Princess Diana believed there was a plot to kill her. We speak to the editor of the Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan, who is running the story.
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0732
Shareholders at Carlton want to get rid of their chairman Michael Green. We speak to John Mcgrath, a non-executive director of the Carlton board.
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0742
Andrew Hosken reports on the release of David Blaine from his perspex box. Was it magic?
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0745
We ask Ken Livingstone if the London Underground is safe.
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0810
How far will the budget deficit rise? We talk to Ruth Kelly, financial secretary to the Treasury.
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0820
Andrew Marr on the implications of Tony Blair's heart scare.
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0825
The National Art Collections Fund is celebrating a hundred years of saving treasures for the nation. Rebecca Jones reports.
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0831
Children's writer Philip Pullman argues all children should have the chance to enjoy live theatre as a right, not a luxury.
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0840
We follow the progress of Hooper Swans migrating from Arctic Russia back to Britain.
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0847
The French government is raising tobacco prices by 20 per cent today. Caroline Wyatt reports.
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0850
Nato will be holding a meeting on European Union defence today. We speak to Jacques Myard from the National Assembly in Paris.
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0852
Can the press damage the cause of peace? We speak to Prof Gadi Wolfsfeld from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Roy Greenslade, a former editor of the Daily Mirror.
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0855
Michael Cockerell and Anthony Howard discuss the implications of Tony Blair's recent heart trouble.
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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!

ListenIs that Alec Stewart?
Garry Richardson interviews an Australian cricket fan masquerading as England star Alec Stewart.
- 7 January 2003
ListenInterruption
Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
ListenWhere am I?
It's not always easy to remember ... Sarah forgets where she is
- 20 May 2002
ListenStudio invasion
Jim is besieged by his friends in the studio
- 15 December 2001
ListenUnforthcoming
Jim attempts to interview Gruff Rhys of 'Super Furry Animals'.
ListenGreg?
John gets a little confused as to which Greg he has on the programme
ListenWaiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
ListenLaughing matter
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
ListenWeathermen
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
ListenWrong guest
Sue and the wrong guest
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.

ListenGeneral James L. Jones
During his visit to London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force.
ListenHillary Clinton talks to James Naughtie
Her questions surrounding the White House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
ListenMark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
ListenJames Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.
ListenMichael Jackson complaint
Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.
ListenSaudi ambassador on war
Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
ListenJackie Elliott
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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