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20th October 2004
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0607
Police Authorities warn a cash shortfall could lead to a cut in police numbers. Rory MacLean has more.

0610
A new Prime Minster of Burma has been appointed after the removal of the incumbent yesterday.

0615
The business news with Greg Wood.

0626
The sports news with Steve May.

0632
The charity Care International has suspended operations in Iraq
following the kidnap of aid worker Margaret Hassan

0635
The German Foreign Minister
claims the fight against global terror will be helped if Turkey are granted membership to the EU

0638
Is global warning threatening attempts to tackle poverty around the world?

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

0647
BBC Chairman Michael Grade explains how the corporation would do things differently if there was another row with the government.

0652
Chairperson of the British Casino Association, Penny Cobham, on the plans to relax the gambling laws.

0655
Boris Johnson will travel to Liverpool to apologise for his article which claimed the city was 'hooked on grief'.

0708
Journalist Felicity Arbuthnot and Geoffrey Dennis of Care International on the kidnapping of their colleague Margaret Hassan.

0714
Baroness Ruth Henig of the Association of Police Authorities and Home Office Minister Hazel Blears on police funding.

0718
Greg Wood with business news on Greggs the bakers.

0721
German Foreign Minister Joshcka Fisher on the distorted perception the British have of 'the Germans'.

0724
The sports news with Steve May.

0732
An environmental coalition says
global warming threatens to stop the attempts to halve world poverty by 2015.

0742
Files released by the National Archive show Churchill was unsure about the best way to handle the General Strike of 1926.

0751
General John McColl on whether
the decision to redeploy troops in Iraq has already been taken.

0810
German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, on his meeting with Tony Blair about the EU, UN and Iraq.

0824
Winner of the Man Booker Prize, Alan Hollinghurst, on his book called 'The Line of Beauty'.

0828
The sports news with Steve May.

0835
Leader of the UKIP Roger Knapman on the challenge to his leadership by Robert Kilroy Silk.

0838
business update with Greg Wood.

0841
Will Lynton Crosby, Campaign Director for the newly elected Australian Prime Minister be able to do the same for Michael Howard?

0845
Bridgette Tarwala explains why she is furious that the Department of Education may place her on a teaching 'blacklist'.

0849
Was the removal of Burma's Prime Minister really just a smoke-screen and the result of a power struggle?

0852
Could new electronic voting terminals in the US solve the voting fiasco of 2000 or make things worse?

0855
Can the relationship between the West and the Muslim world improve in the midst of 'global terror'?
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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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