susan jeffreys’ Radio Week

DERMOT O’LEARY

SATURDAY, 8AM, RADIO 2 HHHH Jamie Dornan, who played Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades film franchise, joins Dermot to talk about his role in the romantic drama Endings, Beginnings.

RYLAN ON SATURDAY

SATURDAY, 3PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Joe Wilkinson, the bearded, shambling stand-up comic, joins Rylan Clark-neal. Joe has decided that we need cheering up, so he’s created the Good News Bulletin about the charity work being done by all kinds of people during these hard times.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT

SUNDAY, 7PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Some of the north’s finest musicians play newly recorded hits from the Great Northern Playlist. Tainted Love and She’s Electric feature in this technical and musical triumph, hosted by O.J. Borg.

THE ESSAY: FIVE SCREEN GODS

MONDAY-FRIDAY, 10.45PM,

RADIO 3 HHHH

This week-long series celebrating leading men of the movies from the 1930s and 1940s begins with handsome Clark Gable, and includes Cary Grant and Charles Boyer.

THE COUNTRY SHOW WITH BOB HARRIS

THURSDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 HHHH ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris celebrates 50 years of broadcasting with an anniversary programme of his favourite tracks, plus a live session from Mary Chapin Carpenter.

LIGHTS OUT

FRIDAY, 11.30PM, RADIO 4 HHHH

One night in 1966, a young Army officer serving in Vietnam recorded a tape for his wife and their children. He did not survive the night, but that tape recording, as we hear in this emotional story, did.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: FROM MY HOME TO YOURS

FRIDAY, 12 MIDNIGHT, RADIO 2 HHHH

Once again, the Boss lifts our spirits with this broadcast from his New Jersey home. He plays us a selection of tracks by some of his favourite artists, as well as music from himself and his band.