SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

Low SATURDAY, 2.30PM, RADIO 4 (FM)

This drama, based on reality, follows David Bowie and Iggy Pop as they quit Los Angeles and head to Berlin in an attempt to kick their drug habits and find new musical directions. Short Works: A Season Of Murder, Mystery And Suspense MONDAY,

11AM, 9PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA

A young lawyer rents a flat in Copenhagen. He likes to hear the man upstairs playing Chopin, but another neighbour thinks there’s something sinister about the pianist. Tim McInnerny reads a Danish noir short story by Heidi Amsinck. The Infinite Monkey Cage

WEDNESDAY, 9AM, 9.30PM, RADIO 4

A new series of the enjoyable science show begins with Professor Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince celebrating the 100th episode. They’re joined by famous faces including Brian Blessed, Alice Roberts and Andy Hamilton. The Folk Show With Mark Radcliffe

WEDNESDAY, 8PM, RADIO 2

Skerryvore play toe-tapping traditional Scottish music on fiddles, accordions, guitars and pipes. The band will be joining Mark Radcliffe this evening for a live studio session. Bunk Bed

WEDNESDAY, 11PM, RADIO 4

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran return with this oddball comedy that has two men in bunk beds, staring into the dark and talking about whatever comes into their minds. Strangely compelling. The Trial Of Joseph Knight

THURSDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 (FM)

John Wedderburn brought a slave called Joseph Knight from Jamaica to Scotland. Knight asked for his freedom and, when Wedderburn refused, Knight took him to court. This drama by May Sumbwanyambe is based on those events. BBC Proms 2018

FRIDAY, 7.30PM, RADIO 3

The Proms season opens with an emotional piece that follows a soul’s journey from darkness to light. Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Toward The Unknown Region begins the annual musical festival of famous and lesser-known works. Quincy Jones – In Concert

FRIDAY, 8PM, RADIO 2

Quincy Jones is in concert at London’s O2 to celebrate his 85th birthday, with sessions from Paul Weller, Beverley Knight and other stars.