Today’s radio

SOUNDS OF THE 70S

3PM, RADIO 2 HHHH The food critic, writer and presenter Jay Rayner knows his onions when it comes to music. Jay, who is also a jazz pianist, will be taking to the road again with his one-man show, My Last Supper, later this month – but this afternoon, he looks back to the 1970s, and tells Johnnie Walker about his admiration for the music of Stevie Wonder and Billy Joel.

THE LONELY DEATH OF STANLEY BATE

6.45PM, RADIO 3 HHHH Stanley Bate’s Viola Concerto is a beautiful, emotional and unjustly neglected work. Simon Heffer does his bit to put that right with this look at the troubled life and early death of an English composer of great talent.

CLAUDIA ON SUNDAY

7PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Paul Whitehouse joins Claudia Winkleman to talk about all the fun he’s been having with the musical of Only Fools And Horses. Paul wrote the musical with Jim Sullivan, the son of the TV show’s creator, John Sullivan. All the favourite characters are in the show, including Trigger, Marlene and Boycie, with Paul playing Grandad. The musical, which opened in February 2019, now has an extended West End run.

BARRY HUMPHRIES: BARRY’S FORGOTTEN MUSICAL MASTERPIECES

9PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Some of the recordings Barry Humphries picks for the first show in his new series are a hundred years old, but thanks to the wonders of technology and the verve of the original performers, they are bursting with life and energy. In between these tracks from the Jazz Age, Barry shares gossip about the various performers whose music he features, many of whom lived rackety lives and came to a very bad end. SJ

Claudia Winkleman (7pm, R2)