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Friday 3rdÌýJune 2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
President Chirac and Chancellor SchroederÌýare toÌýmeet in crisis talks over the EU constitution.

0609
The trial ofÌýMichael Jackson reaches its final stages.

0615
Business news with Rebecca Marston.

0627
Sports news with Steve May.

0632
The government is launching a review into the way schools teach children to read.

0635
A new study suggests a link between childhood cancer and overhead power lines.

0641
Chancellor Schroeder has urged EU nations to ratify theÌýEU constitution despite "No" votes in France and the Netherlands.

0643
A 12 year old girl has been rearrested over theÌýattack on aÌý5 year old boy in West Yorkshire.

0645
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Germany.

0648
The Crown Prosecution Service in London is holding a conference on violence and crime in sport.

0651
The UN's Chief Prosecutor in war crimes has been in Belgrade urging the Serbians to hunt down suspected war criminals.

0655
Kate Allen of Amnesty International explains why they want senior judgesÌýto boycott the new inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane.

0709
Dominic Wyse, a lecturer in Primary Education at Cambridge, and Nick Gibb, Shadow Education Minister, look at howÌýsynthetic phonics can help children to read.

0717
Anne McGregor, Head of Communications at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, insists that, despite reports, they will not removeÌýBibles from hospital wards in Leicester - yet

0720
Business update with Rebecca Marston.

0722
New research reveals the abuse of the drugÌýmeth-amphetamine is increasing amongst the gay community in Britain.

0727
Sports update with Steve May.

0732
A new study suggests a link between childhood cancer and overhead power lines. Dr Michael Clarke, from the Radiation Protection Division of the Health Protection Agency, joins us.

0740
WasÌýGarry's report of 5 wickets off 5 balls reallyÌýa cricketing record?ÌýCricketer Craig Primmer and Steven Lynch of the Wisden describe similar claims.

0746
Thought for the Day with Dr Mona Siddiqui, Head of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Glasgow.

0750
LeadingÌýEuroscepticÌýindustrialists have called for a complete rejection ofÌýthe EU constitution. Simon Wolfson, Chief Executive of Next, and Lib Dem MP and former MEP, Chris Huhne.

0810
Education Minister, Lord Adonis, and John Bangs of the NUT discuss the use of synthetic phonics in teaching children to read.

0820
We join intrepid climber Alan Hinkes, who has become the first Briton to have climbed all 14 peaks over 8,000m, at base camp on Kangchenjunga.

0826
Sports update with Steve May.

0833
Jonathan Fenby explains why 65 years after it sank, with a greater death toll than both the Titanic and Lusitania, there is so little trace of the LancastriaÌýin history.

0839
Business update with Rebecca Marston.

0843
Should the government enforce any one system of teaching, or allow teachers to adapt? Former Chief Inspector of Schools, Chris Woodhead, and former special adviser in the Department of Education, Stuart Sexton.

0850
Robert McNamara, former President of the World Bank and US Secretary for Defence, warns against nuclear proliferation.
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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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