Today’s Radio

KEN BRUCE

9.30AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★

With their flowing locks and flamboyant outfits, The Darkness quickly built a loyal fanbase who would follow them from gig to gig. The band honed their performance skills in pubs and clubs, consolidating their success by selling 1.5 million copies of their first album, Permission To Land. Justin Hawkins, one of the founding members, joins Ken this week to pick his Tracks Of My Years.

FAKE HEIRESS

2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★★ Here’s a strange true story of false friendship and fraud. A young woman calling herself Anna Delvey drew many people into her glamorous life among the New York elite. There were meals in fancy restaurants, luxury breaks in top hotels, and lots and lots of champagne. Anna didn’t worry about money, as she was due to inherit a multimillion-pound trust fund at the age of 25. This twopart drama follows the story of how Anna managed to con a great many people out of their money.

THE FULL WORKS CONCERT

8PM, CLASSIC FM ★★★★

The charming Carol Of The Bells opens this concert of familiar and lesser-known carols and Christmas songs. The programme closes with Patric Standford’s A Christmas Carol Symphony.

RUSSELL KANE’S RIGHT TO BUY

9PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★ The comedian Russell Kane traces his success back to the day his dad bought his council house in Enfield during the 1980s – but today, he wrestles with his feelings about Margaret Thatcher’s controversial Right to Buy policy. Here, he looks back at the repercussions of that policy to find out if it changed the lives of working-class communities across Britain for better or for worse. SJ

Russell Kane (9pm, Radio 4)