SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW SATURDAY-SUNDAY, 9.30AM, VIRGIN RADIO ★★★★

Graham Norton gets the weekend spirit going with his Friday night TV show on BBC1, then brightens Saturday and Sunday mornings with this mix of chat, guests and his own choice of music.

THE JUNGLE BOOK SATURDAY, 3PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Rudyard Kipling’s classic children’s book has been updated, recorded on location in Mumbai, and delivers a vivid, two-part drama full of heat, dust and adventures.

CERYS MATTHEWS SUNDAY, 10AM, BBC 6 MUSIC ★★★★

The UK’S first all-female mariachi band, Mariachi Las Adelitas – who perform in fetchingly colourful Mexican dresses – give us a blast of their joyful music.

THE CHRISTOPHER BOY’S COMMUNION MONDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

A young Jewish girl has been murdered, her body mutilated, and her boyfriend is in prison awaiting trial. The boy’s mother is prepared to do anything to save her son in this UK radio premiere of David Mamet’s disturbing drama.

SCENES FROM A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE TUESDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

David’s two young daughters wake their father from a deep sleep, and find him strangely changed. He finally gets out to buy them food, but ends up in hospital – where the medics can’t believe what they see. A real gripper of a horror thriller.

RADIO 3 IN CONCERT THURSDAY, 7.30PM, RADIO 3 ★★★★★

The wonderfully talented Sheku Kannehmason and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra give a moving performance of the Dvorak’s Cello concerto, recorded this month at the City Halls, Glasgow.

KEN BRUCE FRIDAY, 9.30AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★

Luke Combs, one of the world’s biggest country music stars, treats us to a live session of songs from his Nashville home.