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MondayÌý16thÌýJanuary 2006Ìý
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0607
New research suggests that a change in diet has contributed to the rise inÌýmental illness over the last fifty years.

0609
Senior US politicians suggest that military force may have to be used againstÌýIran to prevent it obtaining nuclear weapons.

0614
Business news with Greg Wood.

0625
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0632
The controversy surrounding the education secretaryÌýRuth Kelly continues unabated.

0634
A committee headed by the Bishop of Guildford will todayÌýsuggest how the Church of England should adapt to women bishops.

0637
The Saudi Foreign MinisterÌýPrince Saud Al Faisal has given a rare interview to the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

0639
Iran has warned thatÌýoil prices will soar if it is subjected to the instability of economic sanctions.

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

0647
World powersÌýwill meet in London today to discuss theÌýnuclear threat posed by Iran.

0651
The future of theÌýChild Support Agency will be decided this week. Frank Field, the former social security minister,Ìýdiscusses how it shouldÌýbe reformed.

0655
A thousand doctors have signed a letter to the Prime Minister campaigning for development plans at Barts. Dr Duncan Dymond, one of the signatories, joins us.

0709
A new case of a registeredÌýsex offender cleared to teach, has emerged in Bournemouth. Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, joins us.

0712
Simon Davies from the LSE and Home Office minister Andy Burnham discuss the real cost of introducing compulsory id cards.

0715
Business news with Greg Wood.

0718
How will the nuclear threat posed by Iran affect Israel? General Uzi Dayan, former head of Israel's National Security Council and chair of the centrist party Tafnit.

0725
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0732
How should the Church of England accommodate women bishops? Christina Rees and the Bishop of Fulham, John Broadhurst.

0740
A national census ofÌýTigers is being launched in India today. Navdip Dhariwal reports from Panna National Park.

0747
Thought for the Day with Clifford Longley.

0750
The Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al Faisal, discusses relations between Israel and Iran with our security correspondent Frank Gardner.

0810
The furore surrounding Ruth Kelly and the decision to allowÌýsex offenders to work in schools, remains unabated. Labour MP Martin Salter, Margaret Morrissey of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations, and Professor Liz Kelly join us.

0824
Raith Rovers football club in Kirkcaldy, which counts the Chancellor as a committed fan, has secured its future after supporters arranged a "community buy out".

0827
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0830
Conservative police reform spokesman Nick Herbert and Jan Berry, Chairman of theÌýPolice Federation, discuss the Conservative's new proposals.

0838
Business news with Greg Wood.

0840
Zvi Ravner, deputy Israeli ambassador to London, responds to Prince Saud Al Faisal's assertion that Iranian crisisÌýis in part due to Israel's own nuclear programme.

0849
The Arctic Monkeys, who have already been described as the best British band of 2006, will release their second single today. Rebecca Jones reports.

0853
How much power doesÌýOsama Bin Laden still wield amongst jihadists? The writer Peter Bergen and Shaun Riordan, a counter-terrorism expert and former British diplomat, debate the head of Al Qaeda's importance.
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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 who 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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