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Ken Bruce
9.30AM, RADIO 2
Emily Eavis played Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star on the violin on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury when she was five; now, she’s in charge of the line-up of the festival. Emily was born into the business as her father, Michael, owns Worthy Farm, the site of the annual music event. Emily discusses the festival with Ken, and picks songs by David Bowie and The Staple Singers as today’s Tracks Of My Years.
Eight Months On Ghazzah Street
2PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA
An Englishwoman finds her life horribly confined when her husband gets a job in Saudi Arabia. She can’t walk freely through the streets, and finds the cliquey, hard-drinking expats unlikeable. Left alone for hours on end, she becomes acutely aware of disconcerting noises from the supposedly empty apartment
Simon Mayo Drivetime
5PM, RADIO 2
Eleanor Oliphant lives a life of rigid order. She wears the same clothes each day, eats the same lunch and, each weekend, gets through the same amount of vodka and pizza. Then, a good deed brings her into the orbit of two other quirky people, and her life changes. Gail Honeyman joins Simon on today’s show to talk about her acclaimed debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.
Marc Riley
7PM, BBC 6 MUSIC
There were 53 villages in England and Wales that came through the First World War without losing any of their men to battle. Arthur Mee wrote about these places, calling them the Thankful Villages, and singer-songwriter Darren Hayman has been working on a three-volume folk album about the villages. Darren joins Marc to talk about it, and to perform some of the featured songs.
Radio 3 In Concert
7.30PM, RADIO 3
Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral was consecrated 50 years ago. This concert, given by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, conducted by James MacMillan, marks that anniversary.