From the Today archive
The Today programme on Radio 4 has covered some of the most momentous events of the last few decades. Browse a selection below.
John Lennon is shot - 8 December 1980
Libby Purves takes reports from New York.
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Brighton Bombing - 12 October 1984
John Timpson at the Tory Party Conference.
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Berlin Wall comes down - 9 Nov 1989
John Humphrys reports from Berlin.
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Bomb rocks Lockerbie - 21 December 1988
John Humphrys reports from the crash.
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Mandela wins election - 10 May 1994
John Humphrys from South Africa.
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UK out of ERM - 16 September 1992
John Humphrys interviews Norman Lamont.
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Clips from the earlier years ...
The earliest clip from the Today archive - 6 December 1957
Paul Anka is interviewed by Humphrey Burton.
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Life and times of a deb - 21 March 1958
Fleur Hanson recalls her life as a debutante.
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A deer with an artificial leg
The saving of a Bambi - with the help of a fake leg ...
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What's the time Jack?
Jack DiManio has a little trouble reading the time.
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The Today Song
The Today Programme of the 1960's summed up in song.
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The young prince
Prince Charles' first interview, while appearing in a production by the Cambridge Footlights.
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Toilet trouble
Jack DiManio almost misses an interview when he gets locked in the toilet.
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