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Choose an audio clip听you would like to listen to from the most recent programme.
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There will be be a big听demonstration in London today by mainstream Muslims protesting against the controversial Danish cartoons. |
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The Prime Minister has been working hard in Blackpool to shore up support for his education bill. |
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A look at the events of yesterday in parliament. |
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0722 |
Shares in听Qinetiq - the privatised former MoD research agency - rose 7% on their first day of trading yesterday. |
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0727 |
The sports news with Gary Richardson. |
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The freedom of information act has been in action for just over a year, but historians are disappointed. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, and Peter Hennessy, professor of contemporary British history, join the programme. |
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A review of听today's papers with Annie McKie. |
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This week, we asked you to send in听cartoons on the theme of peace and harmony. Hundreds of you got involved, and Peter Rigg, a cartoonist employed by Pendle Council in Lancashire, has been judging your cartoons. |
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Thought for the day with Catherine Pepinster, the editor of Tablet. |
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There is a big rally in London today to protest against听Islamaphobia - but is this country Islamaphobic? Massoud Shadjareh is chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, Terry Sanderson is vice-chairman of the National Secular Society and De Jeevan Singh Deol is a Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies. |
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Should Abu Hamza have been prosecuted earlier? Some people feel he should have been tried for his alleged role in masterminding the kidnapping of 16 western tourists in Yemen in December 1998.听Lawrence Whitehouse was one of the British hostages who survived, but his wife was murdered in front of him. |
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A selection of some of your letters and emails. |
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0827 |
The听sports news听with Gary Richardson. |
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The Dumfermline by-election result of course has everyone in the political world asking what other Labour strongholds might be vulnerable - and the听May local elections in London should give us some clues. Tessa Jowell, who is running the London elections, will be on the campagin trail in Haringey this morning. |
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is undergoing emergency surgery after his condition worsened. |
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The death of Nicholas Swarbrick this week means there are only five veterans of the听first world war still living. We are going to mark the passing of each of the remaining veterans of the Great War with an obituary interview. Max Arthur is the author of the book The Last Post and has spoken to all of them and he joins us now. |
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The winner of our听cartoon competition is announced. |
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The parliamentary Labour party was 100 years old this week. Does New Labour bear any relation to Old Labour? We discuss that with Tony Benn and Polly Toynbee. |
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Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!
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Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005 |
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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 |
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Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, as听Nick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004 |
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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 |
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When the technology fails听John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim听introduces a very听strange sounding听
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
听- 23th听July 2004 |
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Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
听- 25th October 2003 |
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Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002 |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
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John and Jim share a joke about the weather? |
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We don鈥檛 always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, in听Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2 |
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First 大象传媒 interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks听to our reporter Zubeida Malik about听his ordeal and how he听continues to听campaign for five Britons still there to be freed. |
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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) |
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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). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.听First Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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General James L. Jones
During his visit to听 London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force. |
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Hillary Clinton talks to听James听Naughtie
Her questions surrounding the听White House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building. |
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Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years. |
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