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INFECTIOUS diseases are on the rise in this drama, DANGEROUS VISIONS: CULTURE (RADIO 4, 2.15PM) set in the near future. A farmer who drinks and smokes is refused medical treatment because of his lifestyle, while a pianist who has no insurance is told she cannot have expensive antibiotics — and must have her infected hand amputated. David Calder and Pippa Nixon are among the cast in this all too believable but absorbing dystopian drama, written by Al Smith.

A ROUND on lesserknown historical figures introduces us to Alexander Lemming, George the Fecund and Otto von Skidmark, while a new game called Linking Time proves all but impossible. Jack Dee hosts this new series of radio’s funniest panel game;