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0709 Gordon Brown along with those competing to be his deputy will give a speech in Glasgow today. Gary O'Donoghue reports.
0712 It turns out the Dutch television programme which was planning to show a dying woman choosing between patients who want her kidneys was a hoax. Geraldine Coughlan reports.
0715 There is still no news of the 5 British men kidnapped in Baghdad this week. Jim Muir reports.
0717 Today's Papers.
0720 The savage murders of 6 people in Kenya in the past 2 weeks have shocked the country. The killings were carried out by a sect called Mungiki. Adam Mynott reports.
0725 Sports News with Garry Richardson. |
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0730 We speak to the creator of V I Warshawski, Sara Paretsky, about her new book "Writing in the Age of Silence".
0735 Today's Papers.
0740 Our Art Correspondent Rebecca Jones speaks to artist Lou Reed about his forthcoming tour of Europe.
0745 Thought for the Day with Vishvapani - a member of The Western Buddhist Order.
0750 There are growing tensions between Britain and Russia over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. We speak to Roman Schleinov of Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper for which Anna Politskaya was working when she was murdered and Bridget Kendal.
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0810 The American troop surge in Baghdad will reach its peak in the next few days. General Petraeus has said he'll reach some kind of judgement in early September about whether or not it has worked. We speak to Dr Zuhair al Nahar, the spokesman for the Shia Al daawa Party in London and Canon Andrew White.
0820 Britain may not be an obvious contender for award winning wine making but this year we've taken 21 medals in the International Wine Challenge and that's the highest number yet.
0825 Sports Update with Garry Richardson.
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0830 We've had a huge response to yesterday's programme where we discussed the issue of paedophilia. Today we speak to 'Susan' who suffered at the hands of a paedophile and 'Norman' who went to jail for abusing his daughter.
0835 Today's Papers.
0840 What would you choose as the book of the 20th century? Guardian readers took part in a poll for the Hay Festival and they chose George Orwell's 1984. We speak to John Mullan a professor of English at University College London.
0845 The Tories have been arguing this week that they are the true "heirs to Blair" when it comes to public service reform. To discuss the proposition we are joined by Dr Eamonn Butler Director of the Adam Smith Institute and Labour MP John Denham.
0852 Today is the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birthday.The quintessential English compose, but a great one? Not everyone thinks so. However we speak to Julian Lloyd Webber who does.
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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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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"?
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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. |
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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)
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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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