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Wednesday 30thÌýNovemberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0607
A 19 year-old man will appear before magistrates in Leeds today charged with murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky.

0609
President Bush will make great claims today about the progress being made by Iraqi security forces.

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0625
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0630
The people who kidnapped four westernÌýhostages in Iraq, including the British Christian peace activist Norman Kember, have released a video of their prisoners.

0635
A look at what to expect from theÌýPensions Commission report published today.

0640
The human rights group Liberty are accusing the CIA of using British airports in the course of transferring prisoners to secret camps in eastern Europe.

0645
TheÌýpaper reviews from Britain and Paris.

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

0653
Britain and the United States are being accused by Oxfam of usingÌýillegal subsidies to support the production of many agricultural products.

0709
The British Christian peace activistÌýNorman Kember has now been seen on the video released by his abductors in Iraq.

0714
We look at the different ways the Government has attempted to reform the pensions system and speak to David Laws.

0720
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood interviewing Alistair Darling.

0726
We speak to Professor Colin Blakemore, the Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, to get the latest news about Bird Flu.

0730
Hear the first in a series of special reports made for us byÌýLord May, who used to be the Government's chief scientist, about climate change.

0739
What do you do with aÌývulture who has been bred in captivity and has never had to fly? Steve Eales is taking his to a wind tunnel to show it what to do.

0745
Thought For The Day with Indarjit Singh, Editor of The Sikh Messenger.

0750
The human rights groupÌýLiberty has launched a campaign against the American Central Intelligence Agency.

0810
What can we expect from Lord Turner's pensions review? We talk to Malcolm Rifkind & John Denham.

0827
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0835
AÌýpoetry archive is being launched on line meaning that the voices of poets reading their own work will be available to anyone. Andrew Motion tells us about it.

0840
TheÌýbusiness update with Greg Wood.

0845
Can the World Trade Organisation meeting in Hong Kong produce "fair trade"? We talk to Prof Jospeh Stiglitz the former chief economist at the World Bank.

0850
The thousandth execution in North Carolina since theÌýdeath penalty was reinstated in 1976 is due to take place this week. We speak to Sister Helen Prejean who has campaigned tirelessly against the death penalty in that area.Ìý

0855
The Christmas lists of books are in the papers at the momentÌýbutÌýwhat should we be reading? We ask the journalists Robert McCrum and Erica Wagner to give us their favourites.

0858
We talk to Danny Finkelstein, of The Times, and Simon Hoggart, of The Guardian, about Michael Howard's last challenge to Tony Blair today in PMQs.
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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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