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TuesdayÌý18th OctoberÌý2005
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0607
HasÌýbird flu arrived in Greece?

0609
PresidentÌýMugabe has used a UN event to criticise Blair and Bush.

0620
Business with Rebecca Marston.

0625
Sports news with Steve May.

0631
The first ballot in theÌýTory leadership contest is held today.

0634
Women rescued from a Birmingham brothel who are suspected of having been trafficked, now face deportation.

0638
Vast sums ofÌýlottery money are being left in the bank rather than being distributed to community projects.

0641
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Australia.

0644
Yesterday in Parliament with Susan Hulme.

0650
Experts are calling for a fishing ban on some species ofÌýshark which are becoming increasingly rare.

0655
A File on 4 investigation has uncovered dangerous numbers ofÌýlorry drivers driving for illegally long periods.

0709
Iain Watson investigates the possibility of tactical voting in theÌýTory leadership ballot today.

0714
Shadow Homeland Security SecretaryÌýPatrick Mercer on how Britain would deal with bird flu.

0718
Business with Rebecca Marston.

0720
Justin Webb reports on the prospect of Karl Rove, President Bush's closest political aide, facing criminal charges.

0725
Sports update with Steve May.

0732
Leader of the Lib DemsÌýCharles Kennedy discusses his party's opposition to ID cards.

0740
Celebrated British artist Sir Peter Blake, on the new exhibition of his work opening in London tomorrow.

0747
Thought for the Day with the Right Reverend Tom Butler - Bishop of Southwark.

0750
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Edward Leigh and Mike O'Connor, Chair of the UK Lottery Forum, on the billions of pounds ofÌýlottery money which has not been invested in projects.

0810
Home Office MinisterÌýTony McNulty answers questions raised by a Today Programme report into people trafficking.

0822
Tom Rose, the 14 year old winner of a competition to compose an anthem of remembrance, tells us about it.

0828
Sports news with Steve May.

0833
Tony Hall, US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, and FAO spokesman Nick Parsons describeÌýPresident Mugabe's outburst in Rome yesterday.

0838
Business with Rebecca Marston.

0841
On the 60th anniversary of NuremburgÌý Peter Calvocoressi, who worked in British Intelligence and attended the trials, discusses how effective they were, whilst Geoffrey Robertson QCÌýassesses their relevance today.

0849
The devastating natural disasters this year haveÌýshown the inability of governments to deal adequately with them, according toÌýBarbara Stocking, director of Oxfam.

0853
AsÌýTory MPs prepare to winnowÌýleadership candidates today, what do grass root supporters make of it all? Jon Manel speaks to activists in Westminster and Andrew Hosken visits Chingford to gauge opinion amongst the party faithful.
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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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