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This week's Pick of the Week contains plenty of BIG themes - Blame, Blasphemy, Guilt, Betrayal, Hubris - and, in fact, quite a lot of these were evident in a programme about Larry, the Downing Street cat. The poor chap's got two bosses and doesn't know which way to turn. We also uncover the bizarre subculture known as steampunk - so bonkers it's almost impossible to describe - and also find out what unlikely company the Queen has been keeping in the final few instalments of the New Elizabethans.

Presenter - Simon Parkes
Producer - Helen Lee

And Now an Urgent SOS Message - Radio 4
Political Animals - Radio 4
Witness - World Service
World Routes - Radio 3
Book of the Week - Winter Journal - Radio 4
Afternoon Drama - A Cold Supper Behind Harrods - Radio 4
Mr Jupitus in the Age of Steampunk - Radio 4
The Lebrecht Interview - Radio 3
Blasphemy and the Governor of the Punjab - Radio 4
A Brief History of Blame - Radio 4
The New Elizabethans - Fred Goodwin - Radio 4
The New Elizabethans - the Queen - Radio 4
Twenty Minutes - "Ne'er Cast a Clout" - Radio 3.