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MondayÌý22ndÌýAugustÌý2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
The last Jewish settlement inÌýGaza is due to be cleared today. James Reynolds reports.

0609
What is at stake if Iraqis fail to meet today's deadline to draft a new constitution? Mike Wooldridge is in Baghdad.

0615
British AirwaysÌýis facing more wrangles. Greg Wood has more.

0626
Didier Drogba's fortunate finish handsÌýChelsea victory over Arsenal. Steve May with the sports news.

0632
Officials from the Brazilian government are flying to London to seek clarification over the the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

0634
MPs wantsÌýZimbabwe kicked out of international cricket because of its human rights record. More from Norman Smith.

0637
Airline caterer Gate Gourmet are to meet the TUC boss Brendan Barber today. Stephen Cape reports.

0640
A review of today's paper in the UK and Thailand.

0642
Is religious extremism a problem in Bangladesh following recent bomb attack in the country? Roland Buerk reports from Dhaka.

0648
Oxfam's Jasmine Whibread tells us why he thinks a new international agreement to stop genocides is in jeopardy.

0650
Why doÌýchimps think it's cool to follow the crowd? Professor Andrew Whiten explains.

0709
Tory MP Patrick Mercer says our security would be improved if the official level of threat from a terrorist attack was made public.

0714
Andy Cooke, Gate Gourmet's HR director, says there was "no point" in his company's continual trade with BA if it can't reach an agreement.

0718
Zubeida Malik looks at how UK Muslim womenÌý are addressing issues raised by the terrorist attacks in their community.

0722
Alisdair Grey of the British Retail Consortium on EU legislation brought in by Peter Mandelson earlier this year.

0725
Steve May with the latest sports news.

0733
Andrew Hoskens looks at how communities in Northern Ireland are feeling, weeks on from the IRA pledge to end its armed campaign.

0741
What's so special about the Arnolfini portrait by Jan Van Eyck? We speak to the artist who had his wedding photos taken in style.

0747
Thought for the day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.

0751
Justin Pierce on Zimbabwe's controversial slum demolition campaign. Tory Theresa May says the country's cricket ban is "too little, too late".

0810
Is Menezes case hampering probe into the London bombings? We ask Diana Gorodi, who's sister died in the London attacks and Ali Desai of the National Black Police Association.

0822
Harry Potter or William Pitt? What books do you think MPs take on holiday? Novelist Stephanie Merrit and sketchwriter Quentin letts discuss.

0827
We talk to Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes.

0835
Last week we asked a convicted paedophile - who is suing the church over abuse claims - whether he remains a threat.ÌýCan paedophiles be cured? Sexual crime expert Derek Green responds.

0839
Greg Wood with a business news update.

0842
Did the 91Èȱ¬ have a role in helping to ferment a coup to toppled past Iranian government? Mike Thomson reports.

0847
Hear our debate on whether the UK Muslim leaders are failing to provide leadership in the battle against extremism.
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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.

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, 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.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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