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ThursdayÌý1stÌýDecemberÌý2005
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0607
George Bush has declared that America will accept nothing less than "total victory" in Iraq.

0609
Shimon Peres has gone from the Israeli Labour Party to join Ariel Sharon.

0615
TheÌýbusiness newsÌýwith Greg Wood.

0625
TheÌýsports newsÌýwith Garry Richardson.

0630
The Government is poised to introduce new guidance forÌýteaching children to read.

0635
We take a look at the political response to Lord Turner's pensions report.

0640
The Government is starting a new campaign to convince us of the threat of global warming.

0645
TheÌýpaper reviews from Britain and Cairo.

0650
A look at the events of Yesterday In Parliament.

0653
Russian gas suppliers are threatening supplies of natural gas to Europe.

0653
The charity CARE International is launching an emergency appeal for a famine that has yet to happen calledÌýtheÌýAfrica Food Crisis Campaign.

0709
The Home Office have compiled a list stating the quantity of aÌýdrug you can claim to the police is for personal use. We talk to Alistair Carmichael the Liberal Democrats Home Affairs spokesman.

0712
Literacy teaching in England's primary schools is to be reviewedÌýand will nowÌýinclude the use of "synthetic phonics".

0715
Police are concerned about a Government idea which would allow courts to order the closure of places of worship.

0719
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0722
The racist murder ofÌýAnthony Walker was a tragedy waiting to happen according to the Merseyside Racial Harassment Prevention Unit.

0725
The Turner report onÌýpensionsÌýis causing considerableÌýdebate in the Cabinet.

0729
The Today ProgrammeÌýhave madeÌýan online advent calendar. Hear more about it.

0735
Hear the second of the special reports made for us byÌýLord May this time onÌýbiodiversity.

0740
As the Christmas shopping count down starts we ask what drives women shoppers?

0745
Thought For The Day with Anne Atkins, Novelist and Columnist.

0750
Jack Straw has written to the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking about the allegations that the CIA has been flying terrorist suspects to secret prisons in Eastern Europe.

0810
A Government commissioned report by the former OFSTED inspector Jim Rose concluded that England's primary schools should useÌý"synthetic phonics" to teach children to read.Ìý We speak to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

0827
An environmental campaign has been launchedÌýagainst sandwiches. We speak to Tony Juniper, the executive director of Friends of the Earth, and Julian Metcalfe from Pret a Manger.

0835
The Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett talks to us about the challenges that face her at theÌýclimate change conference in Montreal.

0840
The business update with Greg Wood.

0845
As the Bush AdministrationÌýfaces criticism over their treatment of prisoners, we speak to Tom Ridge, formerly the Director of Homeland Security, and a staunch ally of President Bush.Ìý

0850
It is world AIDS day and it has been announced that Lesotho will be the first country in the world to provide HIV testing for all its population.

0855
WeÌýhear the arguments surroundingÌý"synthetic phonics" from Dr Bethan Marshall, Senior Lecturer in English Education at Kings College, and Nick Gibb theÌýShadow Education Minister for Young People.
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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.

Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon.
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.
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