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MondayÌý3rd OctoberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0607
Ray Furlong in Berlin reports on Germany'sÌýinconclusive general election.

0615
UK chemist chains Boots and Alliance UniChemÌý are planning to merge. Rebecca Marston has the latest.

0626
Garry Richardson with the details onÌýtheÌýPremiership title race.

0632
Jonny Dymond and Sarah Rainsford bring usÌýthe latest on the EU deadlock over Turkish entry.

0636
Norman Smith in Blackpool for the Tory annual conferenceÌý assesses the party's leadership battle.

0639
Jonathan Head inÌýIndonesianÌýhas the latest on the huntÌýfor the Bali suicide bombers'Ìýidentities.

0640
A review ofÌýtoday'sÌýpapers in the UKÌýand Sudan.

0645
Tory peer Norman Tebbit gives us hisÌýviews on the challenges failingÌýthe Conservative party.

0648
Speeding driversÌýmayÌýescape a fineÌýifÌýthey take lessons under a new governmentÌýscheme. We speak toÌýMary Williams of the road safety charity Brake.

0651
Hear our discusson on theÌýTory leadership contest.

0709
Andrew Cooper of Populus saysÌýhis polls suggest the Tory partyÌýneeds to rebrand itself.ÌýConservatives' Alan Duncan says his party must lose its obsession with Europe.

0715
Emin Sirin of Turkey's governing party talks to us about theÌýEU'sÌýstalemate over his country'sÌýbid to join the bloc.

0718
Rebecca Marston with the business news.

0720
Rachel HarveyÌýlooks atÌýBali's economic future in the wake of theÌýlatestÌýattacks on the island. We speak to Eddy Pratomo,Indonesian charge d'affaires in London.

0726
Garry Richardson has the sports news.

0733
Ian Watson finds outÌýwhat the Tory party really wants. Conservative chairman Francis MaudeÌýtells usÌýwhat's needed to transform his party's fortunes.

0747
What doesÌýNimbyÌýor "not in my back yard" really mean? Sarah Mukherjee talks toÌýex-scriptwriter of classic sitcom YesÌýMinister, Sir Anthony Jay.

0749
Thought For the Day with the Chief Rabbi,ÌýSir Jonathan Sacks.

0752
Education minister Bill Rammell on the government's campaignÌýto make university places more accessible to students from poorer backgrounds.

0810
Will Turkey ever be part of the EU? We speak to Europe Minister Douglas Alexander and EU Parliamentarian Hans Peter Martin .

0820
Robin Marlar,Ìýpresident of the Marylebone Cricket Club tells us why he described girls' playing cricket as "outrageous". Cricketers Clare Connor and Holly Colvin comment.

0826
Garry Richardson with the sports news.

0830
Lynton Crosby - the Australian behind the Tory party's 2005 election campaign - mounts a vigorous defence of his efforts.

0839
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on the Bali bombings.

0842
The chief executive of furniture retailer MFI is to quitÌýthe firm after aÌýslump in sales. Rebecca Marston has more.

0844
Hear more about today's annular solar eclipseÌý with astronomer Heather Couper.

0847
What is at stakeÌýasÌýcriminal barristers inÌýEngland and WalesÌýthreatenÌýaction todayÌýover pay? We speak to Bridget Prentice,Ìýthe minister responsible for Legal Aid.

0851
Hear Norman Smith'sÌýguide to picking an electable Tory leader. We speak to George Jones of the Daily Telegraph and Trevor Kavanagh of the Sun.
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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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