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MondayÌý13thÌýFebruary 2006Ìý
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0607
The former South African Deputy president Jacob Zuma is in court today.

0609
A team of elite Royal Marines Commandos is preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0631
The Chancellor Gordon Brown is talking aboutÌýterrorism today.

0634
In Washington a leaked congressional inquiry has highlighted failures across government in the way it responded to Hurricane Katrina.

0637
What is the reaction in Iraq to the video which appears to show British soldiers beating up young Iraqis?

0640
The review of today's papers both from Britain and Saudi Arabia.

0645
Hospitals have to increase their security measures because of a spate of thefts of specialist equipment.

0648
The Government is being accused of using public money to produce political propaganda.

0651
The Constitutional Affairs ministerÌýHarriet Harman and Sam Younger from Electoral Commission discuss the new Electoral Administration Bill which receives its second reading in the House of Lords today.

0709
We speak to Spencer Hsu, the Washington Post reporter who published the US government draft report about what went wrong in the way Hurricane Katrina was handled.

0715
Lord Phillips of Sudbury talks about the ID cards bill which is back in the Commons this evening.

0725
Business update with Greg Wood.

0719
The author of a biography of Gordon Brown, Robert Peston and Prem Sikka from the University of Essex discussÌýGordon Brown's speech later in the day.

0722
The US vice president, Dick Cheney, has accidentally shot a companion during a quail hunting trip in Texas.

0727
Sports update with Steve May.

0733
The Shadow Ö÷²¥´óÐã SecretaryÌýÌýDavid Davis is planning to vote against the ID cards bill when it returns to the Commons this evening.

0742
A group of young Finnish scientists have developed an air guitar that plays music.

0747
Thought for the day with Reverend Roy Jenkins - Baptist Minister in Cardiff.

0750
The British based spokesman for the Iraqi Prime Minister,ÌýDr Bashar Al Naher and Colonel Tim CollinsÌýtalk about the recently released video of young Iraqis being beaten by British troops.

0810
The Chancellor Gordon Brown talks about the issues he is facing in the Parliament this week.

0822
Two of television's most famous characters, the rag and bone men Steptoe and Son, are being resurrected.

0827
Sports newsÌýwith Steve May.

0831
The UN undersecretary general for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland and Hillary Benn, the International Development Secretary, talk about the struggle of the Democratic Republic of Congo to recover from a five year war.

0838
BusinessÌýupdate with Greg Wood.

0844
Jim Wallis has published a book "God's politics: why the American Right gets it wrong and the Left doesn't get it".

0855
The philosopher Mary Midgeley and Dr Susan Blackmore, visiting lecturer at the University of the West of England, discuss whether there is a philosophical equivalent to Darwin's natural selection for species.
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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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