David Hepworth on radio
David Hepworth's weekly preview of the best shows on the radio
This week’s best radio: Cathy FitzGerald’s Moving Pictures
Linking radio and the web FitzGerald discusses an art work on Radio 4 that can be viewed online, while Breeders’ guitarist Kelley Deal talks leisure on 6 Music
The best radio this week: The Cameron Years
David Cameron’s legacy of failure is discussed on Radio 4, while Amy Lamé steps into Jarvis Cocker’s shoes over on 6 Music
This week’s best radio: Ed Balls on musical theatre
Betty Boothroyd talks musicals with Ed Balls on Radio 2, while Paul Merton celebrates 50 Years of Just A Minute with Nicholas Parsons on Radio 4
This week's best radio: Christmas carols and Count Arthur Strong
Festive songs come from King’s College Cambridge, while Steve Delaney’s befuddled hero auditions for a festive Bedknobs and Broomsticks
This week’s best radio: Iceland’s Dark Lullabies
Andri Snær Magnason tells the story of the pre-Christian midwinter festival of Yule and its terrifying folklore
The best radio this week: Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie
Samira Ahmed celebrates the 150th anniversary of the pioneer-girl author’s birth, while Matthew Parris looks back at his favourite shows
This week’s best radio: This Old Heart of Mine
Radio 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the world’s first heart transplant with Giles Fraser, who discusses his recent heart attack
This week’s best radio: poetry, Parkinson’s, diabetes and me
Northern Irish poet Frank Ormsby reflects on his conditions on Radio 4, while Demetri Goritsas reads Lou Reed’s new biography on the same station
The best radio this week: The Vanity Fair Diaries
Tina Brown lifts the lid on life at 1980s Vanity Fair on Radio 4, while Keith Flett talks about a subject close to his heart – real ale – on Resonance FM
This week’s best radio: Alan Dein’s Don’t Log Off
Following on from the excellent Radio 4 show Don’t Hang Up, Dein uses Facebook and Skype to discover the lives behind online profiles
This week’s best radio: Jeremy Paxman and Songs of Leonard Cohen
Rufus Wainwright, Suzanne Vega and Alistair Darling pay tribute on Radio 2, while the nightmare of a second Trump term is examined on the World Service
This week’s best radio: Armando Iannucci’s Essential Classics
The comedy writer discusses a lifelong love of classical music. Plus: Mark Gatiss applies his spooky sensibilities to an unmade Hammer Horror Dracula tale
This week’s best radio: Neil MacGregor's Living with the Gods
The British historian returns to explore the role of beliefs around the world, while Ed Reardon’s Week finds our hero working at Your Motorhome, both on Radio 4
This week’s best radio: why do creative people love gambling?
A three-part Radio 4 series exploring the connection between risk and artistry opens with prolific punter Lucian Freud
This week’s best radio: Bing Crosby and the road to rock’n’roll
Elizabeth McGovern celebrates the 40th anniversary of Crosby’s last visit to the UK where he recorded his unlikely duet with David Bowie
This week’s best radio: Tony Blackburn’s Sounds of the 60s
Radio 1’s launch programme is reproduced faithfully on Radio 2, while Chris Morris’s Blue Jam gets a welcome repeat on Radio 4 Extra
This week’s best radio: David Essex and Adrian Mole
Simon Mayo hosts the 70s singer-songwriter on Radio 2, while The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is over on Radio 4
The best radio this week: Paul O'Grady remembers the Light Programme
The broadcaster and comedian celebrates Radio 2’s predecessor, while Johnnie Walker meets Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues
This week’s best radio: the enduring influence of Richard Hoggart
DJ Taylor discusses The Uses of Literacy with Alan Bennett on Radio 4, while Ray Davies headlines Proms in the Park over on Radio 2
This week’s best radio: Every Third Thought
Robert McCrum talks about mortality on Radio 4, while Marcus Brigstocke’s play The Red is over on Radio 2
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