...AND THE BEST RADIO
SUNDAY GABRIEL PROKOFIEV: MY FAMILY AND RUSSIA
RADIO 3, 6.45PM
Composer, producer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev – grandson of the composer Sergei and son of abstract painter and sculptor Oleg – returns to Moscow to learn about his family’s shifting fortunes in Russia and the plight of creative musicians there today.
TUESDAY MILES JUPP IS LITERALLY UNPUTDOWNABLE RADIO 4, 11.30AM
Miles Jupp goes in search of the pageturning tales that make you miss your stop and learns from the best, including The Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth, Line Of Duty (above right) creator Jed Mercurio and The Girl On The Train author Paula Hawkins.
WEDNESDAY PHIL ELLIS IS TRYING RADIO 4, 6.30PM
Phil Ellis’s comedy finds Phil and Johnny (Vegas) on a tour of a Cup A Soup factory after finding golden sachets in their soup packet. They they meet the weird owner Billy Bonker (played by Mark Lamarr), while tour members keep disappearing.
THURSDAY RAMBLINGS RADIO 4, 3PM
Trigger Happy TV comedian Dom Joly was born in Lebanon and recently walked the length of that country in 27 days. He has become a keen walker since moving to Gloucestershire, where he explains his newfound passion to Clare Balding.
DESOLATION JESTS RADIO 4 EXTRA, 11.30PM
David Jason, John Bird, Jan Ravens and Rory Bremner star in this sketch show
FRIDAY JAZZ JAPAN RADIO 3, 10PM
Until the Second World War, jazz was regarded as ‘enemy music’ in Japan, but the US-led allied occupation resulted in the nation having the highest proportion of jazz fans in the world. American musician
Katherine Whatley looks at the Japanese contribution to the jazz scene.
SATURDAY THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
RADIO 3, 8PM
Controversy averted over this year’s audience- and flag-less occasion, with the words of Land Of Hope And Glory and Rule, Britannia now performed by some of the BBC Singers. Conductor Dalia Stasevska makes her Last Night debut with soprano Golda Schultz and violinist Lisa Batiashvili.