Monday
Ghost Stories (BBC Radio 4, 3.30 p.m.)Tony Doyle reads five ghost stories by best-selling Dublin journalist and author, John Connolly, each day this week.
The Book on One (RTE Radio 1, 2.45 p.m.)The slot hosts a series of French short stories starting with Au- gustine de Villeblanche by the Marquis de Sade.
Thomas Davis Lecture (RTE Radio 1, 9 p.m. The Technique of the Short Story by James Plunkett to launch the Francis MacManus Short Story Competition. See highlights below.
Tuesday
The Health Report (RTE Radio 1, 3.30 p.m.) Teri Garvey's complementary medicine series focuses on traditional Chinese medicine.
In My Life (RTE Radio 1, 7.05 p.m.) Poet Maire Mhac an tSaoi reflects on the pain she feels at the demise of the rich Irish of the Gaeltacht.
Wednesday
The Documentary on One (RTE Radio 1, 7.05 p.m.) It's all about merry-gorounds and memory in Kaye Morley's How Far is it to Babylon?
I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Marvin Gaye (BBC Radio 2, 9 p.m.) Charlie Gillett presents a personal account of Gaye's tempestuous life and tragic death.
Thursday
Legacy of Division: A Time of Extremes (BBC Radio 4, 8 p.m.) Michael Portillo presents a two-part series on the Spanish Civil War and its legacy.
Testbeds (BBC Radio 4, 9 p.m.) The control of the Panama Canal was handed over to Panama last week. Alun Lewis looks at the major programme of modernisation. aimed at re-engineering the canal for the 21st century.
Friday
Berlin to Broadway: The Music of Kurt Weill (BBC Radio 3, 7.30 p.m.)
An indepth survey of the composer and his music - popular operas, lesser-known works with Brecht and a forgotten 1940s musical. Broadcasts continue over the next four days.