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27thÌýAugust 2004
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If listening back to the programme IN FULLÌývia the orange link on the top right-hand side of this page ('iPlayer'), you may notice some sections of audio are missing. This is to meet our copyright obligations during the Olympic Games. However all individual items (excluding some Olympic material plus sportÌý/ news bulletins) will continue to be available in the Audio Running Order below.

0607
British Airways is warning its passengersÌýof possible delays for thoseÌýflying from Heathrow over the Bank Holiday weekend. Tom Symonds.

0609
WasÌýMark Thatcher about to leave South Africa when he was arrested? Adam Mynott.

0615
Rebecca Marston has a round-up of the business news.Ìý

0632
The Government's all-postal voting experiment has hit a snag. James Hardy.

0634
The top Shia cleric in Iraq, Ali al Sistani, seems to have had a remarkable impact in Najaf. Alastair Leithhead

0638
The radical cleric Abu Hamza is being questioned about new offences today. Danny Shaw.

0639
A look at the newspapers in the U.K and Hong Kong.

0647
It is going to be more difficult for schools to sell off their playing fields. Sophie Hutchinson.

0649
The Chilean former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, may yet face trial for war crimes. Marta Lagos, head of MORI opinion research in Chile.

0652
A man has had his lower jaw rebuilt using bone grown on his back. Dr Patrick Wernke of the University of Kiel in Germany was his surgeon.

0709
The Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani, hasÌýnegotiated an agreement with Moqtada al Sadr and his Mehdi army. Haji Salam al-Maliki, deputy mayor of Basra and al-Sadr's representative at the shrine, and Hoshyar Zebari,Ìýthe Iraqi foreign minister.

0715
Electoral Commission is recommending that all-postal voting should stop in all UK elections. Sam Younger is the chairman of the commission.

0720
This Sunday, Chechyna is holding elections to chose a new pro-Moscow leader and rebel fighters have vowed to disrupt the vote. Sarah Rainsford.

0730
The second of Tom Feilden's reports on the war of attrition between Britain's universities and animal rights activists threatening the future of medical research in the UK. Dr Simon Festing, from the Association of Medical Research Charities and Penny Hawkins, deputy head of research (animals) at the RSPCA.

0745
After our poll shows you, the listeners, want to see more philosophy taught in schools, we speak to two teenage enthusiasts. Tom Middlehurst leads the Philosophy Club at Kingsbrook School in Milton Keynes, and Amy Sellman-Bartlett, is a
member.Ìý

0752
We hear from Paul Higgins, an unashamedly ambulance-chasing lawyer, who's offered GPs £175 for every patient they send his way, and Jane O'Brien, Head of Standards at the General Medical Council.

0810
Did postal voting work? The Electoral Commission is unconvinced. Caroline Spellman, the Conseravtive local government spokesman, and Nick Raynsford, the local government minister.

0820
On publication of the Booker long-list we speak to Tibor Fischer, one of the judges, who says the books entered shared a "distaste for the Middle Class". He's joined by Erica Wagner, The Times' literary editor.

0830
Education Secretary Charles Clarke tells us he's hardening the criteria that schools must meet before they sell off their fields.

0840
Was Sir Mark Thatcher planning to leave South Africa? The police there think so. We ask Ron Wheeldon, his solicitor, what happens next.

0845
TheÌýbusinessÌýupdate with Rebecca Marston.

0850
Political activists have been told they can't stage an anti-war rally in New York on the eve of the Republican Party Convention.ÌýJeremy Cooke.

0854
Lord Rodgers, former Labour Cabinet minister and one of the founders of the SDP, and Peter Kellner, pollster, on the postal voting experiment.
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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!

When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Garry Richardson interviews an Australian cricket fan masquerading as England star Alec Stewart.
- 7 January 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
It's not always easy to remember ... Sarah forgets where she is
- 20 May 2002

Jim is besieged by his friends in the studio
- 15 December 2001
Jim attempts to interview Gruff Rhys of 'Super Furry Animals'.

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.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?

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).
, 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.ÌýFirst 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 toÌý 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 toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite 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.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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