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TuesdayÌý23rdÌýAugustÌý2005
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0607
James Westhead reports on whether the government is closer to meeting targets for primary school literacy.

0609
Israeli soldiers have started evictingÌýJewish settlers from the West Bank. James Reynolds has the details.

0615
People who opted out of the state pensionÌýinto a personal scheme are worse off. More from Greg Wood.

0626
Andrew Flintoff makes the World XI Test and one-day cricket squads. Steve May has more.

0632
Mike Wooldridge in BaghdadÌýwith an update on the Iraqi constitution negotiations.

0634
Is ex-chancellor Ken Clarke about to throw his hat into the ring to be Tory leader? Norman Smith reports.

0637
The head of the Independent Police Complaints CommissionÌýis toÌýreportÌýon the investigationÌýinto the death ofÌýJean Charles de Menezes. Neil Bennet reports.

0640
Stephen Cape looks at the ongoing crisis at British Airways' main food supplier, Gate Gourmet.

0642
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and South Africa.

0648
EU statesÌýhave sent fire-fighting aircraft to helpÌýPortugualÌýbattle the wildfires sweeping the country. Paul Henley has the latest.

0650
WeeksÌýafter the devastating tornado, Bob WalkerÌývisits Birmingham, where people are complaining about a lack of interest in their plightÌýfromÌýthe media.

0654
AreÌýour Asylum laws fair?ÌýWe speak to the lawyer ofÌýanÌýasylum seekers familyÌýfacingÌýevictionÌý from their home after a Home Office hearing.

0709
Jeff Randall looks at the ongoing catering crisis threateningÌýBritish Airway.ÌýLabour MP Alan Keen gives his his viewÌýon the dispute.

0714
Iraq's national security advisorÌýDr Mowaffak al-Rubaie on his country's forthcoming draft constitution.

0718
UK housebuilder Persimmon delivers its verdict on the UK housing market. Greg Wood has the business news.

0722
Israeli Legislator Arieh Eldad, of the ultranationalist National Union party on the Gaza withdrawal.

0725
Steve May with the latest sports news.

0733
Will controls on Chinese importsÌýÌýleading to a shopping crisis on the high street? We speak to Antonia Mochan ofÌýthe European Commission.

0741
Our greatest paintings poll: Today it's the turn of theÌý Leaving of England by Ford Madox Brown.

0747
Thought for the day with Anne Atkins.

0751
CouldÌýKenneth Clarke and David Cameron be the dream ticket the Tories are looking for? We ask Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine.

0810
Jay Garner, the US General who ran Iraq's first occupation administration tells us why he thinks his government's wrong to try and rush things in Iraq.

0822
We remember Dr Robert Moog, the man who transformed pop with his most famous invention, the electronic synthesiser.

0827
The English Surfing Federation wantsÌýmore funding for its professionals. Steve May has the sports news.

0835
John Irving - described by many as the "Dickens of his day" - talks to us about his new book, which has prompted rather different comments.

0839
Greg Wood with a business news update.

0842
Ex-IRA prisoner Brendan Hughes wantsÌýNorthern Ireland's Maze prison to be a memorial site. Historian Tristam Hunt and David Ervine of the Progressive Unionist Party discuss.

0847
Hear why the opera the Death of Klinghofer is causing such controversy ahead of its first UK premiere this evening.

0853
Anti-war protester Mimi Evans and Jane Caughman, whose son was killed in Iraq last year, share their views on Iraq.
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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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