RADIO CHOICE

THE Australian singer Keith Urban (pictured) joins KEN BRUCE (RADIO 2, 9.30AM) each morning this week to pick some of the music that has had an influence on his life and career. Keith’s first two choices for the Tracks Of My Years spot are from Electric Light Orchestra and Alanis Morissette.

NAOKI HIGASHIDA is a young man with a fine mind, but is held in the prison of autism. Naoki does not speak and appears severely disabled, because his sensory processing is profoundly impaired. This memoir, which can be heard every day in the Book of the Week slot — FALL DOWN SEVEN TIMES, GET UP EIGHT (RADIO 4, 9.45AM (FM), 12.30AM), takes us into Naoki’s world as he shares his thoughts on identity, autism and his very, very deep inner life.

DYLAN answers his phone and hears a girl screaming for help. He tries to calm her down and get a grasp of the situation, but this call will throw his life into turmoil. Piers Black-

Hawkins’s drama HUMAN RESOURCES (RADIO 4

(FM), 2.15PM) stars Katie West, Ashley Margolis and Mathew Baynton.

FRANK runs a record shop and has a knack for finding the right music to mend broken hearts and wounded souls. THE MUSIC SHOP (RADIO 4, 10.45PM), written and read by Rachel Joyce, will entrance many listeners and drive others up the wall.