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A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.

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Pick of the Week: John Waite

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22/05/2016

John Waite

BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, John Waite

John Waite chooses his BBC Radio highlights, including a serenade by the Beast of Bolsover

John Waite makes the selections in Pick of the Week, which features the tale of Ireland's little-known musical genius and a serenade by the 'Beast of Bolsover'.

John Waite presents the best of BBC radio in the past seven days with his Pick of the Week which features the story of an Irishman with an English name who spent most of his life in Russia, speaking in French and inventing the piano nocturne ; tells us why 'the saints might go marching out'; we learn that the camera does indeed lie and why Florence Nightingale by rights ought to be called "the lady with the pie chart". Also a 'treat' for music lovers with the Beast of Bolsover , otherwise known as the MP Dennis Skinner.

Production team: Kevin Mousley & Sally Richardson.

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