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Saturday 15thÌýMarch 2008
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0700-0730

0709 After 24 days of searching, Shannon Mathews has been found alive.

0712 Ten people have been confirmed dead in the riots in Tibet.

0715 Today's Papers.

0718 Tony Blair is in Japan calling for a 'global deal' on climate change.

0720 Yesterday in Parliament.

0725 Sports News with Steve May.

0730-0800

0730 The Transport Select Committee argues that the monopoly BAA has over British airports is bad for passengers and bad for aviation.

0735 There are still fears that the global credit crunch is not over. Robert Peston reports from New York. 0740 Today's Papers.

0742 Some of the best known mathematical minds in the world are in Rome this weekend for the city's second annual maths festival.

0745 Thought for the Day with Canon David Winter.

0750 The protests in Tibet against the Chinese authorities are the worst for at least twenty years. WeÌýspeak toÌýKerry Brown and Tsering Tashi.

0800 - 0830

0810 As the demand for greater transparency at Westminster continues it seems we will soon be able to view MPs detailed expenses dating back to 2004.

0815 The Conservative leader David Cameron will address the Conservative Spring conference in Gateshead today. Iain Watson reports.

0820 After nearly 50 years since the release of the first ever Carry On film, a final script for a new film - Carry on London - has been signed off and the film could be in cinemas by the end of the year.

0825 Sports Update with Steve May.

0830-0900

0830 As lending between banks dries up and the word recession is on everyone's lips, what does the future hold for the world's economy? We speak to Gillian Tett from the Financial Times and the economist Joseph Stiglitz.Ìý

0835 Today's Papers.

0840 Is enough being done to protect people who take part in clinical trials?

0845 We may have the answer to the whereabouts of the missing medal awarded to the scientist Humphry Davy by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1813.

0850 What does Easter really mean? We speak to author Professor Geza Vermes and the Bishop of Durham Tom Wright.

0855 Later this morning the stop the war coalition is organising a demonstration in central london to mark the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq. In the latest of her reports Sanchia BergÌýspeaks toÌýLindsay German.
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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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