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TuesdayÌý21stÌýJune 2005
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0607
Plans will be announced today to allow complexÌýfraud cases to be tried without a jury.

0609
The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, will meet today in Jerusalem.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0632
A Today programme report reveals thatÌýUK ambulance figures are being manipulated to meet targets.

0637
Professor Sir Roy Meadow appears before the General Medical Council today accused of serious professional misconduct.

0640
A system of "congestion charging" on the busiestÌýtrains is being recommended in a report out today.

0643
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Washington, where Democrat Senators have blocked John Bolton's nomination as US ambassador to the UN.

0648
Yesterday in Parliament with Susan Hulme.

0653
First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan, explains why failure to agree an EU budget could leave Wales worse off.

0709
The Director General of the Association of Train Operating Companies, George Muir, explains proposals for rail congestion charging.

0712
The US Senate hasÌýrejected the nomination of John Bolton, President Bush's candidate, for the post of ambassador to the UN.

0715
Ruth Lea, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, explains her vision of anÌý"a la Carte Europe".

0720
Business update with Greg Wood.

0722
Dr Harvey Marcovitch, spokesman for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, discusses the effect of the Professor Sir Roy Meadow case on the profession.

0726
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0732
ConservativeÌýShadow Chancellor George Osborne discusses Britain's record budget deficit and Gordon Brown's performance.

0742
Daniel Kawczynski, the tallest MP in Westminster, and height expert Professor John Komlos of Munich University discuss the need for bigger doors and provisions for an increasingly taller population.

0745
Thought for the Day with the Right Reverend Tom Butler, the Bishop of Southwark.

0748
Greater Manchester Police have just made an arrest under theÌýTerrorism Act.

0750
The French ambassador in London, Gerard Errera, discusses Anglo-French relations.

0810
A Today programme report reveals that ambulances are disguising poor performance to meet government targets. TheÌýHealth Minister Lord Warner joins us.

0825
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0832
Professor Steve Jones examines whether hype surroundingÌýstem cell research could be counter-productive.

0841
Business update with Greg Wood.

0845
Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley discusses ambulance figures and government targets.

0849
French philosopher Frederic Worms joins us from the left-bank to celebrate the centenary of Jean Paul Sartre's birth.

0854
Former Law Lord, Lord Ackner, and Rosalind Wright, former Head of the Serious Fraud Office, comment on the impending removal of juries from fraud trials.
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Thought for the Day

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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.

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 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
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