PLATINUM JUBILEE HIGHLIGHTS

THE ROYAL DIPLOMAT (Saturday, 12 noon, World Service). During her reign the Queen has worked for her country, often quietly and behind the scenes. Here Emma Barnett pays tribute.

PLATINUM BRITS (Saturday, Sunday, 9pm, Radio 2). Liz Kershaw presents two hourlong celebrations of millionselling singles by British artists since the 1950s.

A LAUREATE FOR ELIZABETH (Tuesday, 4pm, Radio 4). Learn how attitudes to monarchy have changed through the work of Poet Laureates – such as Ted Hughes’s Devout Drench For The Christening Of His Royal Highness Prince Harry.

CHORAL EVENSONG (Wednesday, 4pm, Radio 3). Hear a beautiful prayer – written for Elizabeth I but worthy of our Queen too – sung by the choir at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle (above).

PLATINUM JUBILEE ALL DAY POPMASTER (Thursday, 7.30am, Radio 2). Platinum-selling

artists pit their wits against the general public in Ken Bruce’s Jubilee quiz. MUSIC FOR THE MONARCHY (Thursday, Friday, 8pm, Classic FM). Edward Elgar’s Nursery Suite, dedicated to the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret (above), is one of the pieces in composer Debbie Wiseman’s history of Her

Majesty’s reign through music.

PETROC’S CLASSICAL PICKS

(Friday, 6.30am, Radio 3).

Violinist Nicola Benedetti and pianist Imogen Cooper – who have both received the Queen’s Medal for

Music – feature in Petroc Trelawny’s breakfast show.

A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING

FOR THE QUEEN’S REIGN

(Friday, 11.10am, Radio 4). Pomp, circumstance and moments of quiet reflection are all in the mix at St Paul’s Cathedral.