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TODAY’S RADIO
Saturday Breakfast With Dermot
8AM, RADIO 2 Rory Charles Graham is on Dermot O’Leary’s show for a live session. The singer-songwriter, who is better-known as Rag’n’Bone Man (Rory watched a lot of Steptoe And Son in his formative years), had a big hit in the UK and Europe with his powerful, plaintive single Human. His solo album, also titled Human, went to number one on its release. Rory is currently on a winter tour of the UK and Europe.
Graham Norton
10AM, RADIO 2 Christian Slater, Robert Glenister and Kris Marshall have the audience on their feet for the final curtain in the new production of Glengarry Glen Ross. Written by David Mamet, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama follows a bunch of foul-mouthed American real estate men who are trying to inveigle clients to buy worthless properties at high prices. The stars
John Osborne’s Luther
2.30PM, RADIO 4 Good deeds and donations could, in the eyes of the Catholic Church, earn Christians some remission in the afterlife for their sins. By the 16th century, this concept had become thoroughly degraded, resulting in the Pope, priests and professional pardoners turning forgiveness into a lucrative business. This drama by John Osborne, first produced in 1961, looks at Martin Luther’s bold condemnation of a highly corrupt practice.
High Score With Jessica Curry
9PM, CLASSIC FM Jessica presents the last episode in the current series of her celebration of video game music. Over the past weeks, Jessica has picked out some fine scores in this fertile field of new and inventive music. Tonight’s show is a listeners’ request special, and includes scores from Ori And The Blind Forest and Ni No Kuni, plus tracks from the Zelda and Final Fantasy franchises.
Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
12 MIDNIGHT, RADIO 3 Geoffrey celebrates the scat singing and music of that nattily dressed jazz man – and singer of Minnie The Moocher – Cab Calloway.