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TuesdayÌý15thÌýApril 2008
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ÌýBritain is seeing a major decline in house prices. We speak to Jeremy Leaf of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

0714ÌýSir Terry Leahy, Tesco's chief executive on more record profits for the supermarket giant.

0719 Justin Webb in Washington reports on Barack Obama's remarks about small town America.

0722 Has the policy of isolating Hamas backfired? Our Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen reports.

0727 Sport with Arlo White.

0730-0800

0735
The row over inheritance tax is resurfacing. We speak to Brendan Barber, General SecretaryÌýof theÌýTUC andÌýShadow Treasury Minister, David Gauke.Ìý

0742 Today's papers.

0745ÌýWe report from New York where restaurant chains are resisting a move which would force them to reveal on their menus how fattening their dishes are.

0749 Thought for the Day with Akhandadhi Das.

0752 Jonny Dymond reports from Rome on Silvio Berlusconi's big comeback in the Italian election..

0800-0830

0810ÌýAs banks prepare to meet Gordon Brown, Alex Potter, banking analyst at Collins Stewart and Danny Corrigan of ICAP, discuss what steps can be taken to ease the effect of the credit crisis.

0818 Our correspondent in Manchester, Fiona Trott, reports on eleven people arrested this morning over the murder of schoolboy Rhys Jones.

0821ÌýSome rather interesting recordings of Evelyn Waugh are released by the British Library today. We speak to his grandson, Alexander Waugh.

0827 Sport with Arlo White.


0830-0900

0832
Amnesty International says China executed more people than any other country last year. But are the Chinese in fact making more progress in this area than they’re given credit for?

0838 Business with Greg Wood.

0841 Why has a general strike been called by Zimbabwe's opposition party?
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0846 We ask the director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders what he wants the government to do and whether lenders are, in fact, responsible for the mess.

0850ÌýSilvio Berlusconi is prime minister of Italy once again. What does it mean? We speak to Analisa Piras, a London correspondentÌýfor Italian news magazine, L'espresso.

0854 Do major terror attacks turn out to be historic turning points or are they more often spectacular but short-lived?

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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!

Charlotte gets the giggles.
Newsreader Charlotte Green gets the giggles after listening to the oldest recorded human voice. And here's some she had earlier.
- 28th March 2008
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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