Susan jeffreys’ Radio Week

DERMOT O’LEARY

SATURDAY, 8AM, RADIO 2 HHHH A good week for live music gets off to an ear-pleasing start as twin brothers Daniel and David, with their kid sister, Julia – collectively known as Bailen – deliver a live session of their slightly mysterious, very harmonious songs.

JOOLS HOLLAND

SUNDAY, 11PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Allan Clarke – a singer who could hit some astounding top notes in his prime, and was one of the founding members of The Hollies – joins Jools tonight for tracks from his recent album, Resurgence.

TUNNEL 29

MONDAY-FRIDAY,

1.45PM, RADIO 4 HHHH

In 1961, soldiers put up a barrier that separated East Berlin from western Europe. This atmospheric ten-part dramadocumentary tells the story of a strange, surreal period in 20th-century history.

THE CLEMMIE HART YEARS

TUESDAY, 11PM, RADIO 4 HHHHH Anneka Rice may have failed on the Strictly dance floor, but she’s triumphed on the comedy circuit. In this larky onewoman show, Anneka spills the beans about a deception she played on the world of showbiz for many a year.

FOUR THOUGHT

WEDNESDAY, 9.30AM, RADIO 4 HHHH In this recorded talk, given earlier this year at the Dark Sky Reserve in the Brecon Beacons, the writer Lora Stimson tells us about the consolation that gazing at the stars brought her after her father’s death.

MARC RILEY

THURSDAY, 7PM, BBC 6 MUSIC HHHH Vic Godard, the postman and punk pioneer, has kept on touring around Europe and the UK, playing to loyal bands of his fans. This evening, Vic will be joining one of his keenest fans, Marc Riley, for a live studio session.

FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT

FRIDAY, 8PM, RADIO 2 HHHH Louise Dearman and Graham Bickley sing some of Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits in this concert from the Chichester Festival Theatre.

archers update

Peggy’s cat, Hilda, is still nowhere to be found this week, and while birds hop around happily and small rodents frisk in the last of the sun’s rays, those humans who have known Hilda’s claws now skip up to Peggy’s door. Things are not so chirpy over at Grange Farm, where the Grundy grief is all the harder to bear because of an unwelcome visitor, but a clear-out of Joe’s belongings unearths a mysterious letter, which will prove quite a distraction. The Bull, meanwhile, begins an initiative in memory of an old friend, Oliver is chirpier than he’s been for a long time, Elizabeth is on the mend, but David and Adam – worried about Vince Casey – are sunk in gloom.