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1st March 2005
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0607
School inspectors will give out advice on discipline today.

0610
The government is set to announce contingency plans for dealing with what could be a very serious flu epidemic.

0615
The business news with Greg Wood.

0628
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0632
The Middle East conference in London could be the first step to a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.

0635
The government's anti-terrorism legislation got through the Commons last night and goes to the Lords today.

0637
The pro-Syrian Lebanese Cabinet has resigned - driven out by anti-Syrian protests after the murder of the former prime minister in February.

0641
A review of today's papers both in Britain and Santa Maria, California.

0646
The Government's anti-terrorism legislation scraped home last night. Sean Curran reports.

0651
Jessica Alexander from the Sleep Council on their new report which looks into the impact of too little time in bed.

0655
The Home Office has told police and local authorities that the names of people with anti-social behaviour orders should be made public.

0709
Conservative leader in the Lords, Lord Strathclyde, and Lib Dem peer, Lord Carlile, discuss the Prevention of Terrorism Bill.

0715
The Palestinians are hoping that London's conference on the Middle East will lead to promises of more money from the international community.

0717
Greg Wood with a business update.

0720
Files released by the National Archive in Kew show the children's author Arthur Ransome also worked for MI6.

0724
The sports news with Garry Richardson.

0732
The Government has stockpiled enough anti-viral drugs to protect 1/4 of the British population against the bird flu - but it has refused further investment in an experimental vaccine to combat the strain. Tom Feilden reports and Professor Pat Troop from the Health Protection Agency comments.

0744
The New Forest in Hampshire has become the first National Park to be created since the 1980s.

0748
Thought for the Day with The Right Reverend Tom Butler.

0751
Home Secretary Charles Clarke on the Anti-Terrorism Bill which narrowly scraped through last night and the concessions he had to make.

0810
President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, explains what he is looking for at the peace conference in London.

0820
How relevant is the Magna Carta document which states that 'no free man shall be seized or imprisioned' in the 21st Century?

0830
Could the hunger strikes by the IRA in the early eighties have been bought to an earlier ending than previously thought?

0835
business update with Greg Wood.

0844
Peter Mills, father of Holly Mills, who has vCJD, expresses his concerns over the exclusion of a drug from government trials which could prolong her life.

0847
Concerns about damage to the ancient site of Babylon in Iraq have been raised since Polish troops took control of the area a little over a year ago.

0850
Professor Clive Ballard from the Alzheimer's Society reacts to the statement by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, asking doctors to stop prescribing the four main drugs used to treat it.

0855
Lord Janner and Rosemary Hollis of the Foreign Affairs Institute, Chatham House, discuss whether Mahmoud Abbas can get the peace deal he wants.
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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!

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, 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
Interruption
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.
Laughing matter
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
Weathermen
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.

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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