RADIO CHOICE

THIS week’s readings from Michelle Dean’s SHARP: THE WOMEN WHO MADE AN ART OF HAVING AN OPINION (RADIO 4, 9.45AM (FM), 12.30AM) conclude with a celebration of the work of the late Nora Ephron. The witty New York writer’s many triumphs included the scripts for the romantic comedies Sleepless In Seattle and When Harry Met Sally.

THE Snape Proms are held every summer in Suffolk’s Snape Maltings. The whole place is given over to all kinds of music, and last year, Len Goodman presented a special concert for the last night, featuring music from the musicals. The BBC Concert Orchestra was joined by Kim Criswell and Noah Stewart (pictured) for this event, which is being broadcast for this week’s

FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT (RADIO 2, 8PM).

CARBON dioxide levels are far higher than at any other point in human history, and various attempts to reduce emissions are failing. In Iceland, an ingenious geothermal power plant has opened, which captures CO2 from the air and converts it to stone. Is this the way forward for solving an urgent problem or just an expensive and doomed experiment? CROWD SCIENCE (BBC WORLD SERVICE, 8.30PM) joins Marnie Chesterton as she takes a look at what’s going on deep under Iceland.