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FridayÌý4th NovemberÌý2005
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.Ìý

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0607
President Bush has arrived inÌýArgentina for a summit of the Americas, during which there are expected to be big demonstrations against free trade. Edward Stourton is there.

0615
The United Nations has warned that the troop build-up along the border betweenÌýEthiopia and Eritrea could lead to open conflict.

0621
Business news with Rebecca Marston.

0627
Sports update with Steve May.

0632
The two men competing for the leadership of theÌýTory party faced each other in a televised debate last night.

0635
The first openly-gay bishop in the Anglican Communion -ÌýGene Robinson of New Hampshire - is in Britain. He's met the Archbishop of Canterbury.

0638
The review of the police handling of the deaths of four young soldiers at the Deepcut barracks is out today.

0641
The review of today's papers from Britain and Baku in Azerbaijan.

0645
Yesterday in Parliament with David Wilby.

0650
Ceremonies are being held in Israel to remember the former prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated ten years ago today by a Jewish gunman.

0657
Edward Stourton joins us again from Argentina.

0709
Geoff Gray, whose son, also called Geoff, died at Deepcut barracks in 2001, speaks about the report into the police investigation, which is out today.

0716
David Cameron supporter, Ed Vaizey, and Nick Wood, who works for David Davis, discuss the Tory leadership contest.

0721
Business news with Rebecca Marston.

0725
What is aÌý"lame duck"? Our reporter Nicola Stanbridge finds out all you need to know about the condition.

0728
Sports update with Steve May.

0733
Edward Stourton talks to Paraguay's foreign minister, Leila Rashid, on free trade.

0745
It isÌýthat time of year when we all troop out into the garden and fill up the bird feeder.ÌýBut like it or not it is the legions ofÌýgrey squirrels that will reap the rewards.

0750
Thought for the day with The Right Reverend Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford.

0755
International Development SecretaryÌýHilary Benn talks about the response toÌýlast month'sÌýearthquake in Pakistan and Northern India.

0810
Following his meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Gene Robinson, the only openly-gay bishop in the Anglican communion, speaks about the current debate within the church.

0823
Edward Stourton speaks to Argentina's most famous contemporary artist, Leon Ferrari, and asks him why he dislikes George Bush.

0827
Sports update with Steve May.

0835
Tabloid operator Max Clifford and Roy Greenslade, the Telegraph's media commentator, discuss yesteday's arrest of Sun editor Rebekah Wade.

0840
Liberal DemocratÌýSir Menzies Campbell talks about the trial of British troops for the murder of an Iraqi teenager, after the judge threw the case out yesterday.

0842
Business update with Rebecca Marston.

0845
George Brock, Saturday editor of the Times, discusses the latest George Clooney film, "Good night and Good Luck".

0850
Roger Harrabin reports from California on the debate over climate change.

0855
Historian and author of "Violent London: 2000 years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts", Clive Bloom, and Kate Glover, playwright and actress who has written "5/11", discuss the gunpowder plot.
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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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