susan jeffreys’ Radio Week

DERMOT O’LEARY

SATURDAY, 8AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★ Andrew Strauss, the former England cricket captain, talks to Dermot about fundraising during the third England v West Indies Test match in the aid of the Ruth Strauss Foundation, named after his late wife.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT

SUNDAY, 7PM, RADIO 2 ★★★★ Ruthie Henshall and a host of stars give us hits from Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, Aladdin, Dreamgirls and other West End musicals in this concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.

MY NAME IS

MONDAY, 11AM, RADIO 4 (FM) ★★★★ Fake news costs lives. Fozia Hayat, a Bradford-based doctor who’s worked long shifts on Covid wards, reports on the deadly delusions propagated in a city that has been much afflicted by coronavirus.

SOUL MUSIC

WEDNESDAY, 9AM, 9PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive has been an anthem for the brokenhearted, but these days, it has another layer of emotional significance. In this programme, we hear from some of those who’ve had their lives saved and their mascara ruined by this hit.

KEN BRUCE

THURSDAY, 9.30AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★ Ronan Keating will be live in Ken’s studio to give us some tracks from his new album, Twenty Twenty, and to sing his big hit, When You Say Nothing At All.

THE COUNTRY SHOW WITH BOB HARRIS

THURSDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 HHHH Margo Price, whose tough life gives her country-and-western music real credibility, gives a lives session from her Nashville home of brand-new songs from her latest album, That’s How Rumors Get Started.

TONY BLACKBURN’S GOLDEN HOUR

FRIDAY, 7PM, RADIO 2 ★★★★ There’ll be a feast of Elvis hits and covers as Tony marks 50 years since The Wonder Of You topped the UK charts. All Shook Up, Heartbreak Hotel and Can’t Help Falling in Love are also on the bill.