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FridayÌý21st OctoberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0607
HurricaneÌýWilma closes in on theÌýcoast of Mexico. Jeremy Cooke reports.

0609
A UN inquiryÌýhas linked Syria and Lebanon to the killingÌýex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. Suzannah Price has more.

0615
WPP'sÌýNeil French says women don't have the commitment to make it to the top. More from Rebecca Marston.

0626
A look at the Uefa cup actionÌýwith Garry Richardson.

0632
ToryÌýleadership hopefulsÌýDavid Cameron and David Davis go head-to-head inÌýtheirÌýcampaign to wooÌýparty members. Norman Smith has more.

0634
The government wants to giveÌýteachers moreÌýpowers toÌýrestrict violent pupils. More from Kim Catcheside.

0638
Adam Brimelow looks at the government's plan for a bird flu pandemic.

0641
Peter Hunt on eventsÌýhappening around Britain to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

0642
A review of today's papers in the UK and Australia.

0648
Robert Orchard looks at events Yesterday in Parliament.

0655
Tom Heap looks atÌýtheÌýrow between Defra and the Treasury over plans to allow second homes to count as pensions.

0709
Iain Watson onÌýthe prospects forÌýthe remaining candidates for the ToryÌýleadership race. We talk to Tory Christopher Montgomery about his party's ballot rules.

0715
ToÌýmark theÌýBattle of Trafalgar, we hear fromÌýthe First Sea Admiral Sir Alan West from the poop deck of HMS victory in Portsmouth.

0719
US car giant Ford Motor has reported a third-quarter loss. Rebecca Marston tells us more.

0720
Should teachers be allowed to physically restrain violent pupils? Polly Billington finds out.

0724
Garry Richardson with the sports news.

0730
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt onÌýthe government's contingency plans in the case of a flu pandemic.

0742
Bob Walker investigates why its essential forÌýToriesÌýto winÌýEdgbaston if they're to form the next government.

0745
Thought for the day with Dr Mona Siddiqui,Ìýhead of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Glasgow.

0753
Dr John Sentamu,Ìýthe UK's first black archbishop,Ìýgives us his first broadcast interview since his appointment.

0810
We speak to Tory leadership hopefuls David Cameron and David Davis to get a clear statement of their policies.

0826
Jane Peel talks toÌýdescendants ofÌýNelson and Churraca, one of the Spanish commanders who died in the Battle of Trafalgar.

0828
Gary Richardson with the sports news update.

0836
New United Nations refugee agency head Antonio Guterres talks to us about aid for South Asia earthquake victims.

0843
Rebecca Marston has the business news.

0847
As Hurricane Wilma closes in onÌýMexico, weÌýtalk to British holidaymakers in theÌýregion to gauge their reaction.

0848
Rory Carroll, anÌýIrish reporterÌýkidnapped in Iraq,Ìýfreed. We speak to his father Joe.

0849
Is it theÌýend ofÌýthe so-called 'Cambridge Mafia'? Hear our discussion.Ìý for a picture of the group of student friends from whose ranks emerged five Cabinet ministers.
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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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