Gerry Northam

Gerry Northam with the best of BBC Radio this week

Some great voices this week including Clive James, Joan Bakewell, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy. Great writers : such as Jeremy Front, Ian McEwan, Lynne Truss. Great music by Corelli and Rossini and subjects ranging from a child in the womb to preparation for death.
Copernicus versus Martin Luther, a spine-chilling museum of lynching, and how illiterate slum children in Uganda learn to play world-class chess.

Gerry's choice from the BBC Radio iPlayer is Clive James on A Point of View
Producer: Stephen Garner
Pick of the Week Production Team: Pete Liggins and Kay Bishton.