Radio Week

DEATH AND TAXIS

SATURDAY, 9.45PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Andy Warhol partied hard in 1970s New York, then scurried home to write about all the goings-on. Scott Capurro plays Warhol; Ronni Ancona and Jon Culshaw play pretty much everyone else in this dramatisation of the artist’s racy diaries.

THE REUNION SUNDAY, 11AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Whoever poisoned Alexander Litvinenko expected him to die quickly, but he lived for 23 days, giving the police vital information. Kirsty Wark talks to some of those involved in the investigation into Alexander’s terrible death.

RICKY WILSON’S ROCK & ROLL CLASSICS SUNDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 ★★★★

Ricky Wilson, the Kaiser Chiefs front man and a big fan of 1950s and 1960s rock, plays tracks from that era’s big stars.

THE GREAT POST OFFICE TRIAL MONDAY-FRIDAY, 9.45AM (FM), 12.30AM, RADIO 4

★★★★★ Blameless subpostmasters were found guilty of fraud because of a faulty new computer system. This ten-part series tells the story of a miscarriage of justice, and of the man who worked doggedly to uncover the truth. Nick Wallis reports.

THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT: A ROYAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

WEDNESDAY, 8PM, CLASSIC FM ★★★★ To mark the Queen’s 95th birthday,

John Suchet selects music fit for a monarch; the programme includes the first full broadcast of Debbie Wiseman’s new work, The Music Of Kings And Queens. MEET DAVID SEDARIS THURSDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★★

When David Sedaris goes on holiday with his friend Patsy, they end up in dodgy parts of Europe. As David ends his current series of comic essays, he wonders if it’s time to end his travels with Patsy.

SOUNDS OF THE 80S FRIDAY, 8PM, RADIO 2 ★★★★

Marti Pellow, the former front man of Wet Wet Wet, talks to Gary Davies about the early days on the road with the Scottish rockers, and how music changed their lives.

ARCHERS UPDATE

The past is never too far away in Ambridge. Prehistoric burial sites leave pock marks on Lakey Hill, Nigel’s long scream still echoes round the roofs of Lower Loxley, and photos of Lilian’s unlifted face often come back to haunt her. This week finds the much-married Lilian having a rummage in the Dower House, where she unearths something from Justin’s past that he would rather remain buried. The past also delivers a blow to Fallon when a shocking secret emerges that sends aftershocks across the village.

Over at Greenacres, they’re on some kind of time loop, with Tracy as a recurring figure in different guises; this week, she crops up as Jim’s dinner guest.