Pick of the Week - 25/07/2010

Hardeep Singh Kohli makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio Rich pickings indeed during the last week. Drama from a train platform in Highlands of Scotland to Jackie Kay's odyssey to find her birth father down the Red Dust Road in Nigeria; a collection of programmes that explore and expound the notion of family and fatherhood, but from very different perspectives. We also hear a little about former Post man, Trades Union leader and Home Secretary Alan Johnson's failure to be a Rockstar. And what happened when Lord Mandelson and Ricky Gervais found themselves in the same live radio studio. With a danish pastry. You couldn't write it.. Reasons To Be Cheerful - Radio 4 In Search of Gustav Mahler - Radio 3 BBC Proms - Radio 3 Red Dust Road - Radio 4 Gift - Radio 4 The House I Grew Up In - Radio 4 Platform 3 - Radio 4 Beyond Belief - Radio 4 Alan Johnson - Failed Rock Star - Radio 4 The Curse of the Number Two - Radio 4 The Essay - Home Rule for The Soul - Radio 3 PM - Radio 4 Today - Radio 4 Colin Patterson - Radio 5live Newsjack - Radio 7 PHONE: 0370 010 0400 FAX: 0161 244 4243 Email: [email protected] or www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw Producer: Cecile Wright.