Tweeting the Today Programme

Lying abed yesterday (Friday morning), listening to the first hour of the Today programme on Radio 4, I happened to hear the excellent Ed Stourton interviewing the Foreign Secretary, David Milliband, via some communication system. Unfortunately, as often happens, the link broke down mid-interview, at which point, Ed asked Mr Milliband, ‘Can you hear me?’ and Milliband replied, ‘No?’
By no means the funniest thing ever heard on Today, but mildly amusing nonetheless. Today now Twitters and so, thinking that some listeners might not have heard the early interview, I fired off a quick tweet, asking if it could be played again. Within the hour, I received a reply to the tweet containing a link to the interview, including its interruption.
For me, not only another example of the growing wonders of the internet but also perhaps testament to the immediacy and usefulness of Twitter.