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Pick of the Week: 19/12/2010

19/12/2010

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Sheila McClennon selects her highlights from the past seven days of BBC Radio.

Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio

On Pick of the week this week - Sheila Hancock shares her first kiss - with a dishy Danny Kaye lookalike on a French exchange. Explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger travels across the scorching Arabian desert and Richard Cohen Chases the Sun to the Antarctic for a spectacular solar eclipse.

If the thought of family over the festive period is making you fraught - how about renting some fake relatives for the day instead? We hear why it's an increasingly popular option in Japan. Nicholas Parsons pops up playing a slimy TV host and Count Arthur Strong is having trouble finding a receipt - inside his imaginary dog


Joan Turner: The Highs and Lows of the Wacky Warbler - Radio 4
Teenage Diary - Radio 4
For the Love of a Child - Radio 4
All in the Mind - Radio 4
A Friend in Need - Radio 4
Count Arthur Strong - Radio 4
The Other Simenon - Striptease - Radio 4
Inside the Life Drawing Class - Radio 4
5 Live - Your Call - Radio 5 Live
Thesiger at 100 - Radio 4
Chasing the Sun - Radio 4
The Big Squeeze - Radio 4
Chequebook and Pen - Radio 4
Just A Minute - Radio 4


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