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ThursdayÌý25thÌýAugustÌý2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
The parents of 'right-to-life' baby Charlotte Wyatt continue their court battleÌýto keep their child alive. More from Jane Dreaper.

0609
EU officials fly toÌýBeijingÌýin an attempt to to resolve a dispute over chinese clothingÌýimports. Quentin Somerville has the latest.

0615
What are the economic consequences of avian flu? Greg Wood has the business news.

0626
Steve May with the latest on today's crucial fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.

0632
EU experts are meeting todayÌýto discuss the dangers of bird flu killing millions. Tim Hirsh reports.

0634
StudentsÌýwill receive their GCSE results this morning. James Westhead finds out why many say the exams areÌýso easy, they're worthless.

0637
Iraqis are trying once more to agree on a new constitutionÌý amidÌýa background of increasing violence.ÌýMike Wooldridge is in Baghdad.

0640
A review of today's papers in the UK and Russia.

0642
The supreme court inÌýGermany is due to announce whether the upcoming general election can go ahead. Ray Furlong is in Berlin.

0648
Health service managers are assessing the benefits ofÌýa new system for prioritising vulnerable patients. Adam Brimelow reports.

0650
Lib Dems' Ed DaveyÌý saysÌýGCSEs are "failing the country" and should beÌýreplaced with a diploma system.

0709
Is bird flu a genuine threat?ÌýPhilip Tod speakingÌýfor the European health commissioner, responds.

0714
Liberal Democrat MPÌýLembit Öpik saysÌýthe decision to allow the police to review a report on its inquiryÌýover Deepcut deaths is "totally unacceptable".

0718
Elinor Goodman of the Commission for Affordable Rural Housing saysÌýGordon Brown's new pension rules will push up house prices in the countryside.

0722
Greg Wood with the latest business news.

0725
Dr Paul Irwing of the University of Manchester on why he thinks men are more intelligent than women

0733
Steve May in Trent Bridge with the sports news.

0739
We ask Schools Minister Jacqui Smith and a maths teacher Steve McCormackÌýGCSEs are failing children.

0742
Hear a verdict by Sister Wendy Beckett and Sister Mary MichaelÌýon the latest nomination in our greatest painting competition.

0747
Thought for the day with Abdal Hakim Murad,ÌýMuslim Chaplain at the University of Cambridge.

0751
Can the differences over theÌýIraqi constitution be sorted out?ÌýIraqi politician Fareed SabriÌýand Ali Al BayatiÌýof theÌýIraqi embassy in London discuss.

0810
Pallab Ghosh examines theÌýrisk we face from bird flu. Could it become a global pandemic? We speak to expertsÌýDr Bob McCracken and Hugh Pennington.

0822
Is emotionalÌýstory tellingÌýcompromised if a book is too factual? Authors Clare George and Francis Gilbert discuss.

0827
Steve May with the latest sports news.

0835
Tim Franks assesses the case ofÌýFrench-Colombian Ingrid BetancourtÌý kidnapped by the Marxist Farc guerillas.

0839
Greg Wood with a business news update.

0842
What lessons can be learned about fighting terrorism from great literature of the past? Rebecca Jones reports.

0847
Why is anti-Americanism so rampant in Europe?ÌýTheatre critic Joyce Macmillan and Alan Miller ofÌýthe Old Truman Brewery discuss.
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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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