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Friday 29th April 2005
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0607
Iran is meeting officials from Britain, France and Germany today to be grilled about its nuclear programme.

0609
President Bush has been talking about his domestic policy - and as Justin Webb in Washington explained he was doing so from a position of some political difficulty.

0615
Business news from Rebecca Marston.

0627
Sports news from Garry Richardson.

0631
The last weekend of the election campaign and the opposition parties hoping to squeeze more advantage from the Iraq war row while Labour, no doubt, are hoping to turn the spotlight elsewhere. Norman smith is our political correspondent.

0634
Just a month to go to the big vote.... in France, that is. On the new constitution for Europe. And the government is seriously rattled. 

0640
Wales has traditionally been a Labour-dominated part of the United Kingdom but five or six of those seats are set to change hands.

0645
A review of the papers from the UK and Beijing.

0650
Yesterday in the Campaign reviewed by Mark D'Arcy.

0655
Despite his being a senior figure of the Conservative party we have not heard much from the outspoken John Redwood, Labour claimed that he was being kept quiet due to some rather extreme views, Sanchia Berg went to talk to him.

0709
On last night's Question Time Tony Blair faced one angry woman who felt let down by real effects of NHS targets, that woman is Diana Church. We also hear from Conservative spokesman Andrew Lansley, and Dr Hamish Meldrum of the British Medical Association.

0718
Is it the nature of the Attorney general's role that has caused the problems the government has got itself into over the legality of the war? Or is it the person doing the job? Alan Trench, senior research fellow and Lord Thomas of Gresford give us their opinion.

0721
More business news from Rebecca Marston.

0725
Edward Stourton is talking about candidates in Northern Ireland.

0730
sporting update from Garry Richardson.

0734
John Ware reported for Panorama on the Whitehall discussions that preceded the iraq invasion in a programme which was called Iraq: The Truth and Tony, and he's here to talk about the Attorney General's role in the decision process.

0743
Politicians clothing is an issue that's got you our listeners writing in, so we continue the debate.

0747
Thought for the Day with Catherine Pepinster, Editor of The Tablet.

0750
The row over Iraq has raised many questions about the legality of war but for the men and women who fight it's not a question of legal niceties. If a war is found not to be legal could they find themselves in the dock?

0810
Is it inevitable that France will vote against the European Constitution? Sarah spoke to Jacques DeLore. What would that mean for British politicians? John speaks to Malcolm Rifkind.

0832
Are government orchestrated health targets more of a hindrance than a help? We talk to Paul Burstow and John Reid.

0837
Back to Edward Stourton in Northern Ireland.

0845
The latest business news from Rebecca Marston.

0848
Today's election panel are all historians: Tristram Hunt, Andrew Roberts and Juliet Gardner. 
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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, 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.

Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, in Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First BBC interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks to our reporter Zubeida Malik about his ordeal and how he continues to campaign 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).
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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