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Genre | Anthology |
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Country of origin | UK |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Hosted by | John Ellison (1959-73) Margaret Howard (1974-91) Chris Serle (1991-98) Guest hosts (1998-) |
Created by | Gale Pedrick |
Produced by | Gale Pedrick (1959-70), Nancy Wise (1970-4) |
Original release | 3 April 1959 |
Website | www |
Pick of the Week is a long-running British radio programme featuring extracts from BBC radio (and originally television) programmes broadcast over the previous seven days. It was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1959, and transferred to its successor station BBC Radio 4 in 1967. Until 1998, it was broadcast on Friday evening, with a repeat (sometimes edited) on Sunday. Since 1998, it has appeared on Sunday only.
Items are drawn from all of the BBC's local and national radio networks, as well as the BBC World Service. Although not a request show as such, listeners are invited to send in suggestions for the programme.