SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

Pepys: Fire Of London

SATURDAY, 2.30PM, RADIO 4 ‘I cannot sleep a-night without great terrors of fire.’ This drama, told through the eyes of Samuel Pepys, follows the terrifying events of the Great Fire of London.

No Triumph, No Tragedy

SUNDAY, 1.30PM, RADIO 4 Clarence Adoo was a trumpet player of some renown when a freak accident left him paralysed. In this programme, Clarence tells Peter White what gave him back a life in music.

The Electrical Venus

MONDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 Grainger’s travelling circus is full of weird attractions and now, it has a new star, the Electrical Venus. Punters who kiss her lips get quite a shock in this drama by Julie Mayhew.

In Business

THURSDAY, 8.30PM, RADIO 4 Many infertile couples will pay far more than they can spare to have a baby. Matthew Gwyther looks at the multibillion-pound international baby-making business.

Deborah Frances-White Rolls The Dice

FRIDAY, 11.30AM, RADIO 4 The comedian Deborah Frances-White was adopted, and decided to search for her birth mother. She tells the story in a piece of radio that’s sincere, funny and quite riveting.

The News Quiz

FRIDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4 Miles Jupp returns with a new series of the topical satirical quiz show. His panel for the opening show includes Jeremy Hardy, Vicki Pepperdine and Andy Hamilton.