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Tuesday 24thÌýMay 2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
Five girls were killed when theirÌýschool bus crashed in the Republic of Ireland yesterday.

0609
Six men from theÌýPitcairn Islands have lost their appeal against their conviction of a string of sexual offences.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
Our media correspondent, Torin Douglas, discusses the effects of theÌý91Èȱ¬ strike yesterday.

0635
TheÌýConservative Party has produced a new constitution, which includes a new way of choosing a leader.

0638
After losing its safest seat inÌýWales,ÌýLabour must decide how to deal with the disloyal party members who supported an independent candidate.

0640
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Washington.

0645
Ric Bailey reports on Yesterday in Parliament.

0650
A fall in profits is expected whenÌýMarks and Spencer's full year results are out this morning - largely blamed on poor sales in women's clothing. Polly Billington reports.

0654
Suzi Leather, Chair of the HFEA, discusses the launch of their new guide onÌýfertility clinics today, which will allow couples to compare clinics for the first time.

0709
An investigation is underway into why a school bus crashed, killing five teenagers and injuring many more, in the Republic of Ireland yesterday.

0712
Lord PuttnamÌýis Chair ofÌýthe Commission on Communication of Parliamentary Democracy, which has launched a report today claiming that the public doesn't understand the workings of Parliament.

0716
Greg Wood interviews the Chief Executive of Marks & Spencer, Staurt Rose, as their annual results are announced.

0719
As President Mugabe accepts the need forÌýforeign food aid, the 91Èȱ¬'s former Harare correspondent, Grant Ferrett, visitsÌýZimbabweÌýto assess the scale of economic decline.

0724
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0732
Labour lost their safest Welsh seat at the election to an independent candidate, who was protesting against all-women shortlists. The defeated Labour candidate, Maggie Jones, joins us.

0742
We have been bombarded withÌýemails from listeners following our absence from the airwaves during the 91Èȱ¬ strike yesterday.

0745
Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.

0750
The Tories are in the process of changing the way they elect a new leader. One former holder of the post, Iain Duncan Smith, discusses their future.

0810
FurtherÌý91Èȱ¬ strikes are looming. Mark Byford, the 91Èȱ¬'s Deputy Director General and Jeremy Dear, General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists, discuss the failed negotiations.

0820
TheÌýNational Waterway Wildlife Survey is launched today. To take part .

0827
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0833
Ahead of our programme fromÌýAfrica tomorrow, Mike Thomson reports from Lagos, Nigeria, on the economic contradictions that riddle much of the continent.

0842
Business update with Greg Wood.

0848
Mark Seddon, a member of Labour's National Executive Committee,Ìýdiscusses whether they should expel 20 party members who supported an independent candidate in Wales, in a vote later today.

0853
What will happen if the French and Dutch fail to ratify the European Constitution? Conservative MEP, Daniel Hannan, and Charles Grant from the Centre for European Reform, discuss the alternatives.
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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 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 91Èȱ¬ 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 whose 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.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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