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0709: A report concludes that smoking cannabis increases the risk of psychotic illness by 40%.
0712: Teachers are helping students to cheat.
0715: The OFT want clarity on the topic of bank charges; Greg Wood has the business news.
0718: To what extent should BAA be able toÌýstifle protests over its expansion?
0725: Sports news with Steve May.
0730 - 0800
0732: Why have global stock markets dropped overnight?
0736: 140,000 homes in Gloucestershire are still on emergency water rations but there are reports of the bowsers being contaminated by yobs.
0740: A look at today's newspapers.
0743: Carmen Jones returns to the British stage and although the cast is all black, the orchestra is not.
0747: Thought for the day with Abdal Hakim Murad.
0750: David Miliband is on his first big trip as Foreign Secretary, Afghanistan and today Pakistan where President Musharaf is experiencing a constant struggle for authority.
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0800 - 0830
0810: Is there ever a reason to show someone dying on television?
0820: The English language is bedecked with marvellous examples of obscure words, but are they obscure for a reason or should we use them more?
0825: An eulogy for Shambo from former Welsh National Poet Gwyneth Lewis.
0830: Sports news with Steve May.
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0835: Jason Pegler believes that his frequent cannabis use brought about mental health issues but Martin Blakemore sat on the committee that recommended cannabis be downgraded to a class C drug.
0840: Greg Wood has the business news.
0845: Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has made history by being the first First Minister to address the House of Commons.
0849: On Tuesday we spoke to Paula Garfield who argued that deafness does not require "fixing" with cochlear implants but Dr Kaukab Rajput says it's wrong to claim they are dangerous.
0852: How might Harry PotterÌýsound if it were written by its biggest critic, authorÌýWill Self? Listener Andrew ChapmanÌýhas sent inÌý"Harry Potter and the Viscera of Kittens".
0855: French newspapers have been obituaries for the Tour de France. |
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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Baroness Sally Morgan Interview
Tony Blair's former Director of Political and Government Relations, Baroness Sally Morgan has given a rare, interview to Today to mark the Prime Minister's departure.
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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"?
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Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists thatÌýthe Home Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the Home 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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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)
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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. |
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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) |
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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). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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