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20thÌýOctober 2004
Please note: we do not offer transcripts of our programme or individual interviews.

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0607
Police Authorities warn a cash shortfall could lead to a cut in police numbers. Rory MacLean has more.

0610
A newÌýPrime Minster of Burma has been appointed after the removal of the incumbent yesterday.

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0626
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0632
The charity Care International has suspended operations in Iraq
followingÌýthe kidnap ofÌýaid workerÌýMargaret Hassan

0635
The German Foreign Minister
claims the fight against global terror will be helped if Turkey are grantedÌýmembership to the EU

0638
IsÌýglobal warning threatening attempts to tackle poverty around the world?

0641
A review ofÌýtoday's papers both in Britain and Italy.

0647
´óÏó´«Ã½ ChairmanÌýMichael Grade explains how the corporation would do things differently if there was another row with the government.

0652
Chairperson of the British Casino Association, Penny Cobham, on the plans to relax the gambling laws.

0655
Boris Johnson will travel to Liverpool to apologise for his article which claimed the city was 'hooked on grief'.

0708
Journalist Felicity Arbuthnot and Geoffrey Dennis of Care International on theÌýkidnapping of theirÌýcolleague Margaret Hassan.

0714
Baroness Ruth Henig of the Association of Police Authorities and Home Office Minister Hazel Blears on police funding.

0718
Greg Wood withÌýbusiness newsÌýon Greggs the bakers.

0721
German Foreign MinisterÌýJoshcka Fisher on the distorted perceptionÌýthe British have of 'the Germans'.

0724
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0732
An environmental coalition says
global warming threatens to stop the attempts to halve world poverty by 2015.

0742
Files released by the National Archive show Churchill was unsure about the best way to handle the General Strike of 1926.

0751
General John McColl on whether
the decision to redeploy troops in Iraq has already been taken.

0810
German Foreign Minister,ÌýJoschka Fischer, on his meeting with Tony Blair about the EU, UN and Iraq.

0824
Winner of the Man Booker Prize,ÌýAlan Hollinghurst, on his book called 'The Line of Beauty'.

0828
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0835
Leader of theÌýUKIP on the challenge to his leadership by Robert Kilroy Silk.

0838
AÌýbusiness update with Greg Wood.

0841
WillÌýLynton Crosby, Campaign Director for the newly elected Australian Prime Minister be able to do the same for Michael Howard?

0845
Bridgette Tarwala explains why sheÌýis furious that the Department of Education may place her on a teachingÌý'blacklist'.

0849
Was the removal ofÌýBurma's Prime Minister really just a smoke-screen and the result of a power struggle?

0852
Could newÌýelectronic voting terminals in the US solve the voting fiasco of 2000 or make things worse?

0855
CanÌýthe relationship between theÌýWest and the Muslim world improve in the midst of 'global terror'?
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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!

Whose 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

Garry Richardson interviews an Australian cricket fan masquerading as England star Alec Stewart.
- 7 January 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
It's not always easy to remember ... Sarah forgets where she is
- 20 May 2002

Jim is besieged by his friends in the studio
- 15 December 2001
Jim attempts to interview Gruff Rhys of 'Super Furry Animals'.

John gets a little confused as to which Greg he has on the programme
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?

Sue and the wrong guest
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.

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.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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