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Friday 12thÌýAugustÌý2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
Palestinian leader Mahmoud AbbasÌýtightens his grip onÌýsecurityÌýahead of theÌýIsreali withdrawalÌýfrom Gaza. James Reynolds has more.

0609
Colin Blane reports fromÌýEdinburgh onÌýthe funeral ofÌýRobin Cook, whichÌýtakes place today.

0615
Greg Wood is in Azerbaijan with the business news.

0626
The third testÌýresumes todayÌý with England on 341 for 5. Garry Richardson has the sports news.

0632
British Airways have suspended flights from Heathrow after a staff walkout in support of catering workers. Tom Symonds and Stephen Cape assess the situation.

0635
The government wantsÌýnew laws instructing judges to weigh upÌýsecurity when considering deportations. Danny Shaw explains.

0638
Mike Wooldridge in Baghdad looks at political wrangling over theÌýforthcomingÌýdraft IraqiÌýconstitution.

0642
A review of today's papers in the UK and Nepal.

0647
Steve Rosenberg is in Russia for the ceremoniesÌýmarking the fifth anniversary of the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine.

0651
Huw Williams finds out why theÌý"Glorious Twelfth" - the UK's traditional start to the grouse hunting season -Ìýmay not be quite so glorious this year.

0653
Cosmopolitan magazine'sÌýSam Baker tells us why she is banning pictures of real fur from her magazine's pages.

0709
Lesley Ashmole gauges reaction atÌýHeathrowÌýto British Airways strike. We speak to Heathrow's chief Mick Temple.

0713
The solicitor representingÌýseven of the ten men the Government wants to deport,Gareth Pierce says aÌýlegal challenge is inevitable.

0718
The price of oil has hit yet another high today. Greg Wood has the business news.

0720
Concerns are rising thatÌýstreet gangs in London are using Islam to recruit new members. Christian Fraser reports.

0726
Garry Richardson has the latest sports news.

0732
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer , on why he wants a new law telling judges how to interpret the human rights act.Ìý

0743
Sarah Mukherjee goes to Newquay toÌýfind out why you might like to go whale watching in Wales this weekend.

0746
Thought for the day with the Right Reverend Tom Butler,ÌýBishop of Southwark.

0750
British Airways chief Rod Eddington and Dave Siegel ofÌýGate Gourmet - the caterers that serve BA flights - talk to us.

0810
Defence SecretaryÌýJohn ReidÌý hails Iraq constitution and deniesÌýsuggestions from Prince Hassan of Jordan that there was a civil war in the country.

0821
Is it possible to write a decent novel as a teenager? We speak to one who thinks it is.

0828
Garry Richardson reports on the mood in England's campÌýas the the third Test commence.

0834
Nick Cosgrove with an update on the British Airways disruptions. Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary gives us hisÌýview on the Heathrow crisis.

0842
The head ofÌý the UK's fertility watchdog, Angela McNab on why she is asking the publicÌýwhether embryos should be screened for cancer genes.

0845
Greg Wood with a business update from Azerbaijan.

0850
Have tourist's stereotypes changed over time? Cambridge University's Dr Mary Beard and authorÌýVictor Middleton discuss.

0854
Sixty years ago this week World War II was drawing to its close. Chris Lowe looks back at those dramatic days.
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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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