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FridayÌý2ndÌýDecemberÌý2005
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0607
The government will double funds forÌýstem cell research for the next two years.

0609
An Australian has been hanged inÌýSingapore for drug trafficking.

0615
Business with Rebecca Marston.

0625
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0630
The primary schoolÌýleague tables published today have reopened the debate on the government's literacy hour.

0635
The governmentÌýwill scrap rules allowing local government workers to retire early.

0640
BlairÌýwill be locked in negotiations today over the EU budget.

0645
A review of theÌýpapers in the UK and Australia.

0650
Yesterday in Parliament with Robert Orchard.

0653
A reminder of the Today Programme advent calendar.

0654
The environmental policies of European countries are being scrutinised ahead of the Montreal conference on climate change.

0709
UKIP leader Roger Knapman and Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Vince Cable discuss Britain's stance on the EU budget.

0715
Robert Baer, former CIA agentÌýin the Middle East, discusses "extraordinary rendition"; the alleged practice of moving US detainees to countries where they can be tortured.

0720
Business with Rebecca Marston.

0723
Jon Manel investigates why aÌýplay about Guantanamo can only be staged at the House of Commons if it is not billed as a play.

0727
Garry Richardson has aÌýcricket update.

0732
AreÌýprimary school league tables redundant? Headmistress Barbara Jones and former Education Secretary Estelle Morris.

0747
Thought for the Day with Rev Dr Alan Billings - Director of the Centre for Ethics and Religion at Lancaster University.

0750
Should the reclassificationÌýof cannabis as a class c drug be reversed in light of violent crimes caused by addicts? Cliff Prior, chief executive of Rethink, and Lord Mackenzie, former head of chief superintendents.

0810
Will Blair capitulate over the EU budget? His former EU advisor, Sir Stephen Wall and Michael Howard discuss the rebate.

0824
Moya Ahmed of DesignerÌý Sandwiches in Covent Garden demonstrates that environmentally friendly home grown sandwiches can taste good...

0828
Garry Richardson has the latestÌýcricket news from Pakistan.

0832
Chris Martin of Coldplay, who has campaigned to "make poverty history", discusses whether a fairer trade agreement will emerge from the WTO's Hong Kong meeting.

0838
Business with Rebecca Marston.

0841
The Defence SecretaryÌýJohn Reid joins us from Basra.

0850
French historian Claude Ribbe and Christopher Lee, author of Napoleon and Nelson, discuss whetherÌýNapoleon should be viewed as a heroic emperor or genocidal dictator.

0855
Will the Prime Minister succeed in brokering a deal on the EU budget? Bronwen Maddox, Foreign Editor of the Times and Daily Telegraph Political Editor George Jones.
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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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