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Friday 18th JanuaryÌý2008
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0700-0730

0709
After yesterday's meltdown on the New York stock exchange what's going to happen when the London stock market opens?

0712
Air accident investigators are investigating the crash landing ofÌýa Boeing 777 yesterday.

0715 The business news.

0718
Should we spend less money on drugs to prevent osteoporosis and more on assessing the risk of an elderly person falling?

0720 Kenya's opposition leader has accused the government of turning the country into "killing fields of the innocent".

0724
The sports news.

0730-0800

0730
ÌýGordon Brown has arrived in China for his first visit as PM. China remains firmly a one-party state but our reporter James Reynolds goes in search of those who oppose the government and are trying to team up.

0739
Why is Britain likely to set the lowest renewable energy targets in Europe?

0740
The paper review.

0742 We speak to a British anti-whaling protestor who is back on board his ship in the Antarctic after being held on a Japanese whaling boat for two days.

0745 Thought for the day with The Right Reverend Lord Harries of Pentregarth.Ìý

0750 An American researcher claims he has cloned human embryos from his own skin cells.


0800-0830

0810Ìý
When Adam Swellings killed Gary Newlove he was on bail. Also when Gary Weddell is thought to have killed himself and his mother-in-law he was on bail. Should we review the way bail is granted?

0820 The Africa Cup of Nations begins on Sunday and the majority of the players are owned by clubs in Europe.ÌýMany young footballers across Africa would like to emulate them, this makes them an easy target for a growing band of unlicensed agents.

0825 Local art organisations are objecting to funding cuts proposed by the Arts Council. One poet was inspired to join the protest by writing a special song for us.

0829 The sports news.


0830-0900

0830 Edward Stourton reports from Afghanistan where heÌýtalks to Sir Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff.Ìý

0837 Alison Jackson is famous for her satirical photographs of celebrity lookalikes. Can you help her with her search for a Gordon Brown lookalike?

0841 The Prime Minister has said that tens of thousands of British jobs could be created because of the extra business we'll be doing with China over the next couple of years. Is he right?

0848 The business news.

0850
News of a new Radio 4 dramatisation 'Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry'.

0855 The ICA is running a series of talks tomorrow looking at the emerging relationship between the internet, sexuality and the law.

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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.

(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 interviews 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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