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MondayÌý18thÌýApril 2005
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0607
The Fire Brigades Union says there are at least forty attacks on fire crews in Britain every week.

0609
China reject calls to apologise over a wave of anti-Japanese protests.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0631
Roman Catholic cardinals in the Vatican willÌýbegin the process of electing a new pope today.

0635
Conservative leader Michael HowardÌýis toÌýmake an announcement about "financial issues" today, but his party won't say what exactly. Why not?

0638
EmployeesÌýMG Rover will receive their redundancy noticesÌýtoday.

0640
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has doubts about signing aÌýdeath warrant for Saddam Hussein if he's found guilty.

0643
A review of the today's papers at home and abroad.

0649
Former Labour MP George Galloway will unveilÌýtoday the manifesto for his anti-war party, Respect.

0653
A senior Labour figure in Tony Blair's constituencyis resigning his party membership today in protest at the Iraq war.

0709
Edward StourtonÌýisÌýin Rome as the papal conclave gets underway.

0715
The Home Office are concerned about government plans to merge the prison and probation service.

0718
Business update with Greg Wood.

0722
Plaid Cymrulaunches its election manifesto today. Plaid Cymru policy director Simon Thomas joins us.

0725
Sports update with Steve May.

0732
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani speaks to the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's Jim Muir about the future ofÌýhis country.

0740
Are betting markets a better guide to election results than opinion polls?

0746
Thought for the day with the Reverend Angela Tilby, Vice Principal at Westcott House in Cambridge.

0749
What is Pope John Paul II legacy?

0810
Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwinon whether the Conservatives' policies willÌýaddress the UK pensions crisis.

0821
Jim is in our election battlebusÌýin Kettering.

0826
Sports update with Steve May.

0832
WhatÌýisÌýthe best way of getting the truth out of politicians? Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow discusses.

0840
Business update with Greg Wood.

0843
Father Thomas Reese, an authority on the workings of the Vatican on the rituals involved in the election of a new Pope.

0847
OurÌýveteran political watchers John Cole, John Sergeant and Julia Langdon gives us the views on the election.

0856
Listen to aÌýpolitical poem -Ìýan "ode to Andrew Marr"Ìý- by performance poet Jude Simpson.
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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 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú 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
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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