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ThursdayÌý17thÌýApril 2008
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ÌýWhy GPs are worried about the government's plans for so-called polyclinics.

0714 Our North America editor, Justin Webb, reports on the two Democratic Presidential hopefuls.

0718 Israeli government spokesman, Mark Regev, on theÌýunrest in Gaza.Ìý

0722 Business with Greg Wood.

0725ÌýSport with Garry Richardson.

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A report on children in care. Andrew Hosken has been to talk to some of the youngsters who say they've fallen through the net.

0738 A teenager is due in court charged with the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones. Lisa McAllister reports from Liverpool.

0740 Today's papers.

0743 The online archive that's publishing all of Charles Darwin's personal papers for free.

0747 The latest leg of the OlympicÌýtorch relayÌýreaches India, home to the world's largest Tibetan exile community.

0748 Thought for the Day with Professor Mona Siddiqui of the University of Glasgow.

0751ÌýThe fourth richest man in the world on the emergence of a new economic order in the world.


0800-0830
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The Office of Fair Trade has accused more thanÌý100 construction companies of price-fixing. We speak to Kurt Calder of Construction Confederation.

0814 The provision for children in care has been criticised by charities. We speak toÌýBarry Sheerman, chair of the Commons education committeeÌýand John Ransford,Ìýdeputy chiefÌýof the Local Government Association.

0819ÌýGordon Brown and President Bush are due to meet in Washington today. What is the state of the special relationship? We speak to the US ambassador to the UK, Robert Tuttle.

0825 The scientists who think they've worked out how to grow marigolds on the Moon.

0828 Sport with Garry Richardson.


0830-0900

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We remember Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, she who was "Furnish'd and burnish'd by Aldershot sun".

0839 Business with Greg Wood.

0842 How wouldÌýthe ConservativesÌýdo things differently? William Hague joins us.

0846 Kenya's new cabinet is sworn in today. Our East Africa correspondent, Karen Allen reports.

0851 Are the Barbary apes of Gibralter out of control?

0854ÌýWhat urban unrest means for the rural idyll in France.
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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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