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Saturday 27thÌýAugustÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0709
IraqisÌýare still struggling to reach a deal onÌýa new constitution. Jon Brain reports.

0712
The US drug giant, Merck, has indicatedÌýthat it may settle some of the lawsuits cases over its painkiller drug, Vioxx. More from Guto Harri.

0717
Richard Pope, ex-employeeÌýofÌýanÌýexam boardÌýsay he wasn't given enoughÌýtraining to markÌýGCSEs.ÌýEdexcel chief Jerry Jarvis responds.

0724
The British Medical Association's Jonanthan Fielden tells us why he is concerned about NHS trusts in financial crisis.

0727
Andrew Flintoff says his century in the fourth Test against Australia is one of his finest innings.ÌýMary Rhodes has more.Ìý

0734
Imogen FoulkesÌýfinds outÌýwhat's been causing the funny weather in Europe this Summer. We speak to climate experts Reid Basher and Bjorn Lomborg.

0740
A review of today's papers with Harriet Cass.

0744
Will access to wind power schemes be enough to change the mind of a wind power sceptic? Raphael Rowe goes toÌýNorfolk, where opinion is still divided.

0751
Lib Dem's Nick Harvey and rights campaignerÌýJane Winter wants a scrutiny ofÌýtheÌý"shoot to kill" policy. We speak to ex-Met Police's chief Bob Milton.

0810
James Coomarasamy reports on why Iraq is still an unpopularÌýissue in the US. We speak to former White House adviser Professor Amitai Etzione.

0822
A look at your letters.

0827
Yesterday, a leading medical journal made an attack onÌýhomeopathy, saying it isÌýdoesn't work. Dr David Spence put the case for the defence.

0830
Mary Rhodes with the sports news.

0833
Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire, the man who was in charge of the UN mission to Rwanda, gives us a rare interview.

0844
We look atÌýtheÌýmystery of theÌýso-called Piano Man.ÌýDr Paul Crawford of University of Nottingham and actor George Dillon discuss.

0850
AÌýchip off the old block? The son of the singer Ian Dury tells us what it's like to follow in his father's footsteps.

0852
HearÌý our discussion on whetherÌýnovels being published today will be regarded as classics one hundred years from now.
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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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