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SaturdayÌý23rd April 2005
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0707
How will Michael Howard's message on immigration go down in Leicester,Ìýthe first city in Britain with a minority white population?

0709
Zacarias Moussaoui, charged in the US over the 11 September attacks, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and could face execution.

0715
Local people are furious thatÌýa group ofÌýtravellersÌýplanÌýto set up a permanent home opposite Leicester's county beauty spot.

0718
Our political correspondent Robert Orchard reports on the election campaign trail.

0721
What is it that makes being English different from being British? Take a test by citizenship guru Sir Bernard Crick. . Also hear answers to some of the quiz questions.

0724
Sports news with Steve May.

0731
Has the Conservatives' immigration message struck a cord with the white population of Leicester?

0739
A review ofÌýtoday's papers with Peter Donaldson.

0742
Aren't politicians responsible in many respects for public cynicism? Ex-minister Jonathan Aitken and Clive Soley, former chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

0751
The hunting ban became law over
two months ago, the Countryside Alliance then threatened a campaign to unseat anti-hunting MPs -ÌýÌýso have they carried out the threat?

0810
Is the focus on immigration the right strategy for the Conservatives?ÌýLord Cecil Parkinson, former Tory chairman.

0818
Hear a political poem byÌýour election laureate Ian McMillan.

0820
Sports update with Steve May.

0826
Which of the parties will offer the best deal for the developing world? UK Secretary for International Development Hilary Benn, Alan Duncan, his Conservative shadow andÌýthe Liberal Democrat MP, Tom Brake.

0843
Conservative deputy leader Michael Ancram has written to Tony Blair asking forÌýdetails about his role in deciding how weapons expert David Kelly's name was disclosed.

0848
Listen toÌýa two minute version of "The Play of St George" to markÌýSt George's Day by a specialist re-enactment group.

0849
Former Ö÷²¥´óÐã Secretary, David Blunkett andÌýIsmail Patel, writer and activist onÌýwhether there really is a credible definition of Englishness.
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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!

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.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
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.

Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First Ö÷²¥´óÐã interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign for five Britons still there to be freed.
Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America whose is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05)
Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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