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Tuesday 7thÌýFebruary 2006Ìý
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
Presidential elections are being held inÌýHaiti today; the first since the removal of Jean Bertrand Aristide two years ago.

0609
BT has revealed a markedÌýincrease in the attempts to accessÌýchild pornography on the internet.

0615
Business newsÌýwithÌýGreg Wood.

0626
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0632
The government looks set to compromise with Labour rebels overÌýeducation reforms.

0634
Omar Kayam, theÌýprotester who dressed as a suicide bomber over the weekend, has been revealed as a convicted drug dealer.

0637
The spring Synod of the Church of England is attempting to reach a compromise over women bishops.

0640
New checks are being introduced onÌýcare workers who look after the vulnerable.

0643
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Lebanon.

0649
Yesterday in Parliament with David Wilby.

0654
Protests are being held inÌýFrance today, over proposals for new contracts for young workers.

0709
Shadow Education Secretary David Willets explains theÌýTory's stance on the amendedÌýeducation reforms, while former Ö÷²¥´óÐã Office Minister, John Denham, tells us whether Blair's concessions have won the support of rebels.

0715
The Rt Rev Christopher Hill, Bishop of Guildford, and Dr John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham,Ìýon the proposals for a compromise over the issue of women bishops.

0719
Business with Greg Wood.

0722
Although none of the anti-cartoon demonstrators outside the Danish Embassy were arrested over the weekend, two men who were protesting against theÌýprotests were. Andrew Hosken reports.

0727
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0731
Care Services Minister Liam Byrne and Gary Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of Action on Elder Abuse, discuss the new proposals for checks on care workers.

0738
Nicola Stanbridge reports on the preponderance ofÌýart displayed in public spaces; has it improved the public's appreciation of art, or lead to a reduction in quality?

0745
Thought for the Day withÌýElaine StorkeyÌý- President of Tear Fund.

0750
The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval StaffÌýSir Alan West speaks to us on the day of his retirement.

0810
Education SecretaryÌýRuth Kelly discusses the concessions the government is making to their controversial education reforms, in a bid to win over Labour rebels.

0822
Napier University is launching an appeal to find missing issues of the Hydra, a hospital magazine that both Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon wrote for during their stay at Craiglockhart Hospital.

0827
SportÌýwith Garry Richardson.

0831
Lord Browne, Chief Executive of BP, defends theirÌýrising profits.

0840
Business with Greg Wood.

0845
The former Archbishop of CanterburyÌýLord Carey calls for moderation in the row surrounding the Danish cartoons.

0849
On the hundredth anniversary of their last electoral victory, Lord Kenneth Morgan and Andrew Roberts discuss the Liberals.

0854
Tony Blair has had to concede to LabourÌýrebels in order to avoid another potential defeat in the Commons. Philip Cowley of Nottingham University and Matthew D'Ancona of the Telegraph discuss the rebellion.
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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 nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06)
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 who 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.
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