JULY'S I.C.s - A MISCELLANY OF MINOR INTERVIEWERS

Across rain-sodden July there has been a steady drizzle of BBC irregulars gracing the airwaves and conducting their own interviews with the big beasts of the political jungle (usually from the Labour Party).

Here are their interruption coefficients:

ADAM SHAW ('Today' business correspondent)

1 interview

Lord Adonis, Labour (1/7) - 1.3

FELICITY EVANS ('World Tonight' stand-in)

2 interviews

John Gummer, Conservative (14/7) - 0

Henry McLeish, Labour (14/7) - 0

JAMES ROBBINS (BBC diplomatic correspondent)

1 interview

Douglas Alexander, Labour - 0

MARK D'ARCY (BBC political correspondent)

3 interviews

Ed Vaizey, Conservatives (12/7) - 0.4

Panjit Dhanda, Labour (12/7) - 0

Norman Baker, Lib Dem (12/7) - 0

NILS BLYTH (BBC business correspondent)

1 interview

Alistair Darling, Labour (27/7) - 0

RAY FURLONG (BBC correspondent)

1 interview

Yvette Cooper, Labour (3/7) - 0.4

ROGER HARRABIN (BBC environment 'analyst')

1 interview

Tony Blair, Labour (8/7) - 0

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...and last but possibly least...

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ROBERT PESTON (BBC business editor)

1 interview

Alistair Darling, Labour (8/7) - 0