RADIO CHOICE

DO YOU often find yourself glaring at the time and fuming because you are waiting for a tardy friend? Or are you one of those people who start off with the best intentions of arriving on time, only to find that time has somehow slipped away? In I’M HERE. WHERE ARE YOU? (RADIO 4, 11AM) Ian McMillan (pictured) tries to work out why some people are punctual — and others infuriating.

JOEL MORRIS and Jason Hazeley have written a series of tongue-in-cheek picture books for grownups, including The Ladybird Book Of The Hangover, The Ladybird Book Of The Mid-Life Crisis and How It Works: The Husband. These retro-style books have been a runaway success, and Joel and Jason join RADCLIFFE & MACONIE (BBC 6 MUSIC, 1PM) this lunchtime to talk about

some of the other wheezes they have in the pipeline.

IN WHY I CHANGED MY MIND (RADIO 4, 8.45PM) Dominic Lawson finds out why head teacher Katharine Birbalsingh, a lifelong supporter of state education, declared our state school system badly broken at a Tory party conference in 2010.

THE annual musical event, YOUNG CHORISTERS OF THE YEAR (RADIO 2, 11PM) is always a heart-lifting experience. Four boys and four girls have made it to the finals and tonight, after performing, they wait, with bated breath, to hear if they are one of the two winners . . .