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MondayÌý20thÌýFebruary 2006Ìý
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0609
It is three years since a young army recruit called James Collinson died at Deepcut Army Barracks, but still no inquest has been completed. It will be resumed today.

0611
TheÌýNigerian group which kidnapped nine foreign oil workers has been threatening more of the same kind of thing.

0614
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0626
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson.

0630
The government's doing its best to persuade us that it's doing everything it should to protect us againstÌýbird flu now that it's reached France. The papers are not convinced.

0634
TheÌýCBI is telling the government what it thinks of Lord Turner's ideas about pensions today.

0640
Britain's most controversial historian, David Irving, is going on trial in Austria today charged with denying the holocaust.

0645
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Pakistan.

0648
OurÌýmoth population is in serious decline according to a report on the state of Britain's larger moths which is published today.

0651
David Mills, the husband of the culture secretary Tessa Jowell, says he's been an idiot in his dealings with the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.ÌýSergio Romano writes for the Italian newspaper Corriere Dell Sera.

0709
The chances thatÌýbird flu will arrive in Britain in the not too distant future seem pretty high. Indeed it may already be here; nine dead swans found across the country over the weekend are being tested for infection. What can we do about it? We talk to Sir Sandy Bruce Lockhart, the chairman of the Local Government Association.

0715
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0720
The trial of the British historian David Irving is due to begin in Austria today. He is accused of denying or diminishing the Holocaust. Our correspondent in Vienna Bethany Bell spoke to Mr Irving's lawyer, Elmar Kresbach, and asked him how he would be answering the charges.

0724
Andrew Murray has one his firstÌýmajor tennisÌýtitle in San Jose. Gary Richardson speaksÌýhim in a round up of the sports news.

0730
The president of the Black Police Association, Keith Jarrett and Peter Fahy, the chief constable of Cheshire, discuss the Sunday Time's disclosure of racism in Merseyside Police force over the weekend.

0741
Stars from the world of film gathered in central London last night for the Orange Bafta awards, where the western romance Brokeback Mountain took the award for best film.

0742
Thought for the Day with the Reverend Roy Jenkins, Baptist Minister in Cardiff.

0748
The world's largest science organisation has attacked what it sees asÌý attempts to curb the teaching ofÌýevolution in schools. We speak to Eugenie Scott, the executive director of the National Centre for Science education which campaigns against Intelligent Design and John Henry, a professor of mathematics, who wants to see intelligent design taught in schools.

0810
Mathematical biologist Professor Neil Ferguson, and Dr Albert Osterhaus, an advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture in the Netherlands, about the danger of bird flu arriving in the UK, and the governments plan to deal with it.

0822
Should cabinet ministers be travelling around in a Jaguar, or a more environmentally friendly Toyota? The chairman of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club, Keith Vincent, and Jason Torrence, campaigns director for Transport 2000 put forward their cases.

0826
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson.

0830
The newly namedÌýPalestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh has dismissed the effect of Israeli restrictions on the Palestinian Authority. He made his comments in an interview with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ at his home in Gaza City.

0834
Why do teenagers form gangs? Well apparently it isÌýnot to intimidateÌýus but to protect themselves against each other. That is what a report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found.

0838
There's some research coming out which suggests that the majority of children who live in areas of England whereÌýselection still operates do worse at school. Professor David Jesson of York University did the work. We also speak to David Chaytor, a Labour member of the Commons education committee, and Linda Wybar, head of Tunbridge Wells girls grammar school.

0845
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0850
This week is the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s ACTION Week, highlighting people's efforts to influence the world around them. Our Reporter Polly Billington is looking particularly at what happens when those efforts come into contact with the mainstream political process. She has been to Kidderminster, the constituency of the Independent MP, Dr Richard Taylor.

0855
Sir Alan Sugar says women shouldn't use theirÌýsexuality to do well in business. Deirdre Walker is the London managing partner at the city law firm Norton Rose and Ruth Lea is the Director of the Centre for Policy Studies.
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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 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)
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.
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