TODAY’S RADIO

Edgar Wallace: The Man

Who Wrote Too Much?

9AM, 7PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA

Edgar Wallace wrote like a man possessed, and was nicknamed

‘the fiction factory’. He turned out shelves of fiction, including The Four Just Men, as well as poetry, nonfiction, plays and film scripts. Wallace, who took up writing because of his debts, sold around 50 million copies of his books. Mark Billingham tells the story of a man – born illegitimate in 1875 to an impoverished actress – who was the bestselling author of his day, yet died in Hollywood, deeply in debt.

Graham Norton

10AM, RADIO 2

Jamiroquai have delighted fans by, after a few hints and teasers, announcing they’ll be touring Asia and Europe this summer, taking in a festival in Cornwall along the way. The funk jazz band join Graham to discuss the tour. Jodie Prenger, the

Jodie Prenger (10am, Radio 2)

singer who found fame after winning BBC reality series I’d Do Anything, is also on the show to talk about her role in a touring revival of Shirley Valentine.

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

2.30PM, RADIO 4

Here’s a chance to hear the much-missed John Hurt turning his hand, with great ease, to comedy. Hurt plays the rather awful but entertaining writer, gambler, drinker and raconteur Jeffrey Bernard. Finding himself locked overnight in his favourite pub, Bernard works his way through the vodka, while sharing often bitter and foul-mouthed anecdotes of old Soho. Nasty, but very funny.

Saturday Night At The Movies

5PM, CLASSIC FM

Andrew Collins plays favourite film tracks by the composer John Williams, including Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. There’ll also be music from Out Of Africa, Gladiator and the video game Final Fantasy, plus classical pieces used in Platoon and Manchester By The Sea.

Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz

12 MIDNIGHT, RADIO 3

Geoffrey Smith plays us recordings by the saxophonist Stan Getz, the man who tuned the world to bossa nova with his work on Astrud Gilberto’s The Girl From Ipanema.