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Tuesday 29thÌýNovemberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0607
Relatives of some of those killed in theÌýOmagh bombing in 1998 are meeting the Prime Minister in Downing Street today.

0609
TheÌýtoxic spill in the polluted Chinese river is making its way towards Russia.

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0625
The sports news with Steve May.

0630
Tony Blair is due to announce his newestÌýenergy review today.

0635
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, formerly Colin Powell's Chief of Staff, has accused Dick Cheney of providing the guidance and flexibility that led to the abuse of detainees in Iraq, Guantanamo and Afghanistan.

0640
The new Pope is about to pronounce on the highly controversial subject of gay priests.

0645
TheÌýpaper reviews from Britain and Canada.

0650
A look at the events of Yesterday in Parliament.Ìý

0653
The man accused of murderingÌýBritish backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia has finally given evidence.

0657
The Iraqi Government has pledged every assistance in helping to find aÌýBritish peace activist who was kidnapped in Iraq.

0709
Two specialist watchdogs set up by the Government to monitorÌýpostal and energy services are "performing feebly" according to the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs.

0714
We talk to David Willets, the shadow Trade and Industry Secretary, and Norman Baker about the case for nuclear power.

0720
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0726
Several thousandÌýBritish troops are due to be sent to one of Afghanistan's most lawless regions next spring.

0729
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0735
The new Pope has finally let it be knownÌýthat he thinks homosexuals should not become priests.

0740
Hear the audio ofÌýCharlie Chaplin working on the score for the movie The Circus which has been unearthed during research for a new documentaryÌýon Radio 2.

0745
Thought For The Day with Reverend Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark.

0750
The USÌýVice-President Dick Cheney is facing fierce criticism over the Iraq war even from within his own ranks. We talk to one of these critics Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.

0810
Tony Blair is expected to announce in his energy review that we need new nuclear power stations. ButÌýis nuclear power the answer? We talk to Andrew Simms, Sir Bernard Ingham and Labour MPÌýAlan JohnsonÌýabout the nuclear debate.

0830
Relatives of some of the 29 people killed in theÌýOmagh bombing in 1998 are travelling to Downing Street today for their first formal talks with the Prime Minister.

0839
The business updateÌýÌýwith Greg Wood.

0845
A third of us are opting forÌýethical presents this Christmas. We talk to Viv Groskop,ÌýwhoÌýcondemns them,Ìýand Barbara Stocking the director of Oxfam.Ìý

0850
The journalists Polly Toynbee and Simon Jenkins discuss the political implications of the nuclear power debate.

0855
Get the latest news from Westminster as Tony Blair prepares to give his energy review.
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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.

Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon.
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.
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