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TuesdayÌý20th December 2005
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0607
President Bush told a press conference last night that he was determined to continue the wire-tapping programme in the United States.

0609
People who work inÌýMagistrates' Courts are going on strike today.

0614
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0626
TheÌýsports news with Steve May.

0632
Tony Blair is making his last speech today as the holder of the European Union's presidency.

0634
The Law Commission is planning to refine the definition of murder in courts.

0637
InÌýIsrael, the former Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has won the leadership of the right-wing Likud Party.

0645
The review of today's papers both in Britain and Japan.

0648
Yesterday in parliament with Rachel Hooper.

0652
Kevin Hawkins of the British Retail Consortium is one of a group of leading British retailers to complain to the EU about their trading difficulties with China.

0655
The Audit Commission's report says that most local authorities will not be able to meet the government's target to build a certain number ofÌýaffordable houses within two years.

0709
We talk to the shadow attorney general, Dominic Grieve, whether the law on murder should be changed.

0715
Paul Murphy, the former secretary for Northern Ireland talks about the spy affair that took place three years ago.

0717
We discuss the Mockton murder case with the former editor of the Sunday Telegraph,ÌýDominic Lawson.

0720
Business update with Greg Wood.

0725
Gay and lesbian couples across the UK are this week beginning to register their relationships as 'Civil Partnerships'.

0737
Sports update with Steve May.

0742
Two members of the European Parliament, Alexander Stubb and Graham Watson,Ìýevaluate the British succession in EU presidency.

0745
The writerÌýAl Kennedy looks at who runs Britain.

0747
Professor Colin Pillinger says he may have located the lost Beagle 2 probe on the surface of Mars.

0752
TheÌýthought for the day with the writer and broadcaster Oliver McTernan.

0755
Hugh Orde talks about the Sinn Fein spy and the police raid affair in Northern Ireland three years ago.

0810
The international development secretary,Hilary Benn, Bob Geldoff and Peter Hardstaff of the World Development Movement look at how Britain has done during its G8 and EU presidencies.

0824
Sports update with Steve May.

0835
The oldest woman to give birth, Adriana Iliescu from Romania, will be spending her first Christmas with her baby Eliza Maria.

0842
Business update with Greg Wood.

0847
The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator, Jan Egeland, called on the UN Security Council yesterday to take action to reduce the threat posed by Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army.

0850
The historian Linda Colley and Anthony Seldon, headmaster of Wellington College and biographer of Tony Blair, discuss who runs Britain.

0853
The citizens' jury met with the 91Èȱ¬ Office Minister Hazel Blears to discuss respect in British society.

0856
Labour MP, Angela Eagle and Will Hutton of the Work Foundation discuss Tony Blair's new proposal on education.
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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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