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	Thursday听11th听August听2005 NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.


Choose an audio clip听you would like to listen to from the most recent programme.

	0607	Independent experts say听health inequalities听are continuing to widen in England.
	0609	James Reynolds in听Gaza on听Jewish听settlers'听protests against Israel's withdrawal from the area.
	0615	Airline passengers go hungry because of a catering dispute. Nick Cosgrove has the business news.
	0626	The third Ashes Test begins this morning. Steve May with the sports news,听from Old Trafford.
	0632	Richard Black finds out how the government plans to to clean up nuclear waste.
	0635	The majority of听UK Muslims say听Islamic clerics听should听preach in the English language, a 大象传媒 poll suggests. More from Mark Easton.
	0638	UN chief Kofi Annan听has urged听Iran听to show restraint over its听nuclear programme. Emma Jane Kirby elaborates.
	0640	A review of today's papers in the UK and Brazil.
	0644	The outcome of the听German elections has been thrown into doubt by the emergence of a new party. Ray Furlong reports.
	0649	Matthew Davis of the conservation group WWF tells us why he believes European cities are becoming dangerously hot.
	0653	NASA is on schedule for another launch later today.听 This time听it's not the shuttle, but an unmanned mission听to Mars. Pallab Ghosh reports.


	0709	We speak to Green MEP Caroline Lucas about nuclear clean-up plans.
	0713	A poll says听UK Muslims want their prayers in English.听Sanchia Berg听went to the London Central Mosque to see what they made of this.
	0720	Insurer Aviva听has just announced it's half yearly results.听 Nick Cosgrove has the business news.
	0723	Northampton police have warned women not to go out alone at night after three rapes and two attempted abductions.听Jon Brain with the latest.
	0726	Sports news with Steve May.
	0732	Will the government听reach its target of reducing health inequality by 2010? We speak to Professor听Sir Michael Marmot and听Professor Danny Dorling of Sheffield University.
	0743	Google Earth. Rory Cellan Jones takes a closer look at the new science provided by the internet search engine.
	0746	Test your memory with our radio version of a traditional parlour game.
	0748	Thought for the day with Oliver McTernan,听writer and broadcaster.
	0751	George Lyon听, Minister responsible for licensing in Scotland, on whether England can learn anything from the Scottish drinking laws.


	0810	The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's Sir Anthony Cleaver says听听it will cost over 50 billion pounds听to dismantle our nuclear plants. We talk to ex-minister Michael Meacher and Dr John Mills.
	0823	How quickly could you recite the order of听a shuffled pack of cards from memory? James Ponder and Dominic O'Brien take a memory test.
	0828	Steve May with the sports news from Old Trafford.
	0834	Charles Wheeler re-visits the听Watts riots which shook Los Angeles 40 years ago with Rabbi听 Alan Freehling of the听LA Human Relations Commission.
	0842	A听company is offering trips to the Moon. Nick Cosgrove has the business news.
	0845	Judges say relaxing听licensing laws will lead to more violent crime. But what about the other factors that contribute to drunkenness?
	0850	Lost, a US cult听TV drama听 makes its UK debut on Channel 4. We get the views of听a real castaway, Lucy Irvine听and film critic Derek Malcolm.
	0854	Radical cleric Abu Qatada is one of the听ten foreign nationals being detained by police. More from Danny Shaw.
	0855	Chris Lowe looks back at unfolding events 60 years ago in August 1945, during the final days of World War II.



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	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, as听Nick 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 fails听John and Jim have to Ad-Lib... Jim听introduces a very听strange sounding听 'Yesterday in Parliament' package. 听- 23th听July 2004

		Paul Burrell sings opera? Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip. 听- 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?



	We don鈥檛 always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
		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, in听Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II. (08/04/05) Part 1 Part 2

		First 大象传媒 interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks听to our reporter Zubeida Malik about听his ordeal and how he听continues to听campaign 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 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.听First 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 to听 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 to听James听Naughtie Her questions surrounding the听White 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.

		Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq

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