TODAY’S RADIO

THE TALENTED MS HIGHSMITH 4.30PM, RADIO 4

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The American novelist Patricia Highsmith spent the last part of her life in a fortress-like house in Switzerland. She was notoriously tricky, and liked making people feel ill at ease. The writer and broadcaster Sarah Dunant was granted an interview with Highsmith in 1990 and, at first, things seemed to be going well – but Highsmith was just toying with Sarah. In this broadcast, Sarah recalls her awkward meeting with the creator of that charming psychopath,

The Talented Mr Ripley.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT 7PM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Craig Revel Horwood skipped onto the stage at the Snape Prom in Suffolk to present

this concert of great music from the stage and screen. The BBC Concert orchestra performed music from Moulin Rouge,

Guys And Dolls, The Greatest Showman and other hit musicals.

SMOOTH CLASSICS AT SEVEN 7PM, CLASSIC FM HHH

Camille and Julie Berthollet are young, glamorous, talented and play a variety of instruments. They showed off their musical versatility with a recent recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, playing the work with great passion and at top speed. Charlotte Hawkins meets Camille and Julie, and recalls the impact they made at the recent Classic FM Live Concert, held at the Royal Albert Hall.

ANALYSIS 9.30PM, RADIO 4

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Your phone rings, you recognise the voice on the other end, and have a long, and perhaps revealing, conversation. Did the voice that you heard belong to the person you thought it was? Elaine Moore reports on how, thanks to new technology, our voices can be cloned in a matter of minutes. SJ

Craig Revel Horwood (7pm, R2)