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Thursday 20th October 2005
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0607
Phil Mercer has the latest on the trial of a mechanic accused of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia.

0609
Hurricane Wilma gathers strength as it prepares to hit the Caribbean. Steve Gibbs reports.

0615
The internet giant Google  has decided to change the name of its free e-mail service in the UK. More from Greg Wood.

0626
Chelsea secures victory against Real Betis in the Champions League. More from Steve May.

0632
Norman Smith on what's at stake for the three contenders left in the Tory leadership race as they face crunch vote today.

0634
Fears grows over the fate of the Guardian's Rory Carroll  after he went missing in Iraq. James Reynolds reports.

0638
A US court has issued an arrest warrant for Tom DeLay, an ally of President Bush, on money laundering charges. More from Justin Webb.

0641
A BBC investigation has revealed that school league tables are hiding a decline in English and Maths results. Simon Cox tells us more.

0644
A review of today's papers in the UK and Taiwan.

0650
Rachel Hooper looks at events Yesterday in Parliament.

0655
A government report is calling for a radical overhaul of the probation services. We speak to John Raine of the Probation Boards' Association.

0709
Has David Davis' campaign for the Tory leadership lost momentum? We ask Davis' ally, Tory MP Damien Green.

0719
Rory Carroll's father Joe about his son's kidnapping in Iraq. James Brandon, who was held hostage in Iraq, and Rodney Pinder of the International News Safety Institute comment.

0721
The Morrisons supermarket chain releases its latest figures. Greg Wood has the details.

0723
Jill McGivering finds out why phones in Kashmir have become a lifeline.

0727
Will Chelsea and Liverpool  qualify for the Champions League? Steve May tells us.

0734
We ask Schools Minister Jacqui Smith  whether there is a "cover-up" over English and maths results.

0746
What's in a face? Rebecca Jones reports on an exhibition that looks at 500 years of portrait painting.

0749
Thought for the day with Dom Antony Sutch, a Benedictine Monk.

0753
Tory chairman Francis Maude  talks to us about his party's leadership race.

0810
Are things getting better or worse in Iraq? We speak to the UK's most senior soldier General Sir Michael Jackson.

0822
The French delicacy foie gras  could be protected under French law. Could you imagine such a law here? Chef Anthony Worrall Thompson and journalist Bruce Anderson discuss.

0828
Britian's Katherine Legge is set to become one of the few women to test a Formula One car.

0833
Jean-Louis Bruguiere, France's top anti-terror judge, tells us why he believes the terrorist threat in Europe is still very high.

0842
Greg Wood with a business news update.

0847
Why are more and more shops now offering near-permanent sales? Author Laura Bushell and retail expert Bryan Roberts discuss.

0851
Norman Smith looks at the policies of Tory leadership hopeful David Cameron. Tory MP John Redwood gives his take on his party's leadership race.
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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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