RADIO CHOICE

THE shaggy-haired Newcastle comedian Ross Noble threw himself into the role of Igor in the stage version of Young Frankenstein. His performance was too over the top for creator Mel Brooks, who told Ross to tone it down. Ross joins RADCLIFFE & MACONIE (BBC 6 MUSIC, 1PM) today to talk about Young Frankenstein and his upcoming stand-up tour.

YET again, Will Jaeger must pit his wits and survival skills against deadly forces . . . Bear Grylls joins JO WHILEY & SIMON MAYO (RADIO 2, 5PM) to talk about his latest novel, an action-packed thriller.

BEETHOVEN’S Missa Solemnis took years to compose and, when it was finally performed, Beethoven (pictured) was too deaf to hear it. This may have been a blessing. The

piece is full of daunting challenges for singers and orchestra, and performers at its debut in 1824 were woefully underrehearsed. That will not be the case in this evening’s RADIO 3 IN

CONCERT (7.30PM) when the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, give a performance of this awesome work.

CHRIS WARHURST, an expert and adviser on pay and skills, gives this talk on aesthetics and work for FOUR THOUGHT (RADIO 4, 8.45PM). Are goodlooking people, he asks, at an unfair advantage when it comes to getting a job?