SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

DOLLY PARTON’S GOOD LIST

SATURDAY 19, 9PM, RADIO 2 HHHH Dolly’s in her home in Nashville, ready to share some of her Christmas memories and play us her favourite Christmas music.

EBU CHRISTMAS AROUND EUROPE

SUNDAY 20, 9AM, 1PM, 4PM,

RADIO 3 HHHHH

The European Broadcasting Union takes us on a festive ride around the world to hear live and recorded seasonal music, including choral pieces from Britain.

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

MONDAY 21-NEW YEAR’S DAY,

10.45AM, 7.45PM, RADIO 4 HHHHH

A suspicious death, dark doings in the crypt and opium addiction add to the mysteries of Charles Dickens’s unfinished novel. This ten-part dramatisation draws on Dickens’s life to supply a convincing conclusion.

NEIL GAIMAN’S THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE

BOXING DAY,

3PM, RADIO 4 HHHHH

A magical drama from Neil Gaiman that will delight listeners of all ages. Here, old fairytales have been woven together with new stories to tell of a soldier queen and a faraway land under a deadly threat.

THE REUNION

WEDNESDAY 30,

9AM, RADIO 4 HHHHH

The children’s author Michael Rosen fell ill with Covid-19, and was in a coma for nearly seven weeks. Michael gathers some of the hospital team that saved his life to talk about the fight against this awful disease.

NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT FROM VIENNA 2021

NEW YEAR’S DAY, 10.15AM, RADIO 3 HHHHH

As ever, bright waltzes, brisk marches and fast polkas come to us – as a

New Year gift – in this live concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic.

THE ARCHERS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ

NEW YEAR’S DAY, 7.15PM, RADIO 4 HHHH Kenton and Jolene are at The Bull to host an Archers-themed quiz. BBC broadcasters will take on a team of keen Archers fans in this programme marking the 70th anniversary of the rural soap.