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Pick of the Week

08/04/2012

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Stewart Henderson makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio

'Now is the hot pot of our discontent' - It was a meeting of theatrical titans when Sir Laurence Olivier was granted an audience with Doris Speed, aka - Annie Walker, hear all about that on Pick Of The Week presented by Stewart Henderson. There is also the shameful account of West Indian immigrants being turned away from British churches in the 1950's..And the endangered Lesser Spotted Woodpecker makes a heart lifting appearance in an ancient English wood.

The People's Passion - Radio 4
Great British Faith - Radio 2
Today - Radio 4
Nature - Radio 4
La France, Maintenant - Radio 4
The Mystery of the Holy Thorn - Radio 4
The Guessing Game - Radio Scotland
Michael Grade - On The Box - Radio 2
Wireless Nights - Radio 4
Great Lives - Radio 4
Fathers and Sons - Radio 4
Witness - World Service
Art Disrupted - Radio 4
The Music Teacher - Radio 4
Just A Minute's Indian Adventure - Radio 4
Alex Horne Presents the Horne Section - Radio 4

Email: potw@bbc.co.uk or www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw

Producer: Cecile Wright. Show less

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