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ThursdayÌý18thÌýAugustÌý2005
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0607
Pope Benedict XVIÌýattends a Catholic youth festival inÌýGermany on his first official foreign visit. More from David Willey.

0609
British Airways has begun an investigation into the unofficial strike that shut down its operations at Heathrow. Stephen Cape reports.

0615
Oil giant BP gets an urgent safety warning. Greg Wood has the business news.

0625
England coachÌýSven-Goran Eriksson has apologised for England'sÌýdefeat in 25 years. Steve May has more.

0632
James Reynolds with an update on the Gaza pullout.

0634
A-Level results will be published today. Are the pass ratesÌýexpected to rise yet again? Kim Catcheside reports.

0637
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is toÌýmeet lawyers forÌýtheÌýBrazilian man shot dead by London police. Danny Shaw has the details.

0639
MPs wantÌýa London-based radio station that advocates attacks on British soldiers in Iraq to be closed down. More from Mike Thomson.

0641
A review of today's papers in the UK and Brazil.

0647
There wereÌýanti-warÌývigils in the US calling for US troops to leave Iraq. Justin Webb was there.

0653
Johnny Rich, editor ofÌýPush and Anthony McClaran of UCAS on the A-level system.

0709
The Shadow Education Secretary David Cameron talks about his continuing faith in the the current system of A levels despite his calling for a quota system.

0714
Mike Thomson finds outÌýwhy aÌýLondon-based Al-Tajdeed radioÌýwhich supportÌýattacks onÌýBritons in Iraq hasn't been closed down.

0720
Why hasÌýthe firm building Wembley stadium, set money asideÌýto cover losses on the project? Greg Wood has more on that.

0724
Dikla -is an Israeli soldier who's parents were instrumental in establishing the settlement, shares her deep sense of anxiety over the Gaza withdrawal.

0727
Steve May with the latest sports news.

0733
What will be the implication of theÌýmistaken killing of Jean Charles de Menezes? ÌýWe speak to the Menezes' lawyer Harriet Wistrich.

0740
David Hockney tells us what it feels like to be the only living painter with a work in our Greatest Paintings poll.

0746
Thought for the day with Abdal Hakim Murad, Muslim Chaplain at the University of Cambridge.

0749
TheÌýheadmaster of Brighton College Anthony Seldon says we need to abandon AS levels. UK retail billionaire Philip Green comments.

0810
Will the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza be a disaster for the Palestinians?Ìý We speak to Israeli Deputy PM Ehud Olmert .

0824
´óÏó´«Ã½ newsreader Michael Buerk will tell us why he believes men are now little more than sperm donors.

0831
England's Goal KeeperÌýDavid James saysÌýhe wasn'tÌýprepared for the match against Denmark last night. Steve May has more.

0833
Danny Shaw with the latest on the inquiry into shooting of a Brazilian man mistaken for a bomb suspect.

0837
It's going to cost more to send largeÌýgreeting cards through the post. More from Greg Wood.

0847
Andrew Collins ponders why the entertainment industry seemsÌý determined to remake his entire childhood.

0852
Will Benedict XVI use his first foreign trip toÌýchallengeÌýsecularism in Europe? Martin Palmer of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation and Dr William OddieÌýof the Catholic Herald dicuss.
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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 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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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 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.

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