TODAY’S RADIO

OPERA ON 3: CARMEN 6.30PM, RADIO 3 HHHH

Every song’s a winner in Carmen. Anita Rachvelishvili plays the wanton gypsy who lures Don Jose into committing a crime, seduces him, then drops him in favour of a glamorous bullfighter. Carmen will pay with her life for the games she plays. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, transport you to a world of heat, dust and passion with this production of Bizet’s ever popular opera.

THE INFINITE MONKEY CAGE 7.15PM, RADIO 4 HHHH

Prehistoric cave paintings show that our ancestors had a serious understanding of astronomy. Comets and constellations appear

Oti Mabuse (9pm, Radio 2)

in these paintings, and there is a theory that their drawings of animals were actually star maps. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined here by keen stargazers, including the impressionist

Jon Culshaw and the astronaut Tim Peake, to consider how our relationship with the night sky has changed over the millennia.

MY LIFE IN A MIXTAPE 9PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Strictly Come Dancing’s Oti Mabuse puts together a mixtape of her favourite music. She goes back to her childhood with a song from Shirley Bassey, plus tracks from Bon Jovi and Dua Lipa. Miriam Makeba’s worldwide hit Pata Pata is also on Oti’s list – it reminds her of her father, who loved to get all the Mabuses dancing around to Miriam’s music.

THE WHY FACTOR 9.45PM, RADIO 4 HHH

You don’t need a lot of money to be a Goth, just the right sort of make-up, some black clothes and a sense of style. Catherine Carr looks at this surviving subculture, then explains why, once you’re a Goth, you’re always a Goth. SUSAN JEFFREYS