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0709 | Millions will watch Live 8 today; our correspondents in Tokyo, Hyde Park and Johannesburg report. | | | |  |
0715 | The Scottish First Minister, Jack McConnell, explains how Edinburgh will cope with the Make Poverty History rally and G8. | | |
0722 | Kings Lynn becomes the first English town to join the original European free trade organisation - the medieval Hanseatic League. | | |
0725 | Sport with Garry Richardson. | | |
0732 | Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has resigned from the US Supreme Court - will Bush tip the balance by appointing a conservative replacement? Sidney Blumenthal, former senior advisor to President Clinton, and Ruth Wedgewood, Professor of International Law. | | |
0741 | A review of today's papers with Chris Aldridge. | | |
0744 | Gunpowder Treason, a new exhibition at the Tower of London, opens today; John Keohane, Chief Yeoman Warder, explains why it is of particular significance to one of our presenters... | | |
0747 | A lyrical Thought for the Day with the writer Rhidian Brook. | | |
0750 | Lord Lamont and Ed Owen, former adviser to the Foreign Office, debate whether nation states should now reclaim legal powers from the EU. | | | | |
0810 | Singer and campaigner Peter Gabriel discusses the momentous Live 8 concerts taking place today. | | |
0820 | Actor Richard Briers, president of the P G Wodehouse Society, campaigns to save the Berkshire pig - the breed that produced the most famous sow in literature: the Empress of Blandings. | | |
0824 | A selection of listener's letters to the programme. | | |
0827 | Sports update from Garry Richardson in Wimbledon. | | |
0830 | Head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien and Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, explain why they will lead the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh today. | | |
0844 | The authenticity of documents from the National Archives at Kew, used as the basis for a recent book which claimed Himmler was murdered by the British, is being questioned today. The author of the book, Martin Allen, and Ben Fenton of the Daily Telegraph discuss the implications for historical research in Britain. | | |
0851 | Authors Henry Porter and Robert Littell discuss whether 9/11 has resurrected the genre of thriller writing. | | |
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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.
| |  | 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, 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
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