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12th October 2004
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0607
Danny Shaw on whether the Youth Justice Board is spending too much on custodial sentences.

0610
The UN's nuclear watchdog is questioning the disappearance of equipment relating to Iraq's former nuclear programme.

0615
The business news with Greg Wood.

0628
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
The Pensions Commission's report is published today. Richard Scott has the details.

0635
Will the bill to ban hunting with dogs reach its end today as it is debated in the Lords?

0638
The cost of the new NHS computer network is spiralling. Adam Brimelow has more.

0641
A review of today's papers both in Britain and Australia.

0646
The Government has been asked to help the £10m campaign to save the wooden huts for explorers in Antarctica. David Wilby.

0649
The trial of Slobodan Milosevic resumes today. Nico Varkevisser is the spokesman for the Slobodan Milosevic Freedom Centre.

0652
Former Home Office Minister Barbara Roche on the Civil Partnership Bill's second reading today.

0708
Steve Webb, the Liberal Democrats' Works and Pensions spokesman, on the pensions gap.

0714
John Rolls of the RSPCA thinks the compromise option on hunting with dogs is better than no ban at all.

0716
The cost of the NHS computer network could top £30bn over the next ten years. Tony Collins is from Computer Weekly magazine.

0723
business update with Greg Wood.

0725
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0732
Environment Minister Elliot Morley on whether climate change is a real threat.

0738
The South African township of Soweto celebrates its hundredth birthday today. Alastair Leithead is there.

0742
Penguin books are publishing a volume of Alistair Cooke's Letters from America. Susan Cooke is his daughter.

0751
Australian foreign minister 
Alexander Downer explains why his country's troops are staying in Iraq.

0810
Former CBI director general Adair Turner on his pensions speech today plus the Pensions Minister Alan Johnson on the pensions deficit.

0823
Headmaster of Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Tim Dingle, on why one of his teachers must take the equivalent of GCSE in Maths or leave the school.

0826
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0832
Mark Gwozdecky of the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, on his concerns over the disappearance of atomic weapons equipment and materials in Iraq.

0835
Former Home Secretary Lord Brittan and former BBC political editor John Cole on the 20th anniversary of the Brighton bomb.

0843
business update with Greg Wood.

0846
We all know about foreign nationals being abducted but what about Iraqis? We speak to Samia Nakhoul of Reuters news agency.

0853
What problems would be caused if the retirement age was extended?
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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!

Whose reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, as 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 John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim introduces a very strange sounding 
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
- 23th July 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
- 25th October 2003
Is that Alec Stewart?
Garry Richardson interviews an Australian cricket fan masquerading as England star Alec Stewart.
- 7 January 2003
Interruption
Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Where am I?
It's not always easy to remember ... Sarah forgets where she is
- 20 May 2002
Studio invasion
Jim is besieged by his friends in the studio
- 15 December 2001
Unforthcoming
Jim attempts to interview Gruff Rhys of 'Super Furry Animals'.
Greg?
John gets a little confused as to which Greg he has on the programme
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
Laughing matter
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
Weathermen
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
Wrong 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.

Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews the Nigerian High Commissioner in Britain, Dr Christopher Kolade, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward. First Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
General 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.
Hillary 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.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.
Michael Jackson complaint
Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.
Saudi ambassador on war
Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Jackie Elliott
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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