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TODAY’S RADIO
Down The Generations 11AM, RADIO 4
Your grandparents’ health and the lives they led may affect your health. Genetic conditions are handed down through the generations, and bad health can hold whole societies back. Kat Arney hears how obesity, alcoholism, diabetes and other serious conditions may have their harmful roots in a family’s past.
Strangers In The Night 2.15PM, RADIO 4
Carol White, star of Ken Loach’s film Cathy Come Home, was nicknamed ‘the Battersea Bardot’. Carol had a difficult life, and her film success seemed to offer her a fresh start. She set off for Hollywood to further her career, and met Frank Sinatra there. This drama follows Carol’s fortunes as she tries to turn her life around.
Friday Night Is Music Night 8PM, RADIO 2
‘Is you is or is you ain’t my baby? The way you’re actin’ lately makes me doubt.’ Louis Jordan’s great song, guaranteed to take the sting out of a heartbreak, features on tonight’s show. Joe Stilgoe, along with the BBC Big Band, will be live from the Lyric in Hammersmith to give us style, swing and some great hits from the 1940s and 1950s.
Sounds Of The 80s 10PM, RADIO 2
Kriss Akabusi, athlete, Olympic hero and a man of discerning taste, joins Sara Cox tonight. He’ll pick some of his favourite tracks from the 1980s, and look back on his silver medal triumph at the 1984 Olympics in LA.
World On 3: Womad 2016 9PM, 11.45PM, RADIO 3
Mary Ann Kennedy, Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell present live music and highlights from some of the performers at this year’s world music festival, held in the grounds of Charlton Park in Wiltshire.
BBC Proms 2016 10.15PM, RADIO 3
Tickets for this Prom, dedicated to the music of David Bowie, sold out within an hour of the opening of the online box office. Soon, tickets were offered on resale sites at more than five times the original price. Happily, you have the chance of hearing, for free, the Berlin-based collective Stargaze and guests celebrating Bowie’s life with classic tracks.