On the Radio Seven Days
Today The Pick Of Radio 2 With Anneka Rice Radio 2, 11pm
From across the vast wealth of content over the week on the station, Anneka picks her favourite moments especially for the Radio 2 audience.
Monday Most Played Tracks Of The Decade Radio 2, 2pm
Scott Mills counts down the 40 most played songs that have been broadcast on radio and television since 2010.
Tuesday What’s So Great About E.M. Forster? Radio 3, 10pm
Deborah Levy and Laurence Scott talk to Shahidha Bari about the writer’s work, from his earliest novel Where Angels Fear To Tread (1905) to his essay, Aspects Of The Novel.
Wednesday Rosie Jones: Box Ticker Radio 4, 11pm
Stand-up comedy from triplethreat Rosie Jones. She’s disabled, gay and northern. However, she’s not a great example of any of these communities and she’s tired of being asked to speak on their behalf.
Thursday Margaret Cousins World Service, 9am
Margaret “Gretta” Cousins fought tirelessly to improve women’s lives and give them the vote, first in her native Ireland and then from 1915 in India. Rajan Datar recounts Cousins’s eventful life.
Friday The News Quiz Radio 4, 6.30pm
Angela Barnes hosts series 102, leading a panel of regular News Quiz comics and journalists in rounding up the news stories of the week.
Saturday The Radcliffe & Maconie Show 6 Music, 8am
Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast. Listeners can also take part in The Chain, choosing a track for their famous list of interconnected songs.