Andrew Gilligan was the Radio 4 defence correspondent, whose report on the Today Programme sparked the row between the Government and the BBC when he reported allegations that an intelligence dossier on Iraq's ‘weapons of mass destruction’ had been 'sexed up'. It was suggested that that a claim suggesting such weapons could be launched 'within 45 minutes' had been inserted.The first report was broadcast at 6.07am on May 29 2003, and its claims were denied an hour and a half later. A two-way between Humphrys and Gilligan then followed.
