Radio Week

Bros

SATURDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 Matt and Luke Goss, of the boy band Bros fame, seem locked in a cycle of combat and creativity. Kate Thornton talks to the twins about their music and their reaction to After The Screaming Stops, a documentary about their sibling rivalry.

Private Passions

SUNDAY, 12 NOON, RADIO 3 The Belgian microbiologist Peter Piot has spent his working life fighting the Ebola virus. He talks about his work, and plays music that has given him hope in a career spent with the sick and dying.

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

MONDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4 Jo Brand, Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden wrap up this series of radio’s funniest panel show.

Dave Podmore Loses The Ashes

TUESDAY, 11PM, RADIO 4 Dave Podmore, the dodgy, moneygrabbing cricketer, has a cunning plan to get his thieving hands on the Ashes in this one-off comedy from the team behind Ed Reardon.

The Folk Show

WEDNESDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 Chris ‘Old Man’ Luedecke is a young-ish man with a pocketful of new songs.

The award-winning Canadian musician joins Mark Radcliffe for a live session of tracks from his new album, Easy Money.

Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable

THURSDAY, 6PM, BBC 6 MUSIC Stand-up comedians Tim Vine, Josie

Long and Reginald D. Hunter join Steve to talk about their upcoming comedy gigs at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Literary Pursuits – Jekyll And Hyde

FRIDAY, 10PM, RADIO 3 R.L. Stevenson woke from a nightmare, and wrote Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde in just three days. Sarah Dillon looks at the real-life events that inspired this enduring masterpiece of horror.

ARCHERS UPDATE

August beats down on Ambridge, stoking up trouble. Will, shamed by last week’s outburst, trudges along, weighed down with worry and desperate to make amends, aware that another dark cloud is on the heat-hazed horizon. Adam is also feeling the emotional heat and, finding himself under fire, lets loose a few home truths that do little to cool things down. Emma is also suffering, and finds herself flame-cheeked with humiliation, while Ruth boils over. The Grundys try to keep their spirits up as they up sticks once again – heading for No 1 The Green – but will advice from Tracy make things better or worse? Meanwhile, Lynda seethes away as Ruairi and Ben come up with yet another hot-headed scheme to spark up at this year’s summer fete.