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TuesdayÌý14thÌýFebruary 2006Ìý
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0607
TheÌýÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú has been criticised by the public accounts committee for the handling of a new development at White City.

0609
In Kenya, the energy and education ministers have resigned after being named in connection with corruption scandals.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0631
The future ofÌýsmoking in enclosed public places will be decided by MPs in a free vote later today.

0634
The Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is going to announce the results of the big review of so-called shaken baby deaths.

0640
The review of today's papers from Britain and Italy.

0645
Yesterday in Parliament with David Wilby.

0648
The European Parliament is debating the European Services Directive today.

0651
The Liberal Democrats' treasury spokesman, Vince Cable discusses the rights of British nationals living on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.

0709
The Labour backbencher John Grogan is urging all MPs to vote for total ban on smoking in public places.

0715
Katrina Drake is fighting to clear the name of her partner Joe Wainwright who was convicted of shaking their baby to death.

0719
Business news with Greg Wood.

0722
The conservatives say they want to revolutionise low-carbon energy in the UK.

0727
Sports news with Steve May.

0733
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alan Johnson talks about theÌýEuropean Services Directive debated in the EU Parliament today.

0742
Steve Poole argues in his book "Unspeak" that we use language to conceal rather than reveal the meaning.

0747
TheÌýthought for the day with Rosemary Lain-Priestley, the priest of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.

0750
The Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley and Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, talk about the proposed ban on smoking in public places.

0810
The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith looks at his review of shaken baby deaths.

0822
The Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and Peter Weeks talk about the recently discovered recordings of Philip Larkin reading from North Ship, which were done by Peter Weeks' father.
NB. We are unable to provide the full recordings and transcripts due to copyright restrictions.

0825
A police officer has been shot and injured while investigating a burglary in Nottingham.

0827
Sports news with Steve May.

0831
At least six people have been killed in a pile-up involving two lorries and a minibus near Grantham in Lincolnshire this morning.

0835
150 Royal Marines Commandos leave for Helmand province in Afghanistan today.

0838
Business news with Greg Wood.

0844
An author and a mother of an autistic child, Cammie McGovern and Susan James, founder of the Step by Step School, discuss the value of special needs schools.

0847
Chief Superintendent Marcus Beale gives update onÌý the shooting of a 25-year-old police officer in Nottingham.

0849
How should we cope with the ever-increasing levels of household and industrial waste?

0855
Simon Clark from a smokers rights organisation FOREST and Deborah Arnott from an anti-smoking organisation ASH discuss the ban on smoking in public places.
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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 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 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 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.
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.
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