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TODAY’S RADIO
9.30AM, RADIO 4 The 17th-century physician and scientist Edward Tyson is considered to be the father of comparative anatomy. He was the first to observe that porpoises were mammals, and to see anatomical similarities between chimps and humans. Richard Sabin, from the Natural History Museum, tells us why Tyson is Natural History Hero.
Radcliffe & Maconie
1PM, BBC 6 MUSIC Back in 1979, Marc Almond and David Ball teamed up to form Soft Cell, and made a string of hits including Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. Marc also worked with Gene Pitney, Siouxsie Sioux, Tony Visconti and Nico, has sold more than 30 million records, and has dabbled in all kinds of genres, from Russian folk to synth-pop. He is on today’s show to talk about music and his long and impressive career.
Unforgettable
1.45PM, RADIO 4 In the penultimate programme of this rather brilliant week-long series about imaginary conversations with the dead, Robbie Stamp talks to the late Douglas Adams. Robbie and Douglas were business partners and friends, and Robbie spoke to Douglas on the night before he died. He now thinks of all the things he wishes he had said in that last conversation.
Open Country
3PM, RADIO 4 Belper in Derbyshire was, thanks to the presence of iron, coal and flowing water, one of the first mill towns of the Industrial Revolution, but its manufacturing heritage goes back to the Middle Ages. Helen Baxendale looks for signs of its industrial past.
Bob Harris Country
7PM, RADIO 2 Mississippi-born Charlie Worsham joins Bob in Nashville for a session of tracks from his second album. Charlie is said to be the next big thing, though his smooth, schmaltzy style is not for all tastes.
BBC Proms 2016
7.30PM, RADIO 3 The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra will open tonight’s concert with a brand-new concerto called Torus, written by Emily Howard. The concert ends with Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 3.