Radio Week

AROUND THE PIANO WITH TOM ODELL

SATURDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 Tom Odell sits at the piano, playing the tunes that come into his head, in this celebration of the great singer-songwriter pianists of the 1970s. Tom also includes tracks by some of his musical heroes and heroines – including, of course, Elton John.

THE MICHAEL BALL SHOW

SUNDAY, 11AM, RADIO 2 Simply Red join Michael on this brunchtime show. The band will give a live performance, including tracks from their recent album, Blue Eyed Soul.

THE FOOD PROGRAMME

SUNDAY, 12.30PM, RADIO 4 Sheila Dillon and a studio of culinary experts look through some of the bestselling cookery books of the past year, andchoosetheirfavourites.it’sahelpful gift guide for the foodies in your life.

THE COUNTRY GIRLS – GIRLS IN THEIR MARRIED BLISS

MONDAY-FRIDAY, 10.45AM, 7.45PM, RADIO 4

This slyly funny dramatisation of Girls In Their Married Bliss, the third book Edna O’brien’s trilogy, finds Baba and Kate living in London. Kate has married for love and Baba for money, but bliss eludes them.

IN TUNE

WEDNESDAY, 5PM, RADIO 3 Claire Martin, Joe Stilgoe and Andrew Cottee give a live session of Christmas songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby.

ELECTION2019

THURSDAY,

9.45PM, RADIO 4

James Naughtie, an old hand when it comes to covering elections, teams up with Emma Barnett to bring us the voting news as it happens. They will be joined by politicians, analysts and BBC correspondents for this election special.

DEAD RINGERS

FRIDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4 Jan Ravens, Lewis Mcleod, Jon Culshaw and the rest of the impersonators give us a comic – and swiftly put together – view of the new political landscape.