RADIO CHOICE

ED REARDON’S WEEK (RADIO 4 (FM), 11.30AM) finds the freeloading hack (Christopher Douglas), who’s currently spinning out an existence as a mature student, having to face up to the pressing fact that his coursework needs to be done. Ed, a resourceful man, gets his son on the case in this episode of Andrew Nickolds and Douglas’s clever comedy series.

THE Rite Of Spring is a tough ballet for dancers. It requires a great deal of athleticism, and the rhythmic pounding that the choreography demands is hard on the feet. It was particularly tough for the dancers at the ballet’s Paris premiere — they couldn’t hear the orchestra above the uproar from the audience. The audience at the BBC PROMS 2018 (RADIO 3, 7.30PM) will be as good

as gold tonight as the BBC Symphony Orchestra plays Stravinsky’s dynamic and exciting work.

STRICTLY’S Craig Revel Horwood (pictured) dances on to the stage at the Snape Maltings arts complex to introduce a concert given by the BBC Concert Orchestra for

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

The music comes from the world of stage and screen, including themes from Pirates Of The Caribbean, Guys And Dolls, La La Land and James Bond, and 100th anniversary tributes to Leonard Bernstein and Alan Lerner.