TODAY’S RADIO

True West

2.30PM, RADIO 4 Austin and Lee are two brothers on bad terms, who find themselves alone together in their mother’s house. Austin is a screenwriter and Lee is a troublemaker. The brothers Philip and Robert Glenister star in this modern American classic, written by Sam Shepard.

Dermot O’Leary

3PM, RADIO 2 Richard Ashcroft, formerly of The Verve, is in the studio for a live session of new material, along with the sweet-voiced Irish singer James Vincent McMorrow, with songs from his new album, We Move.

Proms In The Park

5PM, RADIO 2 There’ll be a tear or two shed this evening during this 20th Proms In The Park. Terry Wogan was at the helm of these broadcasts from London’s Hyde Park and parks across the UK for the past 19 years – and now, he’s gone. He’ll be fondly remembered in the course of this concert, which will include James Galway, who appeared in the very first Proms In The Park.

Alex James’s Date Night

7PM, CLASSIC FM Robert Schumann lodged in the house of his piano tutor, and fell in love with his tutor’s daughter, Clara. Clara was a child prodigy, with a great career in music ahead of her, and her father didn’t want her wasted on Schumann. In tonight’s show, Alex tells the story of the three-year legal battle that ended in Robert and Clara’s marriage.

Archive On 4

8PM, RADIO 4 Steven Fielding looks at some of the real-life politics behind cosy period dramas such as Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs.

Mozart: The Man Revealed

9PM, CLASSIC FM Many a myth has grown up around the short but brilliant life of the musician and composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Peter Shaffer’s play and film Amadeus added another whole layer of dramatic untruths to the Mozart myth. Tonight, John Suchet begins a music-filled, 15-part series based on his new book, Mozart: The Man Revealed.

The Glenisters (2.30pm, Radio 4)