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Friday 27thÌýMay 2005
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0607
As the French prepare for their referendum,ÌýGermany will today ratify the EU constitution.

0609
Further allegations are being made concerning the "mishandling of a Koran" at Guantanamo Bay.

0615
Business news with Rebecca Marston.

0626
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
TheÌýFrench and Dutch are preparing to vote on the European constitution.

0635
After a night of talks, furtherÌýÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú strikes have been called off.

0638
Research published in the Lancet suggests that our dependence onÌýforeign doctors is damaging health care in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

0645
Yesterday in Parliament with David Wilby.

0650
HSBC workers willÌýstrike today in a dispute over pay.

0655
AsÌýBritain's population hits 60 million, David Willetts MP studies the changing demographics.

0709
Raymond Monbiot, Chairman of the National Conservative Convention, discusses the controversy surrounding his proposals for reforming the party's constitution.

0712
Tim Franks has been following the Dutch referendum campaign.

0716
Rebecca Marston speaks toÌýSir Richard Branson as Virgin Atlantic announces record profits.

0719
Leading industrialistsÌýare demanding more government regulation toÌýforce companies to invest in technology which would prevent climate change.

0724
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0728
Health Minister, Lord Warner, and the doctors responsible for research claiming British reliance on foreign doctors is damaging African health care, discuss the issue.

0732
Language expert, Professor David Crystal of the University of Wales, defends the use of the "historic present tense".

0745
Thought for the Day with the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend Richard Harries.

0750
Labour MPs, Clare Short and Eric Joyce, discuss the former's proposed bill to force governments to seek parliamentary approval before going to war.

0810
Labour MP, Gisela Stuart, and Conservative MP, David Heathcoat-Amory, were Britain's representatives on the convention that drew up the EU constitution. They discuss the options if the French vote no on Sunday.

0820
The 50th Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate song-writing talent, were held in London yesterday.

0827
Sports update with Garry Richardson.

0833
There are reports of aÌýsuicide bombing near Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

0836
Esther Rantzen, Chair of ChildLine, and Conservative MP, Ann Widdecombe, discuss the growing rate ofÌýteenage pregnancies in Britain.

0845
Business update with Rebecca Marston.

0847
Are we still influenced by the works of JK Galbraith? The economist's son, James Galbraith, and Professor Patrick Minford, debate his place in the pantheon of political economists.

0852
Ray Furlong presents a profile of Angela Merkel, who could soon become the first female Chancellor of Germany.

0855
DidÌýLord Haw Haw strike a deal with the Allies to save his wife from the gallows? Nigel Farndale, author of a controversial new book suggesting this theory, discusses his ideas with the Cambridge historian, Dr Peter Martland.
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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 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
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