TODAY’S RADIO

DERMOT O’LEARY 8AM, RADIO 2

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The award-winning singersongwriter Emeli Sande, whose latest album, Real Life, came out last month, is on Dermot’s show this morning. There are many good reasons for having Emeli on a Radio 2 show, but this morning there’s an additional one as the station is devoting the whole day to the theme of ‘Celebrating Women In Music’, and Emeli will get the event off to a classy start.

PARADISE LOST 2.45PM, RADIO 4

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Using John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost as his starting point, Michael Symmons Roberts retells the Bible’s story of Adam, Eve and Satan in this two-part broadcast. Roberts sets his version of the expulsion from the Garden of

Eden in the context of our current social and political landscape.

THE CRAIG CHARLES HOUSE PARTY

10PM, RADIO 2 HHHH Craig Charles rounds off Radio 2’s Celebrating Women In Music day with two hours worth of great female singers and musicians. He will take us through seven decades of funk, R&B and soul albums, and play a mixtape of the forever wonderful Aretha Franklin.

THE REUNION 10.15PM, RADIO 4

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In 1968, the Labour government instigated the merger of two car manufacturers — whose marques included Jaguar, Rover and the Mini range – under the umbrella of the British Leyland Motor Company. It proved to be a leaky umbrella, bedevilled by disputes, strikes and poor industrial relationships. Kirsty Walk brings together executives, shop stewards, car workers and the motoring journalist and former Top Gear presenter Chris Goffey, who was once a test driver for the company. They will discuss events that led to the collapse of British Leyland.

Emeli Sande (8am, Radio 2)