SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

RYLAN ON SATURDAY SATURDAY, 3PM, RADIO 2

★★★★ Craig Revel Horwood has a new one-man show, The All Balls And Glitter Tour; cleaning queen Mrs Hinch has a new book out, titled This Is Me. They join Rylan to talk about their new ventures.

PASSING MONDAY-FRIDAY, 12.04PM, 10.45PM, RADIO 4

★★★★ Two elegantly dressed women exchange glances in a smart New York hotel. They greet each other warily, as neither of them should be there. Nella Larsen’s subtle book about marriage, racism and living a lie is read by Ayesha Antoine.

SONG OF THE REED

MONDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Sophie Okonedo and Mark Rylance star in the last of this seasonal drama series, set in a Norfolk nature reserve, which the staff struggle to keep from going under – figuratively and literally.

WITNESS

TUESDAY, 9.30AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Ruth Harkness, a wealthy socialite, brought a baby panda to New York from China. She bottle-fed the panda and kept it in her apartment, eventually selling it to a zoo. This is the bizarre story of that dubious and cruel enterprise.

BAD APPLES TUESDAY, 8PM, RADIO 4

★★★★

Cara Mcgoogan hears from policewomen of all ranks who’ve been bullied, harassed, emotionally abused and sexually assaulted by their fellow officers. They claim that it’s a major problem within our police forces.

REWINDER

WEDNESDAY, 4PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Judy Garland was born into showbusiness, 100 years ago. Greg James celebrates her approaching centenary with a selection of memorable archive interviews.

RAMBLINGS

THURSDAY, 3PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Winchelsea, in East Sussex, has a ghost twin. Clare Balding is joined by historian Matthew Green to look for signs in the landscape of a once flourishing port and naval base, long lost beneath the waves.

ARCHERS UPDATE

You’ll never catch any of us spilling the beans to an Ambridger. We know that eavesdroppers lurk behind every hedge, so we keep our thoughts and our dark secrets to ourselves, whenever we are in the purlieus of that buzzing hive of gossip. Others – and by now they should know better – are not so cautious and too much given to blabbing. Loose-lips Lily falls into the trap of oversharing this week as she bonds with an in-law, makes a confession, then worries she might regret being so trusting. Lily’s confession is as nothing though, when someone else owns up to something awful, and, as the dust settles, the Ambridge air becomes thick with blame and recriminations.