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	Thursday 28th July 2005 NB: we are unable to offer transcripts for our programme interviews.


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	0607	A committee of MPs is corncerned about the way Prince Charles manages the Duchy of Cornwall, the estate which provides his main income. Peter Hunt has more.
	0610	A verdict is due today in a long-running dispute about treatment for terminally ill patients. Adam Brimelow reveals.
	0615	Greg Wood on badly behaved companies threatened with ASBOs and the rest of the morning's business news.
	0626	Sports news with Mary Rhodes.
	0631	Neil Bennett with the latest development on the investigation into the failed bomb attacks in London.
	0634	Richard Black looks at a new climate plan by US and Australia, outside the Kyoto agreement.
	0636	A review of today's papers in the UK and France.
	0641	The police and Muslim groups say attacks against the Asian community have escalated since the London bomb attacks. Raphael Rowe reports.
	0648	The process to change the Conservative party's leadership rules takes yet another turn today. Iain Watson discovers.
	0650	The Union representing some London Underground staff threatens to strike over safety fears following the London bombings.
	0655	Nasa spokeman, Ed Campion tells us why the US agency is grounding its space shuttle fleet.


	0709	Is the IRA ready to turned its back on the armed struggle? We speak to US Congressman Pete King, a long time backer of the republican cause.
	0711	Kylie Morris gives us an update on a new climate pact between six major industrial nations.
	0715	Greg Wood on telecoms giant BT Group pre-tax profits and the rest of the business news.
	0718	Labour MP Alan Williams on why his colleagues wants Prince Charles to stand down from managing the Duchy of Cornwall.
	0721	Evan Davis looks at whether we have lost a rational perspective on the terrorist issue.
	0726	A sports news update with Mary Rhodes.
	0733	Is the unusual weather in Europe linked to climate change?
	0745	Help us to find the nation's favourite painting.
	0747	Thought for the day with Rev Dr Giles Fraser, vicar of Putney.
	0750	Is it time for judges to take their cue from politicians when it comes to the detention of suspected terrorists? Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer responds.


	0810	Is an American-led pact on global warming a threat to the Kyoto protocol? We talk to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, environmentalist George Monbiot and chief government scientist Sir David King.
	0818	A look at the significance of the arrest of nine people in Tooting, this morning in the investigation into the attempted London bombings.
	0826	Sports news with Mary Rhodes.
	0832	The search for Britain's best architecture - how do you compare the Scottish parliament with a car factory?
	0837	Jon Manel speaks to a friend of London bombing suspect Muktar Said Ibrahim.
	0840	UK house prices are rising more slowly than wages. Greg wood tells us more.
	0844	Why has smoking's on-screen role changed over the years? Writer Brian Dooley and film critic Leslie Felperin discuss.
	0848	Offer us a story by email and get a chance to become at reporter for a day.
	0852	Sir Sandy Bruce Lockhart of the Local Government Association and Housing Minister Yvette Cooper on government plan to increase affordable houses.
	0857	An update on police investigation into the London attacks.



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	Some of Our Less Memorable Moments These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!
		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?



	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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