TODAY’S RADIO

DERMOT O’LEARY 8AM, RADIO 2

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The nation’s favourite PE teacher, Joe Wicks, who helped to keep our spirits and fitness levels up during lockdown, is on Dermot’s show. Joe, who is now a bestselling author and was awarded the

MBE last October, tells Dermot about his plans to get us all feeling fitter and eating healthily.

RECORD REVIEW 9AM, RADIO 3

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Europe went mad for coffee in the 1700s. Sermons were preached against the drink, coffee houses sprang up everywhere and – according to a tongue-in-cheek work by Bach – families were torn in half by caffeine addiction. His Coffee Cantata is a sort of mini-opera that has a father and daughter having a row about the

Joe Wicks (8am, Radio 2)

girl’s overwhelming need to drink coffee. Simon Heighes looks at recent recordings of this delightful work, then picks his favourite.

THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE 3PM, RADIO 4 HHHH

A ‘Goldilocks’ planet is one that is not too hot, not too cold, but ‘just right’. Conditions on these planets might allow life as we know it to flourish. Sofia (Souad Faress), an astrophysicist, discovers a potentially habitable planet. She is both excited and disturbed by her finding as it revives painful memories for her. The discovery in this ambitious drama, set in the future and spanning 50 years, also reveals a catastrophic global cover-up and a cosmic truth.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 7PM, CLASSIC FM

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Andrew Collins chooses music from films and TV shows whose cosy qualities are reflected in their scores. His early-autumn selection includes Randy Newman’s music for The Princess And The Frog, Dario Marianelli’s Paddington 2 score and John Lunn’s Downton Abbey theme.