RADIO CHOICE

THE drama series THE CITADEL (RADIO 4, 10.45AM, 7.45PM), adapted from A.J. Cronin’s 1937 novel, is set in the Twenties. Andrew Manson, a newly qualified doctor working in a Welsh mining district, tries to improve local health care, bringing him into contact with Philip Denny, a doctor with a drink problem. Cronin’s story of these men, with their professional and private dilemmas, played a big part in the founding of the NHS.

A YOUNG lawyer rents an apartment in an elegant Copenhagen mansion block. A pianist who keeps late hours lives in the flat above and plays Chopin in the middle of the night. The lawyer doesn’t mind this, but another neighbour decides that there is something very, very wrong about The Man Upstairs. SHORT WORKS: A SEASON OF

MURDER, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE (RADIO 4

EXTRA, 11AM, 9PM) has Tim McInnerny reading this Danish noir tale from Heidi Amsinck’s her recent anthology of short stories, Last Train To Helsingor.

IT’S Sandra’s 65th birthday and she’s told her family she doesn’t want a fuss. Foolishly, they take her at her word, and celebrations are very low-key, enabling Sandra to sulk to her heart’s content. Sue Johnston and Christine Bottomley (pictured) star in MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER (RADIO 4, 2.15PM), a drama about a difficult motherdaughter relationship.