TODAY’S RADIO

Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control

11AM, 9PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA The rock star poet John Cooper Clarke has been in love with radio since he was a beaky little kid. In this first of a three-part series, he scours the BBC archives for some of the broadcasts that captivated him, including a Bob Hope routine from 1956, comedy from the Salford celebrity Al Read, and

Sue Townsend’s The Secret

Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾.

Gaby’s Talking Pictures

6.30PM, RADIO 4 Gaby Roslin returns with a new series of the film quiz that features the talents of the impressionists Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona. Without these two great mimics, the

show would be a bit of a nonevent, but their spot-on impressions of stars of the silver screen lift the whole shebang to another level.

The Folk Show

9PM, RADIO 2

Chris ‘Old Man’ Luedecke wears old-man glasses and an old-man tweed cap, but he’s actually a young-ish man who has a good line in new songs. The awardwinning Canadian musician will be joining Mark Radcliffe tonight for a live session of songs, including tracks from Chris’s new album, Easy Money. Mark will also be giving out the names of the nominees for the 20th annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Laura Ingalls’ America

10PM, RADIO 3

‘We start learning the minute we’re born, Laura. And if we’re wise, we don’t stop until the Lord calls us home.’ Samira Ahmed heads for Rocky Ridge Farm, where Laura Ingalls wrote her Little House On The Prairie novels, set in the 1870s, to hear about the wisdom and the myths of the books – and to meet a barnful of Laura’s fans.

Gaby Roslin (6.30pm, Radio 4)