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0700-0730
07:10 The world's most famous operatic tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, has died.
07:15 The business news from Greg Wood.
07:18 Cocktails of food additives in children's diets may be responsible for hyperactive behaviour, say researchers.
07:22 Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral will today witness the funeral of Rhys Jones, the eleven year-old who was shot and killed last month.
07:28 The sports news with Rob Nothman.
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0730-0800
07:30 We are joined by Lt Col Patrick Sanders the commanding officer of 4 Rifles Battle Group who planned the withdrawal from Basra.
07:35 A look at today's papers.
07:40 The classical music critic Hugh Canning looks back at Pavarotti's operatic achievements.
07:45 Thought for the Day with Reverend Dr Alan Billings, Director of the Centre for Ethics and Religion.
07:50Ìý We speak to the parents of Jody Aggett gaoled in Thailand ondrugs offences in 2001 whose conviction has now been quashed.
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0800 - 0830
08:10ÌýTributes to PavarottiÌýfrom soprano Dame Joan Sutherland and Sir Jeremy Isaacs.
08:15 We discuss researchÌýfrom the LancetÌý which links common foodÌýadditives and behaviour in children.
08:20 We speak to actor Jude Law who is campaigning to establish an International Peace Day.
08:25 A sports update with Rob Nothman.
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0830 - 0900
08:30 We speak to the Secretary of State, Ed Balls, about spending on new schools.
08:35 A business update with Greg Wood.
08:45 The Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell calls for Britain's first written constitution.
08:50 We listen to Puccini's Nessun dorma in honour of Pavarotti who has died today.
08:55 The Catholic writer John Cornwell has written a challenge to Richard Dawkins' the God Delusion. |
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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Baroness Sally Morgan Interview
Tony Blair's former Director of Political and Government Relations, Baroness Sally Morgan has given a rare, interview to Today to mark the Prime Minister's departure.
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Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.ÌýA great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
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Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists thatÌýthe Ö÷²¥´óÐã Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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)
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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. |
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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) |
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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). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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