TODAY’S RADIO

PEOPLE FIXING THE WORLD 8.06AM, 3.06PM, 10.06PM, WORLD SERVICE

Western monarch butterflies have been successfully bred on the International Space Station, but struggle to survive in their natural habitats in California. In this report, we hear how scientists and conservationists have teamed up with local winemakers to stop this lovely butterfly from fluttering into extinction.

THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT 8PM, CLASSIC FM

Florence Price’s Piano Concerto In One Movement begins in tranquillity; it then skips into ragtime, and ends in triumph. Florence, who was also a pianist, premiered the work in 1934, but it wasn’t played again in public for 80 years. John Suchet does his

(8.06am, World Service) bit to make amends by including the piece in tonight’s programme.

THE FALKLANDS NOW 8PM, RADIO 4

Forty years ago, Argentina tried to claim the Falkland Islands, but Britain held on to this remote territory at great cost in both lives and money. These South Atlantic islands were once more British than Britain, but are now totally changed. Mike Wooldridge visits the now prosperous, cosmopolitan Falklands, where those born on the islands are a minority, and the per capita income is comparable to Norway and Qatar.

FREE THINKING

10PM, RADIO 3

Despite what you see in Bridgerton, they didn’t spend all their time gossiping, gambling and getting up to no good in the shrubbery in 18th-century England. There was a craze for music, with many aristocrats maintaining groups of musicians in their houses, as well as hiring music tutors and singing teachers. Shahidha Bari hears about the music and other popular pastimes of the period. SJ

Monarch