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Pick of the Week: 03/08/2014

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Sheila McClennon chooses her highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.

This week the wonders of the Natural world with aftershave for bees and the once in a lizards lifetime trick the reptile can do to put off predators.
Rob Drydon stars as Peter Brough the ventriloquist whose famous puppet Archie took over his life, and those master mimics Dead Ringers return to radio after seven years.
Professor Brian Cox has a go at rewriting comic history with Stephen Fry and Jenny Éclair uses airplane turbulence as a metaphor for a bumpy marriage. 
Sheila McClennon asks you to fasten your seatbelts, make sure your seats are in the upright position and join her for Pick of the Week. 

Sketchorama (Radio 4, 30th June)

Plants from Roots to Riches (Radio 4, 30th June)

Book of the Week: Cold Blood (Radio 4, All-Week)

Saturday Drama: His Master's Voice (Radio 4, 2nd August)

Little Lifetimes (Radio 4, 30th July)

Inside the Ethics Committee (Radio 4, 31st July)

You and Yours (Radio 4, All-Week)

BBC Proms 2014: Prom 19 (part 1): Strauss and Elgar (Radio 3, 31st July)

The Infinite Monkey Cage (Radio 4, 28th July)

Dead Ringers (Radio 4, 30th July)

Empire Café: The Business of Tea (Radio 4, 27th July)

Playing the Skyline (Radio 4, 28th July).

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