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TuesdayÌý19th JulyÌý2005
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0607
TheÌýÖ÷²¥´óÐã holds an annual meeting today to listen to licence payer's reaction to the annual report.

0609
The British Antarctic survey has revealed what itsÌýnew base at the South Pole will look like.

0615
The latestÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0618
Steve May has the latest news from the sporting world.

0624
Muslim leaders are going to Downing Street this morning.

0630
Iraq promised its international donors to fight the corruption that has hampered the pace of its reconstruction. Those donors meet today as the violence and bloodshed continue.

0634
The National Audit office says the government is unlikely to meet its target for removing failed asylum seekers.

0637
Today'sÌýnewspaper review comes from the UK and also Indonesia.

0641
Yesterday in Parliament normal business was suspended as members shared their personal memories ofÌý Sir Edward Heath. Susan Hulme was listening in.

0645
The National Institute of Clinical excellence has delayed issuing its final guidance on whether certainÌýalzheimer's drugs should be available onÌý the NHS. Karen Allen spoke to a lady diagnosed three years ago and Andrew Dillon is chief executive of NICE.

0709
Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy will all meet with Muslim leaders today in an important attempt to get to grips with the "evil ideology" behind suicide bombers.Ìý Our reporter Nicola Stanbridge spoke to Anjem Choudry, the former head of the fringe radical Muslim group Al-Mahajiroun and we speak toÌý Sayeeda Warsi.

0716
The latestÌýbusiness news from Greg Wood.

0719
Muhammad Umar who's chairman of the Ramadhan Foundation explains why he's invited Yusuf al-Quaradawi a muslim cleric who said suicide bombings by palestinians were " martyrdom in the name of God" to address a conference in Britain next month.

0723
Graham Watson MEP and Christian Pestalozza, professor of constitutional law at Berlin Free University explain the thinking behind theÌýConstitutional Court's insistence that if it is not absolutely necessary for someone to be extradited - they musn't be.

0728
Sports news from Steve May.

0734
More than a quarter of a million failed asylum seekers may still be living in Britain according to the National Audit Office. Tony McNulty is Immigration Minister.

0742
TheÌýBritish Antarctic Survey is this morning announcing the winner of a competition with a unique challenge - that of designing the new 'Halley Base' in Antarctica.

0746
Thought for the Day comes this morning from Dr Mona Siddiqui.

0750
TheÌýÖ÷²¥´óÐã governors are holding the first of a series of meetings today to give licence payer's a chance to give their views on the corporation's annual report, their Chairman Michael Grade is here.

0810
The violence in Iraq is now constant.ÌýPrince Hassan of Jordan speaks of the effect this is having on the people.Ìý

0825
Throughout August you'll be able to hearÌýShakespeare as you've never heard it before - in an Elizabethan accent - Colin Hurley who plays Thersites and David Crystal, professor of linguistics, explain.

0829
Surgeons are being given the opportunity to get military-style training in the kinds of injuries common in terrorist attacks.

0835
A finalÌýbusiness update from Greg Wood.

0842
Thousands of Israeli protestors are waking up this morning in a vast makeshift camp on the edge of the Gaza strip, They're holding a series of rallies and marches demonstrating against the Israeli government's plans to evacuate settlements in Gaza next month. Today they hope to move onto the Gaza strip itself, although the police and army say they will stop them.

0845
Gordon Brown has postponed hisÌýregular spending review.Ìý Evan Davis explains what this might mean.

0852
Sir Bernard Crick and Ziauddin Sardar discuss what could be achieved when Blair, Howard and Kennedy meet with Muslim leaders today.

0850
Ann Widdicombe gives her thoughts on whetherÌýthe Muslim Cleric Yusuf al-Quaradawi should be allowed into the country.
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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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