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Pick of the Week: 17/10/2010

17/10/2010

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John Waite makes his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.

John Waite makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio

In this week's Pick of the Week, saluting "La Stupenda" - John Waite hears tributes to the great soprano Dame Joan Sutherland who died earlier this week. There are highlights, too, from a very different musical legacy - the virtuoso trumpet playing of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. From a satchel mouth . to a penny-black nose: find out why Adolf Hitler had a "nasal welcome mat" in the middle of his face. And . a nation of addicts. John investigates the domestic drug that we've probably all dabbled in, and asks "Why are the British hooked ... on tea?" Perhaps make yourself a pot, and settle in to listen to "Pick of the Week". 

The Man Behind The Mountains - Radio 4
Jazz Junctions - Radio 2
Choice: Mandela in his own Words - World Service
Africa at 50: Wind of Change - Radio 4
Parting Shots - Radio 4
Start the Week - Radio 4
Richard Herring's Objective - Radio 4
Afternoon Play: Every Child Matters - Radio 4
The Carl Rosa Opera - Radio 4
In Tune - Radio 3
Words and music - Radio 3
A History of the World in 100 Objects - Radio 4
Beyond the Blitz - Radio Coventry and Warwickshire


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