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30/09/2012

Ernie Rea selects his favourites from the past seven days of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio.

Ernie Rea's choice of the best on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio this week.

There are some inspiring personal stories on Pick of the Week. Eileen Murphy endured years of beatings and abuse in a Magdalene Laundry in Ireland; they threw her out aged 23 with just 5 shillings in her hand. Holly Nugent is a teenager from Bootle; she suffers from alopecia but last week in front of her entire school she removed her wigs to reveal "her true self." Channel Four's Para Olympic presenter Ade Adepitan climbed up the final slopes Mount Vesuvius on his bottom rather than admit defeat. And Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys battled mental illness to produce one of the all time classic pop albums.

Ernie chose the following programmes:

Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - Ade Adepitan
Radio 4 - Soul Music - The St Matthew Passion by J S Bach
Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama - Feminine Forever episode 2
Radio 4 - Great Lives - Edith Wharton
Radio 4 - Book of the Week - Vanished Years episode 1
Radio 4 - Big Shot
Radio 2 - Shout to the Top
Radio 2 - Beach Boys at 50
Radio Merseyside Tony Snell in the Morning - Jimmy McCracken talks to teenager Holly Nugent about her alopecia.
Radio 3 - Sunday Feature: Piano Tales - A Social History of the Piano
Radio 4 - Deborah Bull's Dance Nation episode 2
Radio 4 - Secret World
Radio 4 - Luck Be a Lady
Radio 4 - Tehrangeles
World Service - Witness - Magdalene Laundries

Produced by Rachel Ross.

45 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Sep 2012 18:15

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  • Sun 30 Sep 2012 18:15