RADIO WEEK

The picks of the best of this week’s radio

ENTERTAINMENT Sunday Miscellany SUNDAY, 9AM RTÉ1★★★★

New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968. Reportage, memory pieces, poetry, travel writing and personal accounts of events and happenings from new and well known writers alike.

An tSeachtain le Máirín Ní Ghadhra

SUNDAY, 10AM, RNAG, ★★★

At this time five years the UK voted to leave the European Union. The controversy around the Northern Ireland Protocol, part of the Withdrawal Agreement, continues, but what exactly does it mean for day-to-day life, and what political implications have there been so far for the various parties? Máirín and guests discuss.

Game On

MONDAY, 6PM, RTÉ2★★★★

Former champion jockey Ruby Walsh joins Marie Crowe fo sporting news and views.

FACTUAL Bowman

SUNDAY, RTÉ1, 8.30AM★★★★

John Bownman delves into the audio archives to dig up some more historical nuggets of information from our past.

The Lyric Feature

SUNDAY, 12PM, LYRICFM ★★★

The friendship between US poet John Berryman and Irish composer Brian Boydell and their collaboration on A Cradle Song.

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

MONDAY, 6.30PM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★ Jack Dee is in the chair, Colin Sell is at the piano and the members of the panel have their fingers on the buzzers for this edition of the world’s most foolish and funny of long-running radio panel game shows.

The Blind Astronomer

MONDAY, 9PM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★ Wanda Diaz-Merced lost her sight in her 20s, but found she could hear the sound of radiation. Here, Wanda explains how she gains access to the universe — by listening.

Morning Ireland

TUESDAY, 7AM, RTÉ1★★★★

Special edition from Belfast marking the opening of the North’s first parliament, that began with a speech by King George V at City Hall, leading to the division of the country.

Tar liom go dtí an Choill

WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM, RNAG★★★★

Róisín Sheehy visits forests all over the country in this new series, where she meets farmers, foragers, artists, singers and historians to talk about the importance, the power and the magical nature of forests.

Countrywide

SATURDAY, 8AM, RTÉ1★★★★

A bright start to the weekend as Damien O’Reilly and the CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

DRAMA Mr Waring Of The BBC

TUESDAY, 2.15PM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★ Freddie Fox (pictured) plays the mysterious Mr Waring in this unusual drama which is based on a true story, about an ambitious young man who finds fame — and infamy — in the post-war world of radio.