TODAY’S RADIO

Educated Evans

7AM, 5PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA

Out of the archives comes a Radio 4 series from 1996, which stars the comedy legend Roy Hudd. It follows the exploits of a shady but lovable Camden Town horse racing tipster, Educated Evans (Hudd), a selfdeclared ‘sporting authority’, making his living by whatever means possible in 1920s London. Andrew Sachs and Pat Coombes are among the supporting cast.

Soul Music

11.30AM, RADIO 4

Exploring the timeless love song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written in 1957 for the folk singer Peggy Seeger by her future husband, Ewan MacColl, and later made famous by Roberta Flack.

We Shall Fly

1.30PM, 7.30PM, WORLD SERVICE

The affable Sky At Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock concludes her fascinating look at the surprising history of African space exploration. In this second programme, Maggie visits her paternal homeland of Nigeria for the first time to share the excitement she finds in space, and to discover her roots in a town where, according to local tribal mythology, the world was created.

Jamie Cullum

7PM, RADIO 2

Jamie is joined in the studio by one of his favourite artists, the Grammy Award nominee Madeleine Peyroux. The French-American jazz and blues singer will be performing songs from her latest album, Secular Hymns, which features compositions by Tom Waits and Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Believing In Beauty

10PM, RADIO 2

As part of the station’s Faith In

The World week, the Rev Kate Bottley – the tea-drinking vicar from Channel 4’s Gogglebox – gets under the skin of society’s obsession with beauty. In a fair and frank documentary, Kate hears from people with wildly differing views. They include a celebrity trainer who explains why he believes it’s important to get a beautiful body, a country singer who began writing songs in response to the bullying she received at school because of her appearance, and a woman who was born with a jaw defect that left her badly disfigured.

Rev Kate Bottley (10pm, Radio 2)