Radio Week

The picks of the best of this week’s radio

ENTERTAINMENT

Desert Island Discs

SUNDAY, 11AM, BBC RADIO 4 HHHH

Billie Piper’s (pictured) life has been full of successes and dramas, making her the perfect guest for the return of this series, presented by Lauren Laverne, that has contributors dumped on a desert island with only eight records, a book and a luxury item.

The Poetry Programme

SUNDAY, 7.30PM, RTÉ RADIO ONE HHHH Olivia O’Leary’s guests are Leontia Flynn and Matthew Geden. Award-winning poet Leontia teaches creative writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre. She has published four full collections, with These Days winning the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Matthew Gede has published four poetry collections and works as the director of Kinsale Writing School. He was recently appointed the writer in residence with Cork County Library and Arts Service.

Jenny Greene

MON-FRIDAY, 3PM, 2FM HHHH

Jenny brings the best of live music, chances to win big and general craic to your afternoon. There’s sports, TV and Jenny’s finest choice of dance tracks.

FACTUAL

Alive and Kicking

SUNDAY, 9AM , NEWSTALK HHHH

Every Sunday Clare McKenna looks at health in the widest sense of the word. From mindfulness to skin problems and personal health journeys to tips for better exercise, Clare brings a dose of happy and healthy living.

Drivetime

MON-FRIDAY, 4.30PM, RTE RADIO ONE HHHH

Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra bring all the latest news and big stories of the day from around the country and beyond.

DRAMA

Drama On One

SUNDAY, 8M, RTÉ RADIO ONE HHHH

A cat and mouse game of two biographies, in which Peig Sayers, one of the most hated women in Irish history, is re-imagined. Autobiographical and archive material is woven with rare film footage to create a world in which past, present, and possibly even the future, co-exist.

There is a bit of Peig Sayers in us all. This is her story. Largely. But is it also our story?

The Corrupted

2PM, MONDAY, 2.15PM, TUESDAY-THURSDAY, BBC RADIO 4 HHHHH

G.F. Newman’s gritty saga, following the fortunes of the Oldman family members as they turn from theft to white-collar crime, returns for its final series. Toby Jones heads the cast in this radio triumph.

Talawa Stories – NSA

FRIDAY, 2.15PM, BBC RADIO 4 HHHH

Don Gilet and Idris Debrand deliver perfectly timed, subtle performances in this twohander about two men, both black and both with a secret.