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FridayÌý23rd SeptemberÌý2005
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0607
Hurricane Rita is going to hit the coast of the United States. James Coomerasamy is in New Orleans,

0609
Should our stateÌýpensions systemÌýbe scrapped?

0615
Business news from Greg Wood.

0626
Steve May with the sports news.

0632
Daniella Relph in Galveston, Texas where HurricaneÌýRita is likely to hit early Saturday morning.

0634
City leaders inÌýBasra say that want an apology over the rescueÌýof two captured soldiers, Richard Galpin reports.

0637
The EU have backed down from a demand that the UN nuclear watchdog should reportÌýIran to the Security Council, Tim FranksÌý reports.

0639
The widow of one of theÌýJuly 7 bombers has spoken publicly about the attack, condemning what he did. Our correspondent isÌýDanny Shaw.

0642
Today'sÌýnewspaper review comes from the UK and Mexico.

0647
The MOBOs took place last night. Our entertainment reporter Colin Paterson was there.

0650
The Scottish National Party starts its conference in Aviemore today, its leader, AlexÌýSalmond toldÌýus what's at stake.

0654
AÌýstudy in the British Medical Journal saysÌýchildren with a stutter should be treated early - Rosie Hay is an NHS speech and language therapist.

0709
Hurricane Rita is expected to make land fall late tonight near Galveston, and Daniella Relph reports from the city.

0716
A £2.4mÌýdonation to the Lib Dems before the election is to be investigated by the Electoral Commission. OurÌýcorrespondent James Hardy has more.

0719
Business news with Rebecca Marston.

0723
The loyalist riots inÌýNorthern Ireland earlier this month were a clear sign the peace process still has some way to go. James Shaw reports.

0726
Sports news with Steve May.

0732
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt on the debate over the Government's plans for private providers in the NHS.

0745
AÌýLabour minister uses the language of the U-turn - disarming honesty or a clever ruse?

0748
Thought for the Day with Reverend Roy Jenkins.

0751
Is Hurricane Rita evidence of global warming?

0810
Do the rules of engagement need to change in Iraq? We ask the Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard.

0824
IsÌýBob Dylan still smarting from being called a Judas for going electric back in '66?

0834
Why bookseller, Waterstones want to get their hands on Ottakars.

0842
Rebecca MarstonÌýhas the business news.

0846
Why our love of crisps and lipstick could be endangeringÌýOrang Utangs in Malaysia and Indonesia

0849
Professor Simon Baron Cohen, the director of theÌýAutism Research Centre, tells us aboutÌýhis theory of what he calls assortative mating.

0854
Jamie Coomarasamy talks to the few remaining residents of New Orleans, among them a woman now running from her second hurricane in a month.
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Thought for the Day

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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.

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 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.

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