ENTERTAINMENT
The Lyric Feature
SUNDAY, 6PM, RTÉ LYRIC FM★★★★
Conductor Peter Whelan’s fascinating study of the 18th century Irish baroque musician, Matthew Dubourg, a pupil of Francesco Geminiani, who was a charismatic virtuoso and composer. He spent most of his life in Ireland and was appointed Chief Composer and Master of His Majesty’s Musick in Ireland in 1728.
2FM Breakfast with Doireann, Donncha and Carl
MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 6AM, RTÉ 2FM ★★★ Early, early morning entertainment with plenty of games, sketches and challenges from the fun-loving trio of hosts.
Paul Sinha’s General Knowledge
WEDNESDAY, 6.30PM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★ Paul Sinha, the comedian and star of The Chase, begins a new series of the show that has him taking odd facts, finding connections, then weaving together an act that’s both funny and educational.
Lasracha
FRIDAY, 9PM, RTÉ RNAG★★★★
Today, Seán Ó hÉanaigh will be focusing on the life and work of Jackson Browne in this series about Americana music
FACTUAL
Doc on One: The Life and Living Lady
SUNDAY, 6PM, RTÉ RADIO 1 ★★★★
How the world-renowned psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (pictured), who came up with the famous 5 stages of grief model, came to own a little house in rural Co. Louth. Her “grief” model – denial; anger; bargaining; depression; acceptance – revolutionised how we think about death and dying.
Vaxxers
MONDAY-FRIDAY, 9.45AM, 12.30AM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★
Vaccine expert Sarah Gilbert and geneticist Catherine Green, who worked so hard and so brilliantly to develop the AstraZeneca vaccine, take us through the ups and downs of their life-saving work.
An Chraobh ar an bhFál
MONDAY, 4PM, RTÉ RNAG, ★★★
Here, we will hear an archive programme about Siobhán McKenna who established an excellent reputation for her acting, not only in Ireland with the Abbey Theatre, but also internationally, on stage and on screen.
Ar an mBóthar
TUESDAY, 4PM, RTÉ RNAG,★★★★
Today, Máirtín Tom Sheáinín interviews the priest, Fathar Ciarán Mac an Iomaire about his life in the priesthood and around the world, in Brazil and Chicago, and during his youth in Maínis, Carna, in Co. Galway.
The Spark
FRIDAY, 11AM, BBC RADIO 4 ★★★★
Henry Marsh is a brilliant neurosurgeon who has saved many, many lives during his medical career. However, sadly, a few months ago, he was diagnosed with the advanced stages of prostate cancer. In this first of a series about radical solutions for big problems, Henry talks to Helen Lewis about his thoughts on assisted dying.