SUSAN JEFFREYS’ Radio Week

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED

SATURDAY, 3PM, RADIO 4 HHHH One day, Anthony will inherit a fortune, but until then, he throws himself into everything the Jazz Age has to offer in this classy, two-part dramatisation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel.

GOOD MORNING SUNDAY

SUNDAY, 6AM, RADIO 2 HHHH Cooped up and bored teenage boys have suffered dreadfully under lockdown. The TV doctor Ranj Singh offers sound advice to help adolescent lads to get through these dire times.

JOURNEYS WITH MY VIOLIN

SUNDAY, 11PM, RADIO 3 HHHH

Tasmin Little’s Guadagnini violin was made in 1757, and has been her companion for 30 years. In this programme, Tasmin explains why she put her violin up for sale and retired from public performance.

DAVID BOWIE IN NEW YORK

MONDAY, 2.30PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA HHHH

In this archive interview, recorded a few months after the 9/11 attacks, David Bowie talks about recurring themes in his work, including despair, fear, isolation and the prospect of death, which weighed heavily on his mind.

THE JAZZ SHOW WITH JAMIE CULLUM

TUESDAY, 9PM, RADIO 2 HHHH The impressive musicians of Nubiyan Twist, who can play a vast array of instruments, are on Jamie Cullum’s show for a live session that will include their recent single, Tittle Tattle.

BETWEEN OURSELVES

THURSDAY, 6.30PM, RADIO 4 HHHH Marian Keyes, the clever and funny writer, returns with a second series of anecdotes and memories. Her life has been full of darkness – yet she draws on those dark times to create great comic prose.

THE SOUNDS OF THE 80S INTERVIEWS

FRIDAY, 9.30PM, RADIO 2 HHH

Martin Kemp and his Spandau Ballet bandmates John Keeble and Steve Norman join Gary Davies to reminisce about the glory days of the New Romantics.