SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

And The Academy Award Goes To…

SATURDAY, 10.30AM, RADIO 4

Paul Gambaccini returns with the series that unpicks the stories behind Best Picture Oscar-winners, beginning with Michael Curtiz’s 1942 masterpiece Casablanca.

Dead Ringers: An Alien Has Landed

SATURDAY, 2.30PM, RADIO 4

An alien called Geoff, who’s been watching a lot of British TV, lands on Earth, wins both Strictly and Bake Off, but then becomes a little too successful. The Dead Ringers team show off their impressionist skills in this comedy drama.

The Last Of The Volsungs

SUNDAY, 9PM, RADIO 3

You can smell trouble as it comes towards you across the frozen Earth in this vivid dramatisation of the 13th-century Icelandic saga that inspired Game Of Thrones, Vikings, The Lord Of The Rings and the Ring cycle.

Just A Minute

MONDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4

Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Josie Lawrence and Tony Hawks make up the panel, and Nicholas Parsons sets the challenges, as this fun panel show embarks on its 80th series.

Costing The Earth

TUESDAY, 3PM, RADIO 4

Conservationists strongly opposed Donald Trump’s golf resort at Balmedie in Aberdeenshire; now, a new course is being proposed for the coast north of Inverness. Peter Gibbs reports.

Chris Evans

THURSDAY, 6.30AM, RADIO 2

Entries for this year’s 500 Words short story competition for young writers have to be in by this Thursday. Chris presents this competition countdown, and details on how to enter can be found on the BBC website.

In Our Time

THURSDAY, 9AM, 9.30PM, RADIO 4

Melvyn Bragg and team of experts pay tribute to the scientist Rosalind Franklin, who should have received the Nobel Prize for her part in unlocking of the secrets of DNA.

Friday Night Is Music Night

FRIDAY, 8PM, RADIO 2

Gregory Porter, Imelda May and Tony Momrelle, backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, perform a selection of hits including Nat King Cole songs.