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Tuesday 5th JulyÌý2005
NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.

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0607
AnÌýarmed siege has continued throughout the night in the Lancashire town of Rawtenstall.

0609
FinalÌýcampaigning is underway in Singapore as the candidates to host theÌý2012 Olympics gather ahead of the IOC's vote tomorrow.

0615
Business newsÌýwith Greg Wood.

0626
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0630
AÌýpre-G8ÌýAfrican summit is being held in London today, whilst the first G8 protestors arrested in Edinburgh willÌýappear in court.

0634
Norman Smith on the political falloutÌýof President Chirac's comments about the British, and the ongoing row over id cards.

0637
Armed militants are reported to have entered a disputed religious site at Ayodhya in India.

0640
A review ofÌýtoday's papers in both the UK and Spain.

0647
Yesterday in Parliament with Rachel Hooper.

0651
Are the rising number ofÌýASBOs being imposed on children doing more harm than good?

0709
President Chirac's candid jokes about theÌýBritishÌýmay heighten Anglo-French tensions ahead of the G8 summit. French Socialist MP and former Culture Minister, Jack Lang, explains how the French view this faux pas.

0714
AÌýspat betweenÌýthe international scientific community could have grave implications for global policy on climate change.

0718
Simon Davies of the London School of Economics, who worked on the damagingÌýID cards report, explains why he believes the policy now "oozes the stench of death".

0721
Business news with Greg Wood.

0723
Dr Silvia Gonzalez, who led the expedition thatÌýfound 40,000 year old footprints in central Mexico,Ìý explains how the discovery challenges orthodox history.

0726
Sports with Garry Richardson.

0732
Jon Manel reports fromÌýSrebrenica a decade after the massacre of 8000 muslim men and boys marked the town as theÌýsite of one of the worst atrocities in recent history.

0744
Seven new academies are being launched to nurture British film-making talent. Stewart Till, Chair of the UK Film Council, and William Sargeant of Framestore, join us.

0747
Thought for the Day with the Right Reverend Tom Butler, the Bishop of Southwark.

0750
±«Óãtv Office Minister Tony McNulty and Professor Ivor Crewe, Vice Chancellor at Essex and President of Universities UK, debate the tightening of rules on visas for foreign students.

0810
AsÌýanti-globalisation protests are held ahead of the G8 summit, Cambridge economist Professor Noreena Hertz and Sir Mark Moody-Stuart,Chair of G8 Business Action for Africa, discuss whether business will aid or hinder Africa.

0820
To mark Veterans Awareness Week Lord Deedes, the former cabinet Minister and Daily Telegraph editor, recalls his experiencesÌýof the War.

0826
Sport with Garry Richardson.

0833
Chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Raymond Blanc discuss President Chirac's assertion that "after Finland, Britain is the country with the worst food".

0838
The former lighting director of theÌýMillennium Dome has pleaded guilty to defrauding NMEC, the dome management company.

0846
BusinessÌýupdate with Greg Wood.

0849
Architects Stephen Bayley and Robert Adam debate whether new country houses in Britain should always be "sentimental and backward looking".

0854
Patrick Smith, Editor of Africa Confidential, and Professor Michael Grubb from the Carbon TrustÌýlook ahead toÌýwhat theÌýG8 summit can achieve on trade and climate change.
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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.

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 ±«Óãtv 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.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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