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Thursday 2ndÌýJune 2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
TheÌýDutch have voted against the EU constitution.

0609
The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers, has issued a damning report on Bristol prison.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0627
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
The Netherlands has become the second country in three days to reject the EU constitution.

0637
How will the Dutch vote affect Britain?

0641
A new code of conduct for visitors to the New Forest comes into force today.

0644
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Sydney.

0647
Five children, aged 11-12, have been arrestedÌýover theÌýattempted murder of a five year old boy in West Yorkshire.

0650
Jim Naughtie is joined inÌýThe Hague by Dutch anti-Euro protesters and Lousewies van der Laan, a Liberal MP from the D66 Party.

0655
Norman Ratcliffe of the RSPB explains why fears are mounting for the seabirds of Scotland.

0709
Leader of the NO campaign, William Bos, and Dutch Economic Affairs Minister, Lauren Jan Brinkhorst, reflect on the results of the Dutch referendum.

0717
Business update with Greg Wood.

0720
David Willetts, Shadow Trade Secretary, has entered the debate on the future of the Conservative Party.

0725
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0732
After two devastating rejections in the same week, is there a future for the EU constitution? Shadow Foreign Secretary, Liam Fox, and Sir Menzies Campbell, Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesman, analyse the options.

0740
EuropeÌýis not the sole preoccupation of the Dutch this morning; many are preparing for this weekend's Herring Festival. Nicola Stanbridge reports.

0746
Thought for the Day with John Bell of the Iona Community.

0750
Will Bob Geldof's Live 8 concerts actually make a difference to Africa? Writer,ÌýBonnie Greer, and Andrew Pendleton of Christian Aid, discuss their impact.

0810
Europe Minister, Douglas Alexander, discusses the implications of the DutchÌý"no" for Britain and the EU constitution.

0820
Renowned poet and Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney, talks about the legacy of Wordsworth and the Romantic movement.

0826
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0833
Polish EU Commissioner, Danuta Hubner,Ìýon whether the expansion of the EU to include countries like Poland can be blamed for much of the anti-EU sentiment amongst the French and Dutch.

0839
Business update with Greg Wood.

0843
Rebecca Jones reports on the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, which, this year, features the work of the artistic siblings, David and Margaret Hockney.

0850
What prompted such a decisive "no" from the Dutch, and what does it mean for the future of the EU? Sir Peter Smithers, former Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Ö÷²¥´óÐã World Affairs Editor, John Simpson and Daniel de Jongh, a member of the Progressive No Campaign, reflect.
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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.

Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05)
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
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