TODAY’S RADIO

DERMOT O’LEARY 8AM, RADIO 2

★★★★

All society is abuzz with the news that Bridgerton’s back and soon, we will know who is riding high and who has been cast out from court. Polly Walker, who plays Lady Featherington, and Harriet Cains, who plays her daughter, Philippa, join Dermot this morning to talk about the hit Netflix series – and perhaps, they’ll give us a hint or two about how the wheel of fortune will turn for the Featheringtons.

STUART MACONIE 8AM, BBC 6 MUSIC

★★★★ The 2022 6 Music Festival is under way in Cardiff, and this morning, Stuart talks about the Welsh capital’s lively music scene and sifts through the acts that have already graced the

various venues to pick some of the highlights. Pixies and Manic Street Preachers will be on his list.

FROM FACT TO FICTION 2.45PM, RADIO 4

An elderly man – a heavy smoker with a long list of health problems – is on his deathbed. His wife has already died of Omicron and now, he is also dying. He’s offered, as ‘an intervention of last resort’, an experimental drug that might save his life, but he refuses the drug as he thinks it’s been made by Bill Gates. Mark Lawson’s thoughtful drama looks at life and death in a Covid-stricken world from both the vaxxers’ and anti-vaxxers’ perspective.

SIMON MAYO’S ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

3PM, SCALA ★★★ Beethoven had been working on his First Symphony for some years, but he didn’t feel it was ready for performance until 1800, when he was 29. The premiere, given 222 years ago today, was a success, and Simon marks the anniversary of that event with a recording of the work, conducted by Riccardo Chailly. SUSAN JEFFREYS

Bridgerton (8am, Radio 2)