Last week I posted a week's worth of TV highlights, and joy, I remembered to watch them all as a result. This week I thought I'd do the same with the best radio programmes of the next seven days. After all, it is the medium for which the Radio Times was invented. Even better, if I forget to listen to any of these the BBC's wonderful 'Listen again' feature will probably let me catch up in my own time. Digital life, don't you just love it?
Urban Music Festival (Sunday, Radio 1 and 1Xtra, sort of afternoon-ish): But only in case they broadcast The Streets live set. I can't tell you how proud I am to see Mikey at Earl's Court bigging it up with Prince C. No, really, I can't.
On One Lost Hair (Monday 3:45pm, Radio 4): That's an anagram of 'Horatio Nelson', you know. The presenter buys one of Nelson's hairs on the internet, then sets it adrift down the Thames in a bottle. Honest.
Routemasters (Tuesday 9:30am, Radio 4): Nothing to do with big red buses, but the first in a five part series about street furniture. Later there's roundabouts, white lines, green men and speed bumps, but we kick off with a history of the Britishroad sign. Radio 4 is sometimes unexpectedly brilliant, isn't it?
Beat The Kids (Wednesday 11pm, Radio 4): Comedy panel games, there's a rich genre that wouldn't exist without Radio 4 either. In this variation on a theme, Graeme Garden invites his four guests to slip into role and argue their way through various family dilemmas. I shall LOL, no doubt.
The Molesworth Report - How To Be Topp (Thursday 11:30am, Radio 4): I missed the 1950s, chiz*, but I fondly remember Molesworth - the 'curse of st custard's'. His guide to skool life was full of swots, snekes and oiks, and brilliantly illustrated by Ronald Searle. See what all the fuss was about here, or just tune in to this reminiscing documentary. (*a chiz is a swiz or swindle as any fule kno)
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (Friday 7:30pm, Radio 7): Old Radio 4 programmes never die, they just get shuffled off onto Radio 7. The digital speech archive today hosts this comedy quiz classic from December 1973. And ooh, the 'Listen again' station also has its own 'Listen again' feature. Look, there's Radio Active on Monday, and Knowing Me Knowing You on Wednesday, and...
Kevin Greening (Saturady 7pm, XFM): Possibly the best DJ in the history of the world is sadly relegated to this two-hour weekend 'best of' slot. Which is exactly what Radio 1 did to the poor bloke too. Genius, though.
