TODAY’S RADIO

MICHAEL BALL 11AM, RADIO 2 ★★★

Tristan Gooley has wandered the world in the company of Tuareg, Bedouin and Dayak people, and learnt from them how to read the landscape. He’s got a new book out called The Secret World Of Weather, which draws on his long years observing the natural world. Tristan explains to Michael how, by looking for signs on the ground or in the sky, we can learn to predict coming changes in the weather.

THE REUNION 11AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Madness started out in the 1970s as the North London Invaders, and evolved – after various clashes and changes of direction – into Madness. Graham Mcpherson, aka Suggs, joined the band in 1977, was shown the door for spending too much time watching football, but was then allowed back in. These veteran exponents of London ska join Kirsty Wark to look back on more than 40 hit-strewn years.

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD 3PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Two minor characters from

Hamlet sit by the roadside, tossing coins. They’re no longer sure who they are, feel their past is slipping away and, as this play progresses, forget which one of them is Rosencrantz and which is Guildenstern. Toby Jones, Mathew Baynton and Andrew Buchan star in this two-part broadcast of Tom Stoppard’s unsettling 1966 drama.

MY UNSUNG HERO 9.30PM, TALKSPORT ★★★

Chelcee Grimes, the singersongwriter and Tranmere Rovers player, is joined by Steph Houghton, captain of the England women’s football team. Steph and Chelcee share thoughts on combating sexism in football; then, Steph talks with warmth and pride about the way her father has helped her through tough moments in her career. SJ

Madness’s Suggs (11am, Radio 4)