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WednesdayÌý14th December 2005
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0607
Fire has again broken outÌýat the Buncefield oil depot .

0610
Are the big city firms doing enough to prepare in case of a terrorist attack?

0616
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0627
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
There is to be no inquiry into the 7 July London bombings.

0635
Lib Dem leaderÌýCharles Kennedy has been facing calls from senior MPs for him to raise his game or stand down.

0639
How credible are the allegations that the CIA has been abducting and illegally transportingÌýterror suspects across European borders.

0642
TheÌýpaper reviews from Britain and Australia.

0648
A look at the events of Yesterday in Parliament.

0653
Oxfam's Barbara Stocking on the relief effort forÌýthe tsunami of one year ago.

0709
Ofsted, has criticised secondary schools for failing to do enough to improve theÌýnumeracy and literacy skills of less able pupils. The director of education at Ofsted is Miriam Rosen.

0713
A look atÌýthe Tories' options if they leave theÌýEuropean People's Party (EPP) grouping in Strasbourg.

0723
Business news with Greg Wood.

0725
TheÌýFire Brigade's Union has criticised Herfordshire's ability to deal with major incidents such as Sunday's oil depot explosions. We have the County Council's first response.

0728
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0735
As Labour rebels prepare their alternative to the government's education plans, we talk to the Schools Minister Jacqui SmithÌýand to David Willets, Shadow Education Secretary.

0747
More onÌýwho runs Britain - Lisa Jardine, the author and academic.

0749
Thought for the Day with Indarjit Singh - Editor of the Sikh Messenger.

0752
We hear from theÌýCouncil of Europe - which believes the allegations about CIA interrogation centres in Europe are credible.

0810
91Èȱ¬ Secretary Charles Clarke on why there won't be a public inquiry into the 7 July bombings.

0822
Little Britain - we discuss the comedy's success and whether it's entirely deserved.

0827
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0835
Who runs Britain? Where does real power lie? That's the question we want to answer in this year's Christmas vote. Today we look at Europe.

0850
Greg Wood with the business news.

0853
Charles Kennedy is facing wide-ranging criticism from his team. Lembit Opik, the party's Northern Ireland spokesman and the former Lib Dem MP,ÌýDavid Rendel.
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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.

Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon.
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.
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