 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Choose an audio clip听you would like to listen to from the most recent programme.
|
|
|
 |
|
Today's briefing hour: catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600 - 0630
0630- 0700 |
|
|
|
 |
|
0700 - 0730
0709 The Education Secretary Alan Johnson has put forward his ideas of what private schools should do to keep their charitable status. Andrew Bomford reports.
0712 The widow of the Earl of Shaftesbury and her brother have each been jailed for 25 years for murdering him. Alistair Sandford reports.
0715 Some of those in the Renewables Industry say Trade and Industry Secretary, Alistair Darling's plan fails to take account of the way the national grid is designed to carry electricity.
0717 Today's Papers.
0720 The contenders for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party will face the unions later this morning when they will compete for the big union vote. We are joined David Coates of the Work Foundation.
0725 Sports News with Steve May. |
|
|
|
0730 - 0800
0730 Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has suggested an international consortium to oversee the enrichment of uranium in Iran. The idea came up in a three hour interview Mr Larijani gave to Renaud Girard, the chief foreign correspondent of the French newspaper Le Figaro.
0735 Children as young as 10 are being recruited by criminals to burgle homes and steal cars in Nottingham. We speak to Sergeant Paul Walters of the Nottingham Police.
0740 Today's Papers.
0742 The jazz singer, George Melly, is embarking on what is likely to be his final series of concerts. We hear from our health correspondent, Jane Dreaper, who spent some time with George Melly and his wife Diana, as they got ready for one of them.
0745 Thought for the Day with Reverend Roy Jenkins - Baptist Minister in Cardiff.
0750 We speak to the new First Minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan and leader of the Liberal Democrats Mike German. |
|
|
|
|
|
0800 - 0830
0810 Education Secretary Alan Johnson has suggested ways that Private schools can keep their charitable status. We are joined by Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College and by the novelist John O'Farrell who chairs the governors of Lambeth Academy in South London.
0820 We hear from James Naughtie who is at the Literary Festival in Hay on Wye.
0825 Sports Update with Steve may. |
|
|
|
0830-0900
0830 Jamila M'barek has been convicted of killing her husband the Earl of Shaftesbury, we hear from her lawyer who maintains she did not do it.
0835 The 大象传媒 won a court case yesterday to name the first control order abscondee - Betsun Salim who disappeared after a court ruled that the terms of his order were incompatible with human rights legislation. We speak to Ian McDonald, the QC who acted for him.
0840 Today's Papers.
0842 We are joined by Evan Davies and Julian Baggini to discuss whether or not we have become a nation of complainers.
0845 A new trend is sweeping accross churches, instead of singing hymns congregations are singing songs by pop group U2 - it's called the U2-charist movement.
0850 We follow on from yesterday when we discussed internet social networking for older people. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
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.
|
|
 |
Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.听A great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
|
|
|
|
Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists that听the Home Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the Home Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
|
|
|
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, in听Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2 |
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
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.听First 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 to听 London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force. |
|
|
|
