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8thÌýSeptember 2004
Choose an audio clipÌýyou would like to listen to from the most recent programme.

0607
Mike Donkin is in Iraq where the number of Americans killed has reached 1000.

0609
The Government isÌýpreparing new mental health legislation. Karen Allen has the details.

0615
Greg Wood has a round-up to the business news.

0632
The Conservatives are revealing their proposals for higher education. Norman smith is our political correspondent.

0636
Some film of what it was like inside theÌýBeslan siege has surfaced. Steven Eke is our correspondent in Moscow.

0638
The brother of a British man killed by terrorists inÌýSaudi Arabia claims three of the perpetrators escaped due to connectionsÌýwith the Saudi's internal security service.

0641
AÌýreview ofÌýtoday's papers withÌýNeil Sleat.ÌýÌýÌýÌý

0643
A look at theÌýinternational press with Rupert WIngfield-Hayes in Beijing.

0646
MPs returned toÌýWestminster yesterday. Our parliamentary correspondent Sean Curran reports.

0651
The Glaswegian band Franz Ferdinand have won this year's Mercury Music Prize.ÌýHenrietta Harrison was at the ceremony.

0654
Hollywood stunt artists are going to try to intercept aÌýNASA spacecraft as it comes back to earth.

0708
The ConservativesÌýtell us how they would pay for getting rid off university top-up fees.

0715
What didÌýBill Clinton tell John Kerry in that ninety-minute conversation just before the former president's heart by-pass?

0722
AreÌýhappy hours making nights out a misery?

0719
Here's Greg Wood with theÌýbusiness news.

0731
We examine what aÌýLabour manifesto would look like if Alan Milburn were given a key role in drafting it.

0741
Neil Sleat with a review of today's papers.

0744
It's been a hit on Broadway but hasÌýThe Producers got the right stuff toÌýbe aÌýsuccess in London's West End?

0751
The government isÌýmaking another attempt to introduce new mental health legislation. But the draft bill is likely to attract criticism from campaign groups.

0810
Hear from the widow and brother ofÌýMichael Hamilton - the British man murdered by terrorists in Saudi Arabia in May 2004. Also hear Jamal KhashoggiÌýfrom the Saudi Embassy in the UK andÌýÌýSir Sherard Cowper Coles, the British ambassador in Riyadh.

0824
Should today'sÌýgirls' magazines aspire to be more like Bunty and other wholesome comics of yesteryear?

0835
What isÌýbeing done to prepareÌý
Iraq for that day when the final coalition soldier leaves the country.

0842
Greg Wood with a business update.

0845
The world has now had the chance to see the scenes inside the school in Beslan. Hear from the leader of the Russian Democratic Party.

0848
PostÌý'9/11' there was much talk about cutting off the money that allows terrorism to flourish. Now questions about where theÌýBeslan terrorists got their funds is being asked.

0853
What forms ofÌýglobal governance should we be striving for in the 21st century? That's the issue under discussion tonight at St Paul's Cathedral.
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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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