Pick of the Week - 27/06/2010

Caz Graham makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio Pick of the Week is looking for answers: Why is opera strewn with dead women? What drives a person to sculpt a replica of the Angel of the North out of sponge cake? What do actors really think about when they're on stage? And when two metres of angry flood water burst into your home and swallow up your most treasured possessions, how difficult is it to pick yourself up and keep going? Just some of the questions being asked in Pick of the Week with Caz Graham Why Do Women Die in Opera - Radio 3 Clare in the Community - Radio 4 The Essay - Radio 3 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Radio 4 The Paris Bouquinistes - Radio 4 Swansea in the Blitz - Radio Wales Back Home: Wilson, the World Cup and the 1970 General Election - Radio 2 Today - Radio 4 Archive on 4: 100 Years After Jack Johnson - Radio 4 I Am I Said - Radio 4 Welsh Accent - Radio 4 Watermark - World Service Paul Jones - Radio 2 Lady Plays The Blues - Radio 4 The Food Programme - Radio 4 PHONE: 0370 010 0400 FAX: 0161 244 4243 Email: [email protected] or www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw Producer: Cecile Wright.