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Tuesday 20thÌýMayÌý2008
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ÌýShould we change the abortion laws? Hear from David Field of Leicester University.

0712 Is there a need for IVF clinics to consider a potential child's need for a father?

0717 Our home editor Mark Easton has been looking at how language frames the immigration debate.

0720 Business with Greg Wood.

0723 Hospitals are failing to ensure people are kept in single-sexÌýwardsÌýdespite the efforts of government. Health correspondent Jane Dreaper reports.

0726 Sport with Garry Richardson

0730-0800

0734
South Africa correspondent Peter Biles reports on theÌýrecent violence that has left 22 dead.

0738 Conservative donor Stuart Wheeler on why he wants the government to hold a referendum on the EU's Lisbon treaty.

0741 Today's papers.

0744 The phenomenon of Dustin the Turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest.

0748 Thought for the Day with John Bell of the Iona Community.

0751 The European Commission is renewing its efforts to reform the Common Agricultural Policy. Europe editor Mark Mardell reports.


0800-0830

0810
ÌýShould Britain'sÌýabortion laws be changed? Hear from two women onÌýopposite sides of the debate.

0819 Stephen Poliakoff on a play heavily influenced by the experiences of his own family during the Russian Revolution.

0824 Sport with Garry Richardson.


0830-0900

0830
Andrew Hosken has been to Naples to find out why there have been episodes of xenophobia and violence against immigrants.

0834ÌýBillionaire investmentÌýguru George Soros warns that Britain has yet to suffer the worst fallout from the credit crunch.

0839 Business with Greg Wood.

0842 Our arts correspondent Razia Iqbal speaks to director Terence Davies at the Cannes Film Festival.

0846ÌýHas targeting 'Tory Toffs' backfired in Crewe and Nantwich?

0854ÌýShould we be taking cryptozoology more seriously?
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Thought for the Day

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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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