Radio Week

The picks of the best of this week’s radio

ENTERTAINMENT Bowman

SUNDAY, 8.30AM, RTÉ RADIO 1★★★★

On this week’s show John Bowman takes another look back through the RTÉ Radio archives and presents some of his favourite recordings from the fascinating history of this country.

Forgotten Musical Masterpieces

SUNDAY, 9PM, BBC RADIO 2 ★★★★ From the deck of Dame Edna’s borrowed yacht, Barry Humphries introduces his selection of culturally thrilling songs from the first half of the 20th century.

Lasracha

FRIDAY, 9PM, RTÉ RNAG ★★★★

Seán Ó hÉanaigh will be focused on singer Jim Croce (pictured) in this series about the greats of Americana music. It’s the story of Jim’s life and musical work, and we’ll also hear some of his most important, amusing and best-known tracks.

FACTUAL Doc on One: Crossing the Line

SUNDAY, 6PM, RTÉ RADIO 1★★★★

In May 1981 the Irish rugby team went to South Africa at the height of apartheid, despite the international and national stance against that regime. The decision to go split the team and split the nation. This tells of those events, and what happened next.

The Patch

MONDAY, 9AM, 9.30PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

A new run of the series that focuses on stories unfolding in small corners of the UK. The series begins in Hawkhurst in Kent, where former British army corporal Steve Davies wants to help veterans who, like himself, suffer from PTSD.

Aistí ón Aer

MONDAY, 4.10PM, RTÉ RNAG ★★★

Series of fascinating essays for radio. The new writing today will include a short story from published author Colin Ryan from Australia, an essay on Tajikistan by Quinton Beck from the United States, and work from Gearóidín Nic Cárthaigh, Grace Neville and Eoin McEvoy.

An Chéad Ghlúin Eile

TUESDAY, 1, 30PM, RTÉ RNAG ★★★

Seámus Ó Scanláin interviews Eoghan Ó Loideáin from An Cheathrú Rua in Galway. Eoghan is a television and radio presenter. Although he is well-known as a bubbly and fun character to his audience, he also has some more considered thoughts about the world around us, which we will hear on this episode of the show.

Reflections On Hi-Vis

TUESDAY, 11AM, RADIO 4 ★★★

In this fascinating report, the journalist and presenter Steph McGovern asks why high-visibility jackets and vests have never been, well, more visible. How has a safety item become so ubiquitous, and what does that say about society today?

Tar Liom Go Dtí na Choill

WEDNESDAY, 1, 30PM, RTÉ RNAG ★★★

Róisín Sheehy visits a poet in Cork, and Ballyscanlon Lake in Co. Waterford.

DRAMA

I Don’t Believe You

THURSDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Lucianne McEvoy is Catríona, an Irish spinner of tall tales; Martin Quinn is Davey, a shipyard apprentice with secrets stuffed in his back pocket. Robert Forrest’s play follows the pair as they meet outside Bob Dylan’s electric 1966 Manchester Free Trade Hall concert.