SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

DERMOT O’LEARY

SATURDAY, 8AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★ Polly Walker and Harriet Cains, minus their high wigs and big frocks, join Dermot this morning to share some Bridgerton gossip and, perhaps, give a hint or two about the fate of the Featheringtons.

STUART MACONIE SATURDAY,

8AM, BBC 6 MUSIC ★★★★

Stuart brings us some of the highlights so far from this year’s 6 Music Festival in Cardiff, including sets from Manic Street Preachers and Pixies.

WOGAN: IN HIS OWN WORDS

SUNDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 ★★★★

A long forgotten interview with Terry Wogan has been gathering dust in a

BBC vault for several decades. It was found by chance and now, in a programme presented by Zoe Ball, we hear the witty Mr Wogan delighting us once more.

START THE WEEK

★★★★

The Russian-born journalist Arkady Ostrovsky, who has inside knowledge of President Vladimir Putin, is among Tom Sutcliffe’s guests on this discussion show. Nathan Law, one of the brave student leaders of China’s 2014 Umbrella Movement, is also on the programme.

MONDAY, 9AM, 9.30PM, RADIO 4 OTI MABUSE’S DANCING LEGENDS

WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Vincent Simone tells Oti Mabuse about Maria Nieves, the tango dancer who inspired him and who, along with Juan Carlos Copes, brought tango off the streets of Buenos Aires and on to the world stage.

CROSSING CONTINENTS

THURSDAY, 11AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

In the past 20 years, 421 people have been shot dead by hunters in France. Lucy Ash reports on how this is a hot political issue.

WITNESS

FRIDAY, 11.45PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Two former soldiers, one an unwilling Argentinian conscript, the other a trained British serviceman, recall the Battle of Mount Longdon, one of the decisive encounters of the Falklands War.

ARCHERS UPDATE

Chris and Alice are at that stage where the word ‘amicable’ has been discarded and the real carve-up starts. Alice sets matters on a nasty course when she makes a decision that forces Chris to fight fire with fire. There’s a lot at stake here, including Aldridge acreage, and the rumblings from this could echo round Ambridge for generations. To fuel the flames, Ruairi returns for the holidays. He and Alice, as we well know, don’t get on, ever since Alice told him he wasn’t really an Aldridge – a bit ironic, that, given that Ruairi is Brian’s only biological son – and that, too, will echo round Ambridge for generations. Meanwhile, a new arrival rocks up at Grey Gables, and Vince – paramour of the widow Pargetter – makes an offer…