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Wednesday 19thÌýMarch 2008
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0709 The Express Newspaper Group has issued a formal apology to the parents of Madeleine McCann for implying they were involved in the disappearance of their daughter.

0712 Senior Treasury officials are warning that the era of cut price mortgages is over.

0715 The Chinese government continues to accuse the Dalai Lama of being behind the protests in Tibet. Chris Morris reports.

0720 Business with Nick Cosgrove.
0722 The controversy surrounding schools admissions continues. Kim Catcheside reports.

0725 Sport With Rob Nothman.

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0730 CuttingÌýinterest ratesÌýmay not cure the problem underlying the credit crunch. Greg Wood reports from New York.

0735
Today's Papers.

0738 The science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke has died. We speak to author Terry Pratchett.

0740 In a series of special reports to mark five years since the coalition invasion of Iraq, Jim Muir speaks to Qais Hussein who worked as a volunteer at the city morgue in Baghdad.

0745 Thought for the Day with Rhidian Brook.

0750 In 2003ÌýSir Peter Gershon was commissioned by the government toÌýfind out how the public sector could become more efficient. Evan Davis taiks to him.

0800-0830

0810
ÌýHow will the Express Newspaper Group's coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann affect the way newspapers deal with this sort of story in future? We speak to the Executive Director of the Society of EditorsÌýBob Satchwell, the publicist Max Clifford and libel lawyer, Niri Shan.

0820 The National Security Strategy will be unveiled today. We speak to Shadow Security Minister Dame Pauline Neville-Jones and Lord West,Ìýthe Security Minister.

0830 Sport with Rob Nothman.

0830-0900

0830
We reflect on some of the work by the late British film maker, Anthony Minghella.

0835 It'sÌý5 months before the Olympics, but is the world's focus on China for the right reasons? We speak to the Chinese Embassy's Press Counsellor, Weimin Liu.

0840 Business with Nick Cosgrove.

0845 Stephanie Flanders, our Economics Editor, examines the plight of the dollar.

0850 Sanchia Berg talks to Abu Mustafa, a Baghdad resident in the latest of her reports on the Countdown to War.
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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!

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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