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PLAYBACK A compilation of the best of the week’s radio on RTÉ Radio 1 presented by Marian Richardson. RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday 20 May, 9am    
THE ZOO ***FINAL*** In series finale there's much excitement ahead of Lena the Western lowland gorilla giving birth.
NATIONWIDE – WEEK 21 This week on Nationwide, the programme travels to East Cork for the Food and Drinks Literacy Festival at Ballymaloe; presenter Anne Cassin visits entrepreneur Gavin Duffy at home with his wife Orlaith and goes on a whistle stop tour of his hometown in Drogheda, County Louth; and reporter Helen McInerney meets with the renowned garden designer Diarmuid Gavin who has brought his Chelsea garden year home to Dublin after being on show last year.
BREXIT, TRUMP AND US In this new authored documentary, economist David McWilliams examines how Ireland, as a fringe player in a rapidly changing Europe, is at a crossroads.
INSIDE CULTURE This week on Inside Culture Fionn Davenport speaks to Howard Cunnell about his memoir Fathers and Sons and we hear about the Hungarian artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 22 May,10pm
NATIONWIDE – Week 22 This week on Nationwide, there’s a special programme from the Kennedy homestead in County Wexford for the centenary of the birth of John F. Kennedy; Anne Cassin and Mary Kennedy visit the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin ahead of Bloom; and viewers hear some interesting stories of Irish women in music, the arts and fashion.
CRIMECALL Presenter Keelin Shanley with reconstructions, CCTV footage and live studio appeals for information from the public, to help with Garda investigations.
BANNON’S WAR Trump advisor Stephen Bannon’s war—with radical Islam, Washington, and White House rivals.