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MondayÌý8thÌýAugustÌý2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
SusannahÌýPrice examinesÌýwhyÌýthe ex-headÌýof the UN Iraq oil-for-food programme has resigned a day before aÌýreport on theÌýprogramme is published.

0609
Housing estatesÌýblighted by anti-social behaviour are to get extraÌýmoney to make them cleaner and safer.ÌýDanny Savage reports.

0615
More jobs on the line at the Royal Mail.ÌýGreg Wood with the business news.

0626
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
ThreeÌýmen are due in court today, accused ofÌýconspiracy to murder over the failed London attacks on 21 July. Danny Shaw has more.

0635
PoliticiansÌýhave paid tribute to former Cabinet minister Robin Cook, who died on Saturday. Shaun Ley with the details.

0638
Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quitsÌýin protest against his government's Gaza pullout plans. James Reynolds reports.Ìý

0640
Alistair Leithead in Cape Canaveral brings us theÌýlatest on the space shuttle Discovery, as it heads back to earth.

0643
A review of today's papers in the UK and Russia.

0648
Professor John Tulloch, a survivor of the Edgware Road blastÌý during the London attacks on 7 July recounts his experiences.

0655
TheÌýNHS watchdog has warned Accident and Emergency Departments over quality of care. We talk to the Healthcare Commission's Anna Walker.

0709
British-born astronaut Piers Sellers and NASA's Hugh Harris on the Discovery crew's attempt to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.

0716
British Commander Ian Riches, whose team helped rescue a trapped Russian subumarine, describes theÌýefforts.

0720
Oil prices have hit a new high. Greg Wood has the latest business news.

0722
James ReynoldsÌýin Gaza onÌýIsrael's political wrangling over the pull-out plans.

0725
Garry Richardson has the sports news.

0732
Labour MP Sadiq KhanÌýsaysÌýthe proposed anti-terror powers are causing widespread concern. Lib Dems' Baroness Kishwer Falkner agrees.ÌýÖ÷²¥´óÐã Office Minister Hazel Blears responds.

0744
How should we define treason?ÌýDr Peter Martland of Cambridge University looks atÌýthe case of Lord Haw Haw,Ìýthe last man to be hanged for treason in Britain.

0746
Thought for the day with Clifford Longley, religious commentator.

0750
Ex-minister Denis MacShane and ex-Lib Dem leader Lord AshdownÌýpay tribute to the lateÌýRobin Cook.

0810
Sarah Nelson looks at plans to useÌýtreason charges to deal withÌýextremism. But Lib Dems' Lord Carlile saysÌýit'sÌýnot sensible. Tory Edward Garnier says this is sending mixed signals.

0823
Life after children's TV. Rebecca Jones looks atÌýhow fans of the television show Balamory are in for a shock.

0822
A sports news update with Garry Richardson.

0835
Was Robin CookÌýthe last real Parliamentarian?ÌýSNP leader Alex Salmond, veteran politico Tony Benn and Times columnist Matthew Parris discuss.

0844
The nervously-anticipated landing of the space shuttle Discovery has been delayed. More from NASA's DaveÌýDrachlis.

0848
TheÌýgovernment is considering re-branding ethnic minorities along US lines. Is this really the right way to integrate Britain's minorities?

0852
Greg WoodÌýtell us about the demise of the 35 millimetre camera.

0855
Chris LoweÌýlooks back at unfolding events 60 years ago in August 1945, during the final days of World War II.
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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.

The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood.
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.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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