TODAY’S RADIO

KEN BRUCE 9.30AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★

Sanjeev Bhaskar co-wrote and co-starred in Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars At No 42. He has appeared in Paddington 2 and Horrible Histories, and is a mainstay of the crime series Unforgotten. Sanjeev talks to

Ken about his career, then picks his Tracks Of My Years, including Gareth Gates and The Kumars having a ball with Spirit In The Sky.

ONE TWO THREE FOUR 9.45AM (FM), 12.30AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Craig Brown’s entertaining account of The Beatles draws on interviews, memories, gossip and anecdotes, catching the atmosphere of the days when the band, back from a tough but useful musical apprenticeship in some dodgy

clubs in Hamburg, had the Cavern Club in Liverpool roaring for more.

OUTSIDERS 1.45PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Many of us have found local parks in lockdown to be places of solace and escape; sadly, some users seem to think that parks are dogs’ lavatories. Faeces hang from trees in plastic bags, children get the foul-smelling stuff on their hands and faces, while the frail and elderly get the muck on their shoes and then struggle to scrape it off. Max Porter lets off steam about this disgusting and worsening problem.

OUT OF THE ORDINARY 8PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

You can buy Holy Nails and pieces of the True Cross on ebay, though the Pope won’t like it. Selling holy relics is an excommunicable offence, but the Vatican doesn’t seem minded to act. Jolyon Jenkins looks into this strange trade, learns that there are first-, second- and thirdclass relics, and meets a priest who makes copies of copies of bits of the True Cross to raise money for a cats’ home. SJ

Sanjeev Bhaskar (9.30am, R2)