THIS WEEK’S RADIO PICKS
SUNDAY DRAMA ON 3: COPENHAGEN RADIO 3, 7.30PM
In 1941 physicist Niels Bohr was visited in Nazi-occupied Denmark by his former friend and protégé, the German Werner Heisenberg. Michael Frayn’s absorbing 1998 play offers several versions of what might have happened, their motives and the history-changing implications. The cast comprises Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Russell Beale and Greta Scacchi.
THE PRISONER RADIO 4 EXTRA, 6PM
Series of four revamps of episodes from the cult 1960s TV show that starred Patrick McGoohan (right) as a secret agent trapped in a Kafkaesque nightmare in a bizarre Italianate village. You can still catch The Village, a series about a year in The Prisoner’s location, the Welsh village of Portmeirion, on the ITV Hub.
MONDAY THE GREAT POST OFFICE TRIAL RADIO 4, 1.45PM
An extraordinary miscarriage of justice in which the introduction of a new computer system led to more than 550 sub-postmasters being accused by the Post Office of falsifying accounts and stealing money. Many were fired, ruined financially and even jailed. This series sees journalist Nick Wallis following the story, which ended with a £58 million settlement.
A ROYAL APPOINTMENT CLASSIC FM, MON/TUES, 8PM
Two special two-hour programmes in which Prince Charles talks to Alan Titchmarsh about his love for, and support of, classical music and chooses some of his favourite pieces. In part one there’s Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and choruses from Bach’s St Matthew Passion. In part two his choices include both Chopin’s piano concertos and Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss.
WEDNESDAY WHAT’S FUNNY ABOUT… ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, RADIO 4 EXTRA, 10.30PM
TV comedy writers Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman continue their series about how our favourite shows came to the small screen by talking to Jennifer Saunders, star and creator of the award-winning Absolutely Fabulous. Break out the Bolly, sweetie.
THURSDAY THE FORUM: AESOP AND THE MEANING OF THE FABLES, WORLD SERVICE, 10AM
Aesop penned more than 700 fables, his animal-populated stories with moral lessons. He is believed to have been an Ethiopian slave some 2,000 years ago and his output has found favour with the Nazis and the trade unions. Three experts discuss.
FRIDAY PERSONAL SHOPPER RADIO 4, 2.15PM
A timely drama by Hugh Costello that starts with a note from a 14-year-old boy to a selfisolating couple (Monica Dolan and Phil Davis). The wife’s first reaction is to bin the offer of help, but slowly a relationship between the two develops.