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WednesdayÌý12th OctoberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0607
Dumeetha Luthra brings us an overview of how bad weather is hamperingÌýthe South Asia quake relief efforts in Pakistan.

0609
Environmental experts sayÌýflash floods in the UK is on the rise. Christine McGourty tells us more.

0615
Rebecca Marston with more on electronics firm DelphiÌý warningÌýabout the state of the US car giant General Motors.

0626
Garry Richardson with the sports news.

0632
The government is set to publish itsÌýTerrorism Bill today amidÌýexpected criticism. Rory Maclean has the details.

0635
Mike Wooldrigde in Islamabad with the latest on the South Asia earthquake.

0637
Norman Smith looks at the politics behind the Conservative leadership contest.

0640
A review of today's papers in the UK and China.

0645
Sharon Hom ofÌýthe group Human Rights in China, talks to us about the latest wave of unrest in the country.

0649
Susan Hulme looks at events Yesterday in Parliament.

0654
To what extent do the Danish religious hatred laws impinge on free speech? We speak to Danish comedian Omar Marzouk.

0709
More on theÌýAsian quake from Matthew Grant, who has travelled from IslamabadÌýtoÌýMuzaffarabad, Pakistani administered Kashmir.

0716
Tory Theresa May tells us who she will be backing for the Conservative party leadership.

0723
Rebecca Marston with more on mobile-phone seller Carphone Warehouse's performance.

0725
Garry Richardson has more onÌýSven-Goran Eriksson's prickly relationship with the media.

0732
Captain James Yee,Ìýa Muslim US army chaplain accused then cleared of spying at Guantanamo Bay talks to us about his ordeal.

0743
Professor Mike Morwood of the team, thatÌýdiscovered more bones of hobbit-sized humans, tells us about their findings.

0745
Thought for the day with Elaine Storkey, senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

0748
How can weÌýstopÌýnatural disasters from havingÌýdevastating consequences? USAID bossÌýAndrew Natsios and International Development Secretary Hilary Benn respond.

0810
Tory leader Michael Howard gives us his verdict on theÌýgovernment's new terrorism legislation.

0822
Can it be true that women understand the off-side rule better than men? Our Luke Walton investigates.

0826
Garry Richardson with the sports news update.

0831
Andrew Hoskens finds out whether theÌýNHS is in crisisÌý because ofÌý budgetary problems. The NHS Trusts Association boss Dr David Tod comments.

0839
BTÌýsettles a long-running dispute with Centrica. Rebecca Marston has more.

0842
Tim Franks onÌýwhetherÌýthe EU constitution is being introduced by the back door. We speak to Tory MP David Heathcoat-Amory.

0849
Why is the Armenian massacre still such a taboo subject in Turkey? Turkish parliamentarian Yasar Yakis responds.

0855
Andrew North has more from Pakistan on the earthquake rescue effort.
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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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