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Thursday 25th August 2005
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0607
The parents of 'right-to-life' baby Charlotte Wyatt continue their court battle to keep their child alive. More from Jane Dreaper.

0609
EU officials fly to Beijing in an attempt to to resolve a dispute over chinese clothing imports. Quentin Somerville has the latest.

0615
What are the economic consequences of avian flu? Greg Wood has the business news.

0626
Steve May with the latest on today's crucial fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.

0632
EU experts are meeting today to discuss the dangers of bird flu killing millions. Tim Hirsh reports.

0634
Students will receive their GCSE results this morning. James Westhead finds out why many say the exams are so easy, they're worthless.

0637
Iraqis are trying once more to agree on a new constitution  amid a background of increasing violence. Mike Wooldridge is in Baghdad.

0640
A review of today's papers in the UK and Russia.

0642
The supreme court in Germany is due to announce whether the upcoming general election can go ahead. Ray Furlong is in Berlin.

0648
Health service managers are assessing the benefits of a new system for prioritising vulnerable patients. Adam Brimelow reports.

0650
Lib Dems' Ed Davey  says GCSEs are "failing the country" and should be replaced with a diploma system.

0709
Is bird flu a genuine threat? Philip Tod speaking for the European health commissioner, responds.

0714
Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Öpik says the decision to allow the police to review a report on its inquiry over Deepcut deaths is "totally unacceptable".

0718
Elinor Goodman of the Commission for Affordable Rural Housing says Gordon Brown's new pension rules will push up house prices in the countryside.

0722
Greg Wood with the latest business news.

0725
Dr Paul Irwing of the University of Manchester on why he thinks men are more intelligent than women

0733
Steve May in Trent Bridge with the sports news.

0739
We ask Schools Minister Jacqui Smith and a maths teacher Steve McCormack GCSEs are failing children.

0742
Hear a verdict by Sister Wendy Beckett and Sister Mary Michael on the latest nomination in our greatest painting competition.

0747
Thought for the day with Abdal Hakim Murad, Muslim Chaplain at the University of Cambridge.

0751
Can the differences over the Iraqi constitution be sorted out? Iraqi politician Fareed Sabri and Ali Al Bayati of the Iraqi embassy in London discuss.

0810
Pallab Ghosh examines the risk we face from bird flu. Could it become a global pandemic? We speak to experts Dr Bob McCracken and Hugh Pennington.

0822
Is emotional story telling compromised if a book is too factual? Authors Clare George and Francis Gilbert discuss.

0827
Steve May with the latest sports news.

0835
Tim Franks assesses the case of French-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt  kidnapped by the Marxist Farc guerillas.

0839
Greg Wood with a business news update.

0842
What lessons can be learned about fighting terrorism from great literature of the past? Rebecca Jones reports.

0847
Why is anti-Americanism so rampant in Europe? Theatre critic Joyce Macmillan and Alan Miller of the Old Truman Brewery discuss.
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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!

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.

50th anniversary of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.
The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood.
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.
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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