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TODAY’S RADIO
Prime Ministers’ Props
9.30AM, RADIO 4
Hughenden Manor was once a quietly elegant Georgian house; then, Benjamin Disraeli’s architect, Edward Lamb, got going. Pinnacles, battlements and fancy facades sprang up, giving the house a bogus historical look. David Cannadine explores how Disraeli’s house played its part in his life and work.
The Documentary: Neighbourhood
11.30AM, 10.30PM, WORLD SERVICE
Robert Redford introduces the second in this five-part documentary series exploring the way we live together. Kavita Pillay reports from Finland, which, despite a high suicide rate, is apparently the ‘world’s happiest country’. Finland is bordered by Sweden, Norway and Russia, and Kavita hears how the menacing presence of the old USSR played its part in this little country’s history.
Why I Changed My Mind
8.45PM, RADIO 4
Manwar Ali used to be a militant Islamist. He helped to radicalise fellow Muslims, raised funds for jihad and fought in Afghanistan and Kashmir. Now, he argues against extremism, and tries to save young Muslims from the clutches of ISIS. He tells Dominic Lawson about his change of heart, and how he now seeks to bring peaceful coexistence to a conflict-torn world.
Double Acts
9PM, RADIO 2
For ten years, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were a successful comedy duo. Their act – with Dean as the more laid-back figure, and Jerry milking the lines for laughs – featured on TV, radio, film and the stage. They earned a fortune, but split up and didn’t speak for 20 years, until their mutual friend Frank Sinatra reunited them. Bill Kenwright tells the story.
The Bloomsbury Lighthouse
9.15PM, RADIO 3
Senate House broods over Bloomsbury, as if a slab of Stalin’s Russia had been set down in the heart of London. It crops up in all sorts of films and TV shows, including Batman Begins and
Black Mirror. In this programme, we hear how Graham Greene, Laurie Lee, George Orwell and A.L. Lloyd worked there during the Second World War, and how Senate House loomed large in their work.