Radio Week

MY LIFE IN A MIXTAPE SATURDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2

That fabulous dancer Oti Mabuse puts together a mixtape of her favourite music, including tracks from Shirley Bassey,

Bon Jovi, Dua Lipa and Miriam Makeba.

KEN BRUCE MONDAY-FRIDAY, 9.30AM, RADIO 2

The writer, actor and comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar talks about his career, then picks his Tracks Of My Years – including Gareth Gates and the Kumars’ all-singing, all-dancing version of Spirit In The Sky.

THE NAZI NEXT DOOR TUESDAY, 8PM, RADIO 4

‘Mr Stan’ lived in a pretty English village, handed out fruit from his trees, and was a regular churchgoer – but his neighbours were wary of him. He had, as we hear in this documentary, a vile temper and, according to his stepson, a dark, evil past.

ALEXEI SAYLE’S THE ABSENCE OF NORMAL

WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM, RADIO 4

Jade takes her wheelchair-bound brother, Jason, to the park every day for a change of scene. Everyone thinks Jade is a wonderful sister, but, in this short drama by Alexei Sayle, we discover that Jade has her own ideas about a change of scene.

JO WHILEY WEDNESDAY, 7.30PM, RADIO 2

Dodie joins Jo Whiley for a live session of songs from her new album, Build A Problem, then talks about getting back on the road and singing to her many fans.

THE PERFORMER THURSDAY-FRIDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4

Stephen Fry delivers this enjoyable two-part monologue set in the world of British theatre in the 1950s and 1960s.

MAYDAY FRIDAY, 9PM, RADIO 4

James Le Mesurier died in strange circumstances. He was the co-founder of the White Helmets, whose members face terrible danger to save lives in Syria. Chloe Hadjimatheou hears conflicting accounts of James’s mysterious death.