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This week…how does anyone compress the tangy mix of optimism, cynicism and ear-popping politics into forty-five minutes? Well, we have giggling funeral celebrants, hard-bitten seekers of truth, saloon bar composers, the hated of the Opera world, rumbustious comedy, the Irish Troubles, Wittgenstein and The Ramones - not a double act, you understand.

Presenter: Peter Curran
Producer: Elizabeth Foster & Richard McIlroy
Production support: Ellen Orchard
Studio Manager: Jonathan Esp

Contact potw@bbc.co.uk

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