DRAMA

Copenhagen

SUNDAY, 7.30PM, BBC RADIO 3 ★★★★

In 1941 physicist Niels Bohr was visited in Nazioccupied 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.

Drama On One

SUNDAY, 8PM, RTE RADIO ONE ★★★★ Kicking All The Boxes is written and performed by Liz Fitzgibbon. The play follows Naoise Murphy, a one-time Under 15 European Champion kickboxer. She is turning 30 and as the action plays out we follow Naoise in her imaginings of what was, what is and what could be.

The Case Of Charles

Dexter Ward

MONDAY-FRIDAY, 7.45PM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★★

The son of a prominent American family disappears without trace from a locked room. H.P. Lovecraft’s great horror story has been updated to terrifying effect.

Personal Shopper

FRIDAY, 2.15PM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★★ Written and recorded in lockdown, this cracking play is set in street where some residents are self-isolating. It tells the story of a teenage boy and an older neighbour, and is an artistic and technical triumph.