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WednesdayÌý19thÌýApril 2006Ìý
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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600 - 0630
0630 - 0700

0709
John Goodman, director of corporate communications at Peugeot-Citreon explains theÌýclosure of their RytonÌýplant to Rebecca Marston.

0714
The plight of Haydn LewisÌýand thoseÌýwho, like him,Ìýcontracted HIV or Hepatitis C fromÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970's and 80's,Ìýis today being raised in the House of Lords.

0718
Two weeks ofÌýviolent protests in Nepal have lead toÌýhundred's of wounded and hundred's of arrests. Yet, despite the ensuing hardship, the protestors will not relent.Ìý

0724
AnÌýinquiry into the NHS funding crisis is to be held by the commons Health Select Committee. The Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow is a member.

0730
Football is one of a number of sports expected to sign up to a new code of conduct designed to protect sport against betting cheats. Garry Richardson has the latest sports news.Ìý

0735
Jack Straw is in Saudi Arabia, on a mission to persuade the Saudis not to give money to Hamas.

0740
Hear the sounds of some of the UK's rarest animals; a pool frog, a woodlark and an otter.

0745
Thought for the DayÌýfromÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Reverend Angela Tilby.

0750
If your thinking of going toÌýChina for an organ transplant, you might want to listen to Professor Stephen Wigmore of the British Transplant Society first.

0755
The ±«Óãtv Office has decided to cap theÌýcompensation payments for victims of miscarriages of justice, but where would this leave the likes of Angela Cannings who was wrongly accused of killing her own children? Her lawyer Bill Bache.

0810
HaveÌýUK labour laws allowed big companies such as Peugeot to dispose of workers and plants too easily? Alan Johnson is Trade and Industry Secretary.

0825
The Queen will be 80 on Friday; we'll see her in public on one of those walkabouts which have become so familiarÌýbut what's she like in private?

0827
Sports news from Garry Richardson.

0833
Fifty years ago today, a celebrated war hero mysteriously disappeared whilst on a secret diving mission in Portsmouth harbour. Government files onÌýCommander Lionel 'Buster' Crabb are secret and are due to remain so for another fifty years, but a member of his family wants those files opened now.

0841
A former director general of Mossad, Ephraim Halevy, has argued thatÌýHamas might be persuaded to join the war against Al Quaeda instead of fighting Israel.

0844
Rebecca Marston is at Ryton with the business news.

0847
The Green Party says theÌýConservative slogan "Vote Blue, Go Green" breaches electoral law - in spirit at least.ÌýGreen party spokesman Darren Johnson andÌýConservative MP Julie KirkbrideÌýare here.

0751
A report from the UN's High Commissoner for Refugees, Antonio GuterroÌýidentifies the effects of the war on terror, on those fleeing persecution.

0756
Michael O'Brien served 11 years for murdering a newsagent before his conviction was overturned andÌýAlison Parker, aÌýlawyer who handles criminal injury compensationÌýfor crime victims continue today's dicourse on compensation for miscariages of justice.
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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.

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 ±«Óãtv Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the ±«Óãtv 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 ±«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 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.
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