Radio Week

The Danny Baker Show

SATURDAY, 9AM, RADIO 5 LIVE

Every week, Danny shows all other broadcasters how it’s done as he fields listeners’ calls, welcomes guests, spins jokes and shares his views on sport, life and sausage sandwiches.

Don’t Panic! It’s The Douglas Adams Papers

SATURDAY, 8PM, RADIO 4

Comedy producer John Lloyd shares memories of having the chaotic, hopeless yet endearing Douglas Adams as a housemate in the days before Adams had his big hit with

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

Living World

SUNDAY, 6.35AM, RADIO 4

Brett Westwood takes a stroll through Snowdrop Valley on Exmoor, and hears how those charming flowers flourish in this secret spot.

Johnnie Walker’s Sounds Of The 70s

SUNDAY, 3PM, RADIO 2

Rickie Lee Jones joins Johnnie to look back on the 1970s, when she was a free spirit living in LA, doing gigs in coffee houses, writing songs and laying the foundations of her career.

The Unforgiven

MONDAY-FRIDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4

Set in 1984, this crime thriller, written by Barbara Machin, creator of Waking The Dead, looks at the origins of the cold case team back in the days when there was no DNA or CCTV evidence. Fast-paced, authentic, riveting.

The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase

THURSDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4

Simon Jones returns to play Arthur Dent, the last surviving man, in this first of a new six-part series based on Douglas Adams’s cult radio show, first broadcast in 1978. This opening episode has the sound and feel of the original, but takes matters into whole new dimensions.

Chris Evans

FRIDAY, 6.30AM, RADIO 2

Michael Caine joins Chris to talk about the documentary My Generation, which has Michael looking back on the good times that a working-class lad, with a spot of cash in his back pocket, could have in 1960s London.

Country 2 Country 2018

FRIDAY, 8PM, RADIO 2

Bob Harris will be joined by Baylen Leonard backstage at the O2 Arena for this live broadcast of the UK’s biggest annual country music festival.