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3rd December 2004
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0607
NHS waiting lists are down again. Adam Brimelow has more details.

0610
America's UN ambassador John Danforth has resigned. Susannah Price has more.

0615
The business news with Rebecca Marston.

0626
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
Tony Blair will today praise Gordon Brown over his pre budget speech yesterday. Vicky Young reports.

0635
The Ukrainian Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict on the contested election results today.

0638
Doctors are worried about the increase in the number of cases of tuberculosis in this country. Sanchia Berg has the details.

0640
A review of today's papers both in Britain and the Philippines.

0645
The government gave details yesterday of how it will try to hold down council tax bills in England next year. It believes increases should be below five per cent. David Wilby reports.

0650
An article in the British Medical Journal has raised concerns over a new trend of people making 
suicide pacts on the internet.

0653
Academics and intelligence experts in America gathered yesterday for the first big conference about Al Qaeda since the 9/11 attacks three years ago. Jill McGivering reports.

0708
NHS Chief Executive Sir Nigel Crisp on the fall in waiting list times.

0712
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Willets, on yesterday's pre-budget report and how it might affect Tony Blair.

0718
BT celebrates 20 years since it was privatised. Rebecca Marston talks with BT's Chairman Sir Christopher Bland.

0722
Although efforts are underway to get the Lords Resistance Army and the Ugandan government to talk, horrendous atrocities are still continuing. Will Ross reports from Northern Uganda.

0726
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0733
Professor Ivor Crewe, President of Universities UK, which represents all of them, on why so many have had to close down departments.

0741
Why are the numbers of viola players declining? Rebecca Jones reports.

0745
Peter Greste has the latest on a series of attacks in Iraq.

0748
Thought for the Day with the Right Reverend Richard Harries - the Bishop of Oxford.

0751
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, who is in London on a state visit this week, on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme and his troop's commitment to Iraq.

0810
Chancellor Gordon Brown on his pre-budget speech yesterday and where he is going to get another £2bn.

0828
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0832
Sanchia Berg reports on the increase in the number of cases of TB and talks to a British woman who caught it and infected her own baby, plus, Dr John Moore-Gillon, a TB specialist working in London.

0839
business update with Rebecca Marston.

0843
Why are we so fascinated by cults? Abi Freeman from the group, The Family, and Graham Baldwin from Catalyst, a counselling service which deals with people who have been in cults.

0846
Etymologist Michael Quinion on yesterday's diary extract, 'making love to me on the roof garden' and why it caused such controversy.

0851
Liberal Democrats Treasury spokesman Vincent Cable reacts to Gordon Brown's pre-budget report plus Tom Bower, author of a biography on Gordon Brown and Nick Herbert, Director of Reform.
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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!

Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, as Nick 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 fails John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim introduces a very strange sounding 
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
- 23th July 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
- 25th October 2003
Is that Alec Stewart?
Garry Richardson interviews an Australian cricket fan masquerading as England star Alec Stewart.
- 7 January 2003
Interruption
Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Where am I?
It's not always easy to remember ... Sarah forgets where she is
- 20 May 2002
Studio invasion
Jim is besieged by his friends in the studio
- 15 December 2001
Unforthcoming
Jim attempts to interview Gruff Rhys of 'Super Furry Animals'.
Greg?
John gets a little confused as to which Greg he has on the programme
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
Laughing matter
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
Weathermen
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
Wrong guest
Sue and the wrong guest
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.

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).
Jim Naughtie interviews the Nigerian High Commissioner in Britain, Dr Christopher Kolade, 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. First 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 to 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 to James Naughtie
Her questions surrounding the White 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.
Michael Jackson complaint
Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.
Saudi ambassador on war
Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Jackie Elliott
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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