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ThursdayÌý29th SeptemberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0610
European Union diplomats are meeting in Brussels to talk about Turkey.

0612
There's news from the Netherlands that the threat of bird flu may just be a scare as they relax the rules that caused all poultry farmers to keep their flocks indoors.

0615
TheÌýBusiness News with Rebecca Marston.

0625
TheÌýSports News with Rob Northman.

0635
Jack Straw's speech at the Labour Party conference yesterday was interrupted by the protest of an 82 year old man.

0637
David Davis and David Cameron launch their campaigns for the Conservative Party leadership this morning.

0639
Ian Huntley, the man who murdered the Soham schoolgirls, will be told today how many years he must stay in prison.

0640
A review of the papers from Britain and Washington DC.

0642
The United States is putting more pressure on Burma's military Government to restore democracy and improve human rights in the country.

0645
Algeria votes in a referendum today which is meant to put an end to more than a decade of fighting between the Government and Islamic militants.

0650
Italy's economy seems to be going from bad to worse but the governor of the Bank of Italy will not resign.

0655
We know where Troy is. But where was Ö÷²¥´óÐãr's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus?

0716
We speak to Walter Wolfgang, the 82 year old Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, who was removed from the Labour Party conference hall after shouting "nonsense" when the Foreign Secretary was making a speech defending the war against Iraq.

0719
Yesterday's claim that the arctic icecap will be gone in sixty years has further encouraged those who say that the response to global warmingÌýshould be an expansion of nuclear power .

0724
TheÌýBusiness News with Rebecca Marston.

0729
The Today Programme held a Labour Party conference fringe meeting last night on the subject of trust and why the public no longer seems to have much faith in politicians or journalists.

0731
More Sports News with Rob Northman.

0738
Israel launched new air strikes on Gaza yesterday as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas prepared for talks with George W. Bush seeking to prevent more escalation of the five-year conflict.

0741
Westminster Council is putting up a plaque to mark the site of the first Indian restaurant that opened in this country.

0743
Thought For The Day with Reverend James Jones.

0749
There are two weeks to go before the people of Iraq vote in a referendum which will determine the country's future.

0810
We talk toÌýDavid Davis and David Cameron as they launch their leadership campaigns.

0825
More Sports News from Rob Northman.

0830
Congressman Tom Delay who led the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Washington has stepped aside because of charges laid against him of breaking campaign finance laws.

0835
We speak to Tony Blair about anti-terrorism laws and the balance between freedom and security.

0850
The latest Labour Party conference news from Nick Robinson.

0855
The Business Update with Rebecca Marston.ÌýÌý
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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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