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WednesdayÌý20th JulyÌý2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
US PresidentÌýBush has nominated conservative judge John Roberts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.

0609
Conservative MPs conclude voting today on plansÌýto change the way the party elects its leader.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0631
Three British soldiers are to be prosecuted for charges amounting to war crimes in Iraq.

0634
Police haveÌýmadeÌýmore arrests in Pakistan in connection with the London bombings. Gordon Corera discovers.

0636
Tony Blair seeks to force parents to stay home to supervise children suspended from school.

0639
A review of today's papers in both the UK and the US.

0644
Our parliamentary correspondent David Wilby reports on events Yesterday in Parliament.

0650
Is Angela Merkel - tipped to be the next German chancellor - Britain's new ally in Europe? Ray Furlong reports.

0655
RetiredÌýteacher, Liz Beattie says instead of branding children as failures, we should use the phrase "deferred successes".

0709
Author Kenneth Jost onÌýwhether President Bush's nomination to the Supreme Court of the judge John Roberts isÌýa shrewd move.

0712
Is the security situation in Iraq spiralling out of control? Iraqi national security adviser Dr Mowaffak al-Rubaie explains.

0719
Business news with Greg Wood.

0723
MPs and peers willÌýfaceÌýpicket lines today as cleaners in the Houses of Parliament stage their first ever strike.

0725
Sports news with Steve May.

0732
WillÌýthe prosecution of the three British soldiers for alleged war crimesÌýin Iraq affectÌýsoldiers' morale? Ex-commander of the Desert Rats, Major General Patrick Cordingley and human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson QC discuss.

0742
YourÌýchance to contributeÌýtoÌýplaywright Richard Heller's reworking of the Beckett classic "Waiting For Godot" inspired by current Labour party politics.

0746
Thought for the day with Canon David Winter.

0749
London mayor Ken Livingstone talks to us about suicide bombings.

0810
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly, Lib Dems' Ed Davey and Professor Karl Parsons of Cambridge University on the deterioration of behaviour in secondary schools.

0822
Representatives of four American Indians are in Scotland to protest against Scottish Power'sÌýUS subsidiary's dam projects, which they say are decimating fish stocks.

0825
Sports news with Steve May.

0832
Is Pakistan doing enough to combat terrorism?ÌýWe ask Pakistan's High Commissioner in the UK, Dr Maleeha Lodhi.

0839
Business news with Greg Wood.

0842
Is the Conservative party more out of step with public opinion than was previously thought? We speak to ToryÌýchairman Frances Maude.

0850
Barnie Choudhury finds out what it means toÌýbe British and Muslim.

0854
Is it ever right to talk to terrorists or apologists for terrorism? Democratic Unionist party's Jeffrey Donaldson and Alastair Crook of Conflict Forum discuss.
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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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