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0709Our political correspondent Norman Smith reports on 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 Human Rights Watch into the increase in violence in Zimbabwe.
0723 Why the Black Grouse could become a more common sight in Britain's skies once again.
0726 Sport with Garry Richardson.
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0733We 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? | | | | |
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0810 In the last of our pre-election leader interviews we talk to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
0827 Sport with Garry Richardson.
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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 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 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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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 a comeback. | | | | Zbigniew Brzezinski (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.
| | | | Sonny Rollins (26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonist talks about his time in prison, phone calls with John Coltrane, 9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor. | | | | President Pervez Musharraf (17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he will lift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism. | | |
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