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SaturdayÌý22nd March 2008
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0700-0730

0709 The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland will use his Easter Sunday sermon to launch an attack on the Government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

0712 Spoiled primary schoolchildren are more likely to misbehave in the classroom, according to new research commissioned by the National Union of Teachers.

0715 Today's papers

0717 The Chinese authorities have released photos of people they want to arrest following last week's rioting in Lhasa

0720 In Qatar in the Gulf this weekend Christian workers are planning to celebrate Easter in the country's first approved church.

0725 The sport's news with Jon Myers

0730-0800

0730 The NHS is to administer drugs which haven't been tested on humans to patients who have no other hope of recovery from cancer

0734 The US Department of State launches an investigation into breaches of presidential candidates' passport files.

0738 Could there be an upside to the credit crunch?

0741 Today's papers

0744 Will the replacement statue of Ted Bates in Southampton be good enough?

0748 Thought for the day with Cannon David Winter

0750 Education specialists say that some parents too indulgent, not interested enough in what their children do, and the result is stress and extra work for teachers

0800-0830

0810 The Dalai Lama has been promoting a "Middle Way", which would involve a deal with China for something less than independence. But who is still listening?

0815 Doctors in Glasgow are treating Scotland's first case of the drug resistant XDR strain of tuberculosis.

0820 Two of the vulture species have declined by more than 95% in a decade

0825 The sports news with Jon Myers


0830-0900
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0830 Cardinal Keith O'Brien has called the Government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill a "monstrous attack on human rights" which provoked a response from Health Minister, Ben Bradshaw to say the government is right to try to push through controversial embryo laws, on Any Questions last night.

0840 Today's papers

0845 Is the elaborate opening ceremonies of the Olympics in danger of putting the Olympic spirit into second place?

0850 The economics editor of the Guardian says the financial market workers are behaving like stroppy teenagers.

0855 Are cyclists a menace? Should they be made to pass a test?
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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!

Jim crashes the pips
James Naughtie keeps going on and on and on until Continuity cuts him off.
- 9th January 2008
Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick 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 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

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
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.

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 aÌý comeback.
(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.
(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonistÌýtalks about his time in prison, phone calls withÌýJohn Coltrane,Ìý9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor.
(17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he willÌýlift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism.
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