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Wednesday 19th October 2005
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0607
Phil Mercer with the latest on the trial of a mechanic accused of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia.

0609
The UN says many survivors of the Asian earthquake have still received no help at all. Mike Wooldridge in Pakistan has more.

0615
US finance firm Refco files for bankruptcy protection. Greg Wood has the details.

0626
Arsenal striker Thierry Henry became Arsenal's record scorer. Steve May with the rest of the sports news.

0632
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad. James Reynolds has the details.

0634
What now for the three remaining candidates in the Tory leadership contest? Norman Smith tells us.

0638
A review of today's papers in the UK and Jordan.

0643
Fathers of new babies could get the right to up to three months paid leave, in a new bill. Kim Catehside reports.

0646
David Wilby looks at events Yesterday in Parliament.

0650
A man is in custody over hoax letters and a tape which disrupted the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. Kevin Bocquet has more.

0655
Lib Dem's Sir Robert Smith tells us why his party is criticising the government over the way it's changing building regulations.

0709
Iain Watson looks at the politics behind the Tory leadership race. Who will become the standard bearer for the party? We ask Tory Stephen O'Brien.

0716
We discuss the trial of Saddam Hussein with ex-war crimes tribunal prosecuter Richard Goldstone.

0721
Roche, the drug company behind the main treatment for avian flu, has reported a rise in sales. More from Greg Wood.

0722
Are younger people getting into the habit of not voting? We ask the Electoral Commission's Sam Younger.

0725
Jon Manel looks at what could be in the government's flu pandemic contingency plan.

0728
The man charged with finding the next Freddie Flintoff  is to set out his vision for cricket. Steve May reports.

0734
Is the rights for new fathers good news for business? Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson responds.

0745
The Met office's chief Meterologist Ewen McCallum tells us why Britain is heading for a big freeze.

0748
Thought for the day with aid agency Tear Fund's Elaine Storkey.

0751
Tory Sir Malcolm Rifkind tells us what he thinks about his party's leadership race.

0810
John Simpson on the hopes and expectations of the Saddam Hussein trial. Will it be fair? We talk to UK lawyer Stephen Kay and ex-foreign Office adivser Elizabeth Wilmshurst.

0822
Hear our discussion on whether famous last words matter especially if they are only attributed to an individual.

0828
Steve May with the sports news update.

0833
Madelaine Albright, former US Secretary of State, gives her views on future of Iraq and the trial of Saddam Hussein.

0838
Archbishop Desmond Tutu on poverty Africa and the G8 summit.

0845
Greg Wood has the business news update.

0849
Oxford University's Timothy Garton-Ash and historian Theodore Zeldin, on the best age to become an intellectual.

0853
Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of Al Quds Arabi, give his take on the Saddam Hussein trial.

0857
Ken Clarke is gone. We ask Nick Robinson whether its an end of an era for the Conservative party.
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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?
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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