Susan jeffreys’ Radio Week

THE REPUBLICANS

SATURDAY, 2.30PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Nancy Reagan – whom the President calls ‘Mommy’ – is trying to disguise the fact that her husband hasn’t got all his oars in the water in this black comedy drama, based on first-hand accounts of life in Ronald Reagan’s White House.

AMY LAMÉ

SUNDAY, 4PM, BBC 6 MUSIC ★★★★ Amy marks the 40th anniversary of the release of a ground-breaking double album by playing every track on The Clash’s London Calling, from 1979.

THE MICHAEL BALL SHOW

SUNDAY, 11AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★ Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark join Michael in the studio to talk about their new box set, which includes a collection of 22 unreleased tracks from the OMD archive.

GUT

TUESDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★★ Morven looks after her three-year-old grandson, Joshua, and takes him out for a treat. An incident happens – possibly trivial, potentially serious

– that troubles Josh’s parents; the family will never be the same again.

RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS

WEDNESDAY, 7.30PM, RADIO 2 ★★★★★

Mark Radcliffe presents this big annual celebration of folk, roots, traditional and acoustic music from Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, with music from the duo O’hooley & Tidow, the traditional Irish band Dervish, and the influential blues guitarist Wizz Jones.

BAYEUX: EMBROIDERING THE TRUTH

THURSDAY, 2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ Queen Edith and a group of war-weary women work on the Bayeux Embroidery, while one of their band stitches naughty stuff in the borders, in this comedy drama.

NATURAL HISTORIES

FRIDAY, 11AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Brett Westwood and Joanna Pinnock encounter a mother and baby sloth, and find out why these wonderfully cute creatures exert such a charm over us.