RADIO CHOICE

EVERY so often, Radio 4 delivers a drama that sounds like a box-ticking exercise for a good cause. These dramas often get short-listed for awards, are very worthy, and are not very good. The returning series CHILDREN IN NEED: D FOR DEXTER (RADIO 4, 10.45AM, 7.45PM), about a bright girl born to a family beset by problems, has taken a turn very much for the better. It sounds sharper and far more professional than previous series, and earns its place in the schedules for its quality, not just its subject matter.

THE old lags are back with some daft new games for another series of radio’s funniest, silliest quiz show: I’M SORRY I HAVEN’T A CLUE (RADIO 4, 6.30PM). Jack Dee will be asking Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Tony Hawks and John Finnemore to come up with entries for the Personalised

Song Book. Don’t Cry For Me Marge & Tina and I Can See Deirdre Now Lorraine Has Gone are on the list.

JOOLS HOLLAND (RADIO 2, 9PM) welcomes Charlie Worsham (pictured) to the studio tonight for a live performance. Charlie is a rising country music star who found critical success — but not a great deal of money — playing mandolin and singing harmonies with the band KingBilly. Then, he appeared as a support act for Taylor Swift and other big stars, and his solo career really took off. The Spanish keyboard maestro Julian Maeso is also on the show.