RADIO CHOICE

IN SEPTEMBER of 2015, the BBC reporter Charlotte Callen was woken in the middle of the night by the sound of a man screaming in agony. That man was Mark van Dongen, whose former girlfriend, Berlinah Wallace, had attacked him with acid. The unbearable pain led to Mark ending his life in a Belgian hospital. Now, Charlotte presents TOXIC LOVE: THE MARK VAN DONGEN STORY (RADIO 4, 11AM), following events from the moment she heard Mark’s screams to the trial where Berlinah was found guilty of the acid attack, but was cleared of murder.

A MAN is brought in for questioning, suspected of shoplifting. He claims that it is all a misunderstanding, but DCI Matthews (Kenneth Cranham) and DS Armitage (Alex Lanipekun) have some worrying background

information about his case in the second of this week’s three instalments of sharply written crime dramas THE INTERROGATION (RADIO 4, 2.15PM).

PHIL ELLIS, Johnny Vegas (pictured) and Lolly Adefope star in the new, four-part sitcom PHIL ELLIS IS TRYING

(RADIO 4, 11PM), about a man who’s trying to keep his entertainments business from going bust — while paying his rent, getting out of debt, recovering from a bruising divorce and being a better person. It may all prove too much for him . . .