susan jeffreys’ Radio Week

ALWAYS JUNE

SATURDAY, 9.30PM, RADIO 2 HHHH June lives in the decaying Rookery, and tries to lure other tenants in to share the ramshackle house and the rent.

This one-off comedy is part of Radio 2’s Funny Fortnight, which begins today.

THIS THING OF DARKNESS

MONDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 HHHHH This grippingly good series, based on the work of a forensic psychiatrist, follows themurderofayoungman.inthisfifth episode, the victim’s sister makes a revealing disclosure. Catch up on previous episodes on BBC Sounds.

THANKS A LOT, MILTON JONES!

MONDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4 HHHH Milton Jones rattles off gags at the speed of a machine gun and, often as not, hits a bull’s-eye. He’s back with a new, six-part series, which has the wild-haired comedian doing his best to sort out life’s problems.

THE BLACKROCK GIRL

THURSDAYFRIDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 HHHH

A nurse who has spent years overseas caring for the poor moves to a village in Ireland. She soon makes friends, but her story doesn’t quite add up, and the truth about her past begins to emerge in Lucy Gannon’s two-part psychodrama.

RAMBLINGS

THURSDAY, 3PM, RADIO 4 HHHH For her final walk, Clare Balding heads across a section of the Malverns with the Herefordshire Interfaith Group.

IT’S A FAIR COP

FRIDAY, 11.30AM, RADIO 4 HHHH Former police sergeant turned comedian Alfie Moore swears the audience in as police officers, then presents them with some real-life policing dilemmas, in this deft and funny four-part series.

FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT

FRIDAY, 8PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Level 42 will be at the London Palladium for this concert celebrating 40 years ofmusic-making.tobewithyouagain, Running In The Family and Lessons In Love are among the hits on the bill.