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18thÌýMarch 2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcriptsÌýfor our programmeÌýinterviews.

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0607
Have any pubs applied for a 24 hour drinking licence?

0610
TheÌýtwo Greek athletes who missed drugs tests at the Athens Olympics will hear their sentences.

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Rebecca Marston.

0628
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0632
The sisters and fiancée of Robert McCartney have attended theÌýSt Patrick's Day celebrations in Washington.

0635
The MoD has been criticised for wasting tax payers' money by buyingÌýChinook helicopters that can't fly.

0637
The British Medical Journal has published research stating that the government will miss its target to cut the number ofÌýsmokers by four percent by 2010.

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

0645
The government has refused to rule out using itsÌýnew control orders, passed last week, against members of the IRA.

0650
Lib Dem MP Norman Baker explains why he is unhappy withÌýformer ´óÏó´«Ã½ boss Lord John Birt working in Downing Street, advising Tony Blair.

0653
What does theÌýWorld Bank actually do? David Loyn reports.

0709
Conservative MP Edward Leigh, chairman of the public accounts committee, comments on theÌý£250m spent on helicopters which can't fly.

0712
As the pre-election war begins, Andrew Hoskin looks into how many of the jobs created in the public sector were so-called 'front line' jobs.

0717
AÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston.

0720
Veteran Panorama reporter,ÌýTom Mangold, comments on the Channel Four drama based on the death of Dr David Kelly, unpicking the story of the events that led to the Hutton Inquiry, which was aired last night.

0723
AÌýDutch businessman goes on trial in Rotterdam, accused of supplying Saddam Hussein's government with chemicals to make poison gas.

0727
TheÌýsports news with Rebecca Marston.

0730
What are the tools which local governments from the G8 need to putÌýclimate change at the top of the agenda? Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett comments.

0740
Why could Sir Peter Maxwell, Master of the Queen's Music, beÌýprosecuted for a swan dying on his property in Orkney, when killing swans is permitted on the island?

0745
Thought for the Day with Cannon David Winter.

0750
General Sir Mike Jackson explains what it takes to be awarded theÌýVictoria Cross, as Private Johnson Beharry has just been.

0810
What effect has theÌýMcCartney sisters' visit to Washington had on the peace process?

0820
What factors have allowed the TV programmeÌýNeighboursÌýto last 20 years?

0840
PlaywrightÌýHarold Pinter on winning the Wilfred Owen Award for poetry.

0845
AÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston.

0847
Nigel Edwards of the NHS ConfederationÌýexplains whyÌýhospitals are running up huge debts, despite millions of pounds of extra funding.

0850
The system which advises the government onÌýscientific matters is to be scrapped amid mounting concerns. Tom Fielden reports.

0855
Brazilian Director Fernando Meirelles and British Director Ken Loach discuss whetherÌýpolitical films are set to continue in mainstream cinema.
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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!

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.

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.

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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