RADIO CHOICE

KEN BRUCE (RADIO 2, 9.30AM) shifts from his usual studio to the open skies and green courts of SW19 for a special programme marking the first Wimbledon radio broadcast — on June 29, 1927 — when Captain ‘Teddy’ Wakelam gave a running commentary from Centre Court. Ken (pictured) will be talking to the players, the pundits and the fans, and looking at coverage of this year’s big tennis event.

JANE AUSTEN died 200 years ago this month, and a three-part adaptation of her novel MANSFIELD PARK (RADIO 4 EXTRA, 10AM, 3PM), gets an anniversary repeat, continuing tomorrow and Friday. Amanda Root stars as shy heroine Fanny, trying to find a place in society, with Hannah Gordon as Jane Austen.

WE CANNOT build our houses, or put windows in them, without sand. It is essential to our lives and plays a part in countless industries and manufacturing processes. Time and the elements make sand, but not at the rate that we use it up, and our consumption rate is accelerating alarmingly. Recently, China used more sand in four years than the whole of the U.S. did in the past century. Yogita Limaye presents THE END OF SAND (RADIO 4, 9PM), looking at some real concerns about the way our reserves are running out.