TODAY’S RADIO

Body Count Rising

11.30AM, RADIO 4 When a woman walks home alone in a glossy, high-budget thriller series, you know that, any second now, something very nasty will happen to her. Actress Doon Mackichan wonders what all the mutilated female corpses on TV tell us about the society we live in.

Britain’s Black Past

1.45PM, RADIO 4 There were at least nine black sailors serving on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar; one of them is depicted on Nelson’s Column. In this continuing series, Professor Gretchen Gerzina looks at the lives of some of the black sailors who have served on British ships.

Ramblings

3PM, RADIO 4 In 1936, the Jarrow marchers walked to London to protest against poverty and unemployment. Clare Balding joins a group of walkers as

Doon Mackichan (11.30am, R4)

they retrace part of the route, from Ripon to Ripley, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade.

The Full Works Concert

8PM, CLASSIC FM Ralph Vaughan Williams was inspired to write his much-loved work The Lark Ascending by a poem of the same title by George Meredith. Catherine Bott opens this poetry-inspired programme with a recording of violinist Arabella Steinbacher playing the piece, and concludes with the choir of King’s College, Cambridge singing Abide With Me.

Three Score And Ten

9.55PM, RADIO 3 In 1955, Siegfried Sassoon read his lovely poem Cleaning The Candelabrum on the radio. In it, Sassoon imagines – as he polishes away – all the people who have sat under the candelabrum’s light over the years. Ian McMillan includes it in this selection of archive poetry readings.

Late Junction

11PM, RADIO 3 As part of Radio 3’s Sound Frontiers season to mark its 70th anniversary, Nick Luscombe presents a live concert of jazz, folk and electronic music from London’s Southbank Centre. Tonight’s line-up includes tracks from Day To Day, the debut album of percussionist, drummer and producer Sarathy Korwar.