 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Choose an audio clipÌýyou would like to listen to from the most recent programme.
|
|
|
 |
|
Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.Ìý
0600-0630
0630-0700 |
|
|
|
 |
0709 |
We speak to Ann Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons, about the report made in June on Pentonville prison. |
|
|
0715 |
Beneath the cheers and smiles at theÌýLabour Party conference two contests have begun, with some delicate preliminary sparring, for leader and deputy leader. |
|
|
0720 |
Business News with Greg Wood. |
|
|
0725 |
A problem has arisen for President Bush in his war on terror as two of his most important allies - Presidents Karzai of Afghanistan and Musharraf of Pakistan - have fallen out. |
|
|
0730 |
The Conservative Party held one of its primaries last night to choose theirÌýprospective parliamentary candidate for the marginal seat of Battersea in South London. |
|
|
0732 |
Sports News with Gary Richardson. |
|
|
0734 |
We Speak to Ken Livingstone, The Mayor of London,Ìýwho doesn't think that LabourÌýis being radical enough in it's approach to tackling the issue of the environment. |
|
|
0737 |
The large blue butterfly, which was extinct for 25 years,Ìýhas returned to Britain thanks to a project launched last year. We speak to the man behind this success, Professor Jeremy Tomas. |
|
|
0745
|
Thought for the Day with Canon David Winter. |
|
|
0750 |
According to the schools inspectorate Ofsted, a quarter of English schools aren't teaching citizenship properly. |
|
|
|
|
0810 |
If anyone thinks the contest for the jobs of Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister will be a gentlemanly affair, they are mistaken. |
|
|
0820 |
A judge at the heart of aÌýsensational blackmail case has been named in the press. |
|
|
0825 |
An exhibition of Holbein's works is opening today at the Tate Britain but it doesn't include "The Ambassadors", even though the painting is only a mile away at the National Gallery. |
|
|
0830 |
Sports Update with Gary Richardson. |
|
|
0835 |
Bob Geldof was very blunt on yesterday's programme with his comments on Darfur. We speak to The Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa and the columnist Simon Jenkins. |
|
|
0840 |
Business Update with Greg Wood. |
|
|
0842 |
Pentonville Prison, has been labelled "not fit for purpose" by theÌýPrison Reform Trust it is said inmates are scared of guards and sometimes go without even access to basics such as pillows and food. |
|
|
0845 |
Researchers have found that women with aÌýlonger ring finger than index fingerÌýare better at sports involving running.
|
|
|
0850 |
Talks on re-establishing Northern Ireland's power-sharing government get underway in a couple of weeks. Peter Hain has told the parties involved, unless quickly resolved, the assembly will be closed down for good. |
|
|
0853 |
We speak to Michael White assistant editor of The Guardian and George Jones, political editor of The Daily Telegraph about the leadership and deputy leadership election. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
|
|
 |
Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.ÌýA great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
|
|
|
|
Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists thatÌýthe 91Èȱ¬ Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 91Èȱ¬ Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
|
|
|
The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06) |
|
|
|
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 who 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. |
|
|
|
